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Rotary donates to ShelterBox in Elk Valley

The B.C. government will add an extra $3 million to its small business venture capital tax credit and set up an expert panel to review business taxes in B.C., Premier Christy Clark announced Wednesday.

A community-based sports store to make your life in the mountains amazing in The Elk Valley

Fernie Hotel and Pub meat draw raised over $3,000 for Kindergym

Dr. Brian Chatterton, Professor Emeritus Dr. Nat Rutter, from the University of Alberta along with other members of the Board of the prestigious Burgess Shale​ Geoscience Foundation will examine and review the local geology and look at some newly discovered East Kootenay Trilobite fossil sites near the Bull River.

Last weeks referendum results rejecting the harmonized sales tax (HST) by a nearly 10-per-cent margin sends a clear message that British Columbians are becoming fed up with tax changes that favour corporations and the wealthy, says the Canadian Union of Public Employees.

Independent power producers, a climate scientist and an advocate for aboriginal development urged the B.C. government Wednesday to stick with B.C.'s plan to become self-sufficient in clean energy.

National trucking week ends this Sunday so thank a trucker the next time you pick something off the store shelf because just about every product we use or consume arrives by truck from i-phones to bread, whether it was manufactured overseas or produced here in British Columbia, these products make their way to our homes through B.C. trucks.

Philip Hochstein, President of the Independent Contractors and Businesses Association of B.C., called today’s referendum results a disappointment for the province and the construction industry.

In the wake of the HST referendum, housing contractors hope B.C. consumers won't wait 18 months to spend on renovations and new homes.