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The ten pieces of legislation passed this fall will protect Canadian consumers, make our streets and communities safer, and improve the lives of Canadians and their families.

You may soon be penniless, but you’ll probably enjoy it. A Senate committee’s recommendation to eliminate Canada’s penny will be welcomed by most people and businesses, predicts the Consumers Association of Canada.

VICTORIA – Surging forest products sales to Asia have for the first time nearly equaled sales to the U.S., where the housing market continues to decline.

“You want me to do what?”

VICTORIA – In their classic movie ‘Life of Brian’, the British comedy troupe Monty Python spoofs a crumbling Roman Empire and its disorganized enemies.

To further enhance the integrity of the passport issuance process, Passport Canada is implementing changes to its birth certificate requirements for general passport applications.

The Little Fort Rec Society recently received a grant through the federal government’s New Horizons for Seniors Program, which was presented to the group by MP Cathy Mcleod. The money is already being put to good use in the Society’s “Back to Basics and Beyond”, a series of workshops and information sessions which focus on seniors, either as instructors, or as participants.

The on-again off-again relationship between the Tk’emlups Indian Band (TIB) and the Kamloops Exhibition Association (KXA) appears to be off again — for good.

The Industry Training Authority and the Transportation Career Development Association (transCDA) are offering assessments at Thompson Rivers University in January and February.

On Tuesday, Dec. 7, at 9:15 p.m., Barriere RCMP were called to a motor vehicle crash on Highway 5 near Heffley Creek.