Community

The 21st Big Lake Country Fair is coming up on Aug. 13 at the Big Lake Community Hall. The farmers’ market starts at 10 a.m. and the exhibits open for viewing at 12 noon

Mary Forbes (left) from Williams Lake provides some interesting history lessons to Wells visitors, including Neil Vant (in the background) during an interpretive walk at the Arts Wells festival last weekend.

Laughter, smiles, games and fun were the theme this long weekend at Bell-E-Acres where the Three Seas Club and the TNT Youth Group took part in the Community Fun Days at the local golf course.

While the title Chicken Poop for the Soul — in search of food sovereignty is a bit of a retread of the popular Chicken Soup series, the content definitely is not.

Two Williams Lake singers competed in the 2011 Canadian Karaoke World Championship finals held at the Edgewater Casino in Vancouver on July 21

This little mule deer buck displayed no fear whatsoever and continued to munch on roadside alfalfa plants (and other grass and foliage) in spite of the presence of this photographer.

Despite torrential downpours of rain and soggy conditions the eighth annual Arts Wells Festival was another gargantuan success over the B.C. Day weekend.