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City Coun. Sushil Thapar claims there are more than 40 cheques, worth $11,887.95 unaccounted for in Mayor Mary Sjostrom’s expense claims. “I’ve gone over the numbers, since 2006,” he said. “I’ve been requesting this information for seven months and still there are no documentation provided for these [40 plus] cheques.”

An 18-year-old female is dead after a single vehicle rollover, Monday.

Starting Sept. 6, transit customers will be able to travel to the Westland area on #2 Red Bluff via South Hills. This new transit service was introduced as a result of community feedback and will be monitored for customer use for a period of one year.

Premier Christy Clark has ended months of speculation and will stick to the scheduled date of May 2013 for the next B.C. election.

Fewer than 500 police officers found themselves dealing with a crowd of 155,000 hockey fans and troublemakers much more quickly than they expected, a review of the Stanley Cup riot has found.

A work-to-rule campaign by public school teachers, set to begin on the first day of school, is only one dispute expected in education in the coming year.

HST, Bob Simpson

The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency has formally accepted Taseko Mines Limited’s project description for its proposed New Prosperity gold-copper mine southwest of Williams Lake.

Disease, not sea lice, main threat from salmon farms: inquiry researcher

The B.C. government's carbon neutrality program is working, but it needs changes, Environment Minister Terry Lake says. School and hospital funds are being diverted to carbon reduction projects at energy, cement and forest companies.