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“The March-like winds blow one day, chased by a January-ish chill the next, but we can’t be fooled — it’s still light at 6:30 p.m. and Scout Island’s Spring Break nature program for children aged 6-13 is just around the corner,” says nature centre coordinator Jenny Noble in enticing families to consider their program for children this break.

A Haida sculpture originally commissioned by the late Anne and Douglas Stevenson of Williams Lake has found its way into the Royal B.C. Museum.

The kick-off evening for the annual Relay for Life event happens March 3 at the Overlander Convention Centre.

Spelling bees can be nerve wracking for participants but they can also be a fun way for kids to increase their knowledge about words and how to spell them.

Five choirs will come together for the fourth annual Parade of Choirs this Sunday, Feb 27.

Corrine Stromsten (left) teaches (from back) Brittany Rook, Elsa Navratil, Tracey Beauchamp, and Chelsea Goddard proper form and technique at Maureen Saunders School of Dance last Tuesday evening.

A Century of Conservation: Parks & Cultural Landscapes is the theme for Heritage Week in B.C. Feb. 21-27.

Grade 6 students from school districts 27 and 28 participated in the Grade 6 Winter School Program at Gavin Lake Camp.

As part of the Province’s Year of Science activities, Science World British Columbia is bringing its zany brand of science to Williams Lake from Feb. 28 to March 5.

Linda Bently takes her daughter's pooch Joshua for a walk last sunny Tuesday afternoon near Kiwanis Park.