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During November and December the Interior Savings Credit Union (ISCU) kept careful track of everyone who set themselves up for online banking, or payed a bill through their online banking. For every new online banking account $5 was donated by ISCU to the Barriere Food Bank, and for every bill payment, $2. On Jan.

An upcoming Kamloops-Thompson School Board meeting has been rescheduled and moved into the North Thompson to allow Clearwater residents the chance to learn more about a proposed deal for the sale of an empty elementary school.

I hosted a pre-budget consultation last week in Kamloops featuring the Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance. There were 24 participants in attendance including representatives of local government, tourism, cattlemen, forestry, First Nations, rural communities and individuals.

Yellowhead Mining CEO Ian Smith recalls a telephone message he received from a female Clearwater truck driver while he was in China recently.

Two B.C. Liberal leadership candidates have called for changes to province-wide testing for elementary school children, after the head of the B.C. Principals’ and Vice Principals’ Association joined the B.C. Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) in rejecting the current test program.

Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod made a stop at the Royal Canadian Legion in Barriere last week to present the Branch with a Canadian Peace Tower Flag from Ottawa.

Shaw Cable is extending broadband Internet coverage to people living near Paul Lake. However, it has no plans to do the same for residents of the North Thompson Valley.

Camping fans can now start their warm weather vacation planning in the cold of winter with more reservable sites to choose from and a new, earlier opening date for the BC Parks Discover Camping reservation service.

Transit to Kamloops is once more available one day a week for area residents.