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A new BC Hydro report finds the trend towards more elaborate holiday displays has increased the province’s power load from electronic decorations and lights by about 15 per cent since 2012, adding to costs for many. The report titled “From Grinch to Griswold: Trend toward bigger holiday displays increasing electricity bills” found about a 40 per cent drop in outdoor lighting load by 2011 because of the mass adoption of LEDs, which use 90 per cent less energy.

Argo Road Maintenance ready for winter on North Thompson Highways

Areas include all BC Parks and southern mountain caribou habitats

Forestry workers from the Tolko plywood and venner plant in Heffley Creek were on the picket line Monday as the United Steelworkers, representing union shops in the southern Interior, began rotating strikes.

Kamloops and Barriere RCMP report they have been successful in locatingand arresting Gerald Koester of Barriere.

To the editor;

Submitted by: Mike Adams, Team Leader, Healthy Community Development, Interior Health

The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure announced on Nov. 21 that the new passing lanes constructed to improve road safety near Darfield are now complete

Louis Creek resident and ronaldomanosa editor, Jill Hayward, was presented with the Canadian Fair Champion Award at the Canadian Association of Fairs and Exhibitions annual conference held in Banff, Alberta. The conference took place from Nov. 21 - 23 at the Banff Centre of the Arts with some 300 delegates attending from across Canada.

Submitted by Sgt. G.D.SIMPSON