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RCMP investigation asking for help from the public

Barriere and District Food Bank Society is saying “thank you” to the community and surrounding area for all of the generous donations throughout the year and especially during the Christmas season.

Highlights from the Thompson Nicola Regional District Board of Directors’ Meeting of Dec. 20

VICTORIA - The B.C. government has released a report that includes a wide range of draft recommendations on ways to reduce exposure to asbestos, to protect workers, homeowners, the public and the environment from the dangers of asbestos.

Public meeting to be held on Dec. 30 for residents of Vavenby

Barriere AG Foods staff person Cori Walker (right) drew the winners of the Annual Barriere & District Heritage Society Meat Draw Raffle while Darlene Hagen held the ticket basket. First place winner of the $200 Meat Pack was Greg Smith. Second place winner of a $100 meat pack went to M. Taylor. Third place winner of a $50 turkey was Les Fortier.

If wise owls are the stuff of storybooks, then it stands to reason that a well-known local champion of literacy has received the Owl Award from School District No. 73 (Kamloops-Thompson).

On December 9, local Community Paramedic Mikael Kjellström introduced the Community Paramedicine Initiative to seniors at the Barriere & District Senior Centre.

People in a packed Kamloops courtroom broke out in applause on Friday as a B.C. Supreme Court judge delivered a judgment described as decades in the making, ruling all lakes are public property and prohibiting private landowners from restricting access to them.

Anyone thinking of visiting the newest discovery in Wells Gray Provincial Park might want to think twice as doing so could result in a $1-million fine and one year in jail.