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Williams Lake resident Joan Erb is looking forward to receiving some helpful tips about deer-proofing her yard.

Williams Lake resident Joe Hamel is alerting the public of active logging taking place near his property behind Hamel Road above Broadway Avenue South.

City council has approved using $636,000 from water reserve funds to support water saddle replacements as part of the 2017 paving program. Streets slated for paving are Eleventh Avenue North from Coxon to Smedley Streets, Blair Street from Clarke to Western Avenues, Proctor Street from First Avenue to the east end and Fifth Avenue from Proctor Street to Carson Drive.

After acting in the position since September 2016, Mark Wintjes has been appointed the new superintendent of schools, effective immediately, the Board of Education of School District No. 27 (Cariboo-Chilcotin) announced Wednesday.

The Williams Lake Indian Band is standing by the recent eviction of a family living in a WLIB-owned home located at Sugarcane.

Nearly one in five rode with a driver who’d been smoking pot

Following on the heels of a successful inaugural event held at the beginning of May, Williams Lake’s newly-formed Young Professionals Network is hosting a pub trivia night on June 1.

A development permit application for a new building at Prosperity Ridge is being considered by city council Tuesday evening at its regular meeting.

Cataline Elementary and 150 Mile Elementary principals to change places

A bowl and meet event hosted by the newly formed young professionals network in Williams Lake was a success, organizers said.