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BC INTERIOR NEWS
B.C. appoints panel to help ailing cattle industry
June 30, 2009
A provincial Ranching Task Force held its first meeting Wednesday to find ways to help B.C.’s troubled cattle industry.
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B.C. teens rescue 4 Calgarians after van plunges into lake
June 30, 2009
Two teenagers from Kelowna are being hailed as heroes after saving four Calgarians whose minivan careened down an embankment and into a lake near Revelstoke, B.C., on Monday.
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The Rev. Barbara Andews to lead central interior parishes
June 27, 2009
The Rev. Barbara Andrews, currently director of the Sorrento Centre near Kamloops, BC, has been confirmed by the Provincial Synod of BC and the Yukon as bishop suffragan with responsibility for the Anglican Parishes of the Central Interior (APCI).
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Central B.C. First Nation moves to block new gold and copper mine
June 25, 2009
The Nak'azdli Band said Wednesday that the petition against the mine at Mount Milligan, north of Prince George, was filed because the province reneged on its promises to hold consultations.
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Central B.C. First Nation moves to block new gold and copper mine
June 24, 2009
The Nak'azdli Band said Wednesday that the petition against the mine at Mount Milligan, north of Prince George, was filed because the province reneged on its promises to hold consultations.
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50 forest firefighters fired
June 22, 2009
The firefighters had been working at the Tyaughton Lake fire in the mountains of southwestern British Columbia.
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Tembec's pulp mill in eastern B.C. to stay open
June 19, 2009
Tembec said Friday it was cancelling the planned shutdown of its Skookumchuck pulp mill, saving 285 jobs in the eastern B.C. town.
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Starving horses thriving after rescue from snow
June 18, 2009
Dozens of horses that were discovered starving and in danger of freezing to death on a B.C. Interior native reserve are now thriving in the Okanagan.
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Feathery informant leads RCMP to Kootenay grow-op
June 18, 2009
An investigation began when a concerned citizen spotted a large macaw parrot hanging around Salmo, just south of Nelson, and phoned the local RCMP detachment.
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Teck to sell stake in Canadian dam to BC Hydro
June 17, 2009
BC Hydro said the transaction will secure about 1,000 gigawatts of electricity for the provincially-owned utility, and was part British Columbia's efforts to make itself electricity self-sufficient by 2016.
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BC NDP Health Critic says IHA in for serious cuts
June 16, 2009
Dix says Interior Health CEO Murray Ramsden has now admitted the health authority is facing a serious deficit, and cuts are in the future.
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Tyaughton Lake forest fire 70% contained by controlled burn
June 16, 2009
Officials said the fire in the southwest mountains of B.C. remains at 8,000 hectares in size, but the controlled burn successfully reduced the volume of fuel within the fireguards to the south of Marshall Creek and Marshall Lake.
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Opinion & Perspective
Forest Fires
Canada's forest fire season usually starts as early as April, with grass fires that scorch the landscape. Then the season moves into high gear with the first round of forest fires in May and June, with more to come in the dry summer months. |
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