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  • TYLENOL® Arthritis Pain Caplet recalled

    News
    Health Canada is advising consumers not to use TYLENOL® Arthritis Pain Caplet 100 count bottles, with the distinctive red EZ-OPEN CAP, which is being recalled in the U.S. after consumer reports of an unusual mouldy, musty, or mildew-like odour that has b...
  • Hands-on help helps brings peace of mind

    Business
    By LeRae Haynes  Cyndi Senko from H.A.N.D.S. on Concierge (Here and Now Domestic Services) offers complete domestic services for residential and small business customers. She provides a wide range of day-to-day domestic help and apartment/landlord conci...
  • Break and enter at a residence on Boundary Street

    News
    At approximately 1:15am this morning, Williams Lake RCMP members received a report of a break and enter in progress in the 1000 block of Boundary Street.  Williams Lake RCMP investigated and determined the suspect(s) had pried open the front door and ga...
  • Clear blue skies at Mount Timothy over the weekend

    Events
    If you can see this, your browser does not support iframes!   Photos LeRae Haynes  Clear blue skies and moderate temperatures greeted skiers and snow boarders on Sunday at Mt. Timothy.  Williams Lake residents Danielle Schultz, Ricki Lav...
  • The next best thing to being with your pet

    Business
    (Photo: Drena Dunnett from Paws to Fish House and Critter Sitter is your pet’s second-best friend while you’re away.) By LeRae Haynes Drena Dunnett from Paws to Fish House and Critter Sitter took something she thoroughly enjoys and turned it into a ...
  • House fire leads police to grow op near McLeese Lake

    News
    On December 27, 2009 the Williams Lake RCMP responded to a structure fire on a property north of McLeese Lake on Highway 97 near Edmunds Road.   The officer attending the fire discovered that the structure that was burning contained a marijuana grow op...
  • 100 Mile House RCMP News Briefs to December 28, 2009

    News
    100 Mile House RCMP responded to 61 complaints and calls for service over the last week. Some of the highlights are listed below: Sometime overnight on December 21 someone tried to gain entrance to a shed at the rear of the Christian Life Fellowship Chur...
  • Chip truck driver found safe and sound

    News
    Update on missing chip truck driver, David Kemshaw Updated:  Tuesday, 29 December 2009 15:15  -  Dennis England, owner of OTH Enterprises in Quesnel, said that the trucks are all equipped with a GPS system, and that the missing truck was tracked usin...
  • Quesnel RCMP ask for public assistance locating chip truck driver

    News
    Quesnel RCMP are seeking the public's assistance as to the whereabouts of Dave Kemshaw, 59 years of age.  Kemshaw is described as a Caucasian male, 5 foot 10 inches, approximately 225 pounds, balding, dark brown hair with blue eyes.  ...
  • Update on police officer injured by armed robbery suspect

    News
    The Burnaby Corporal injured on December 25, 2009 remains in a local area hospital. His immediate family and others have been attending since the incident. The Corporal is in good spirits. He has no broken bones and has full movement in his legs. He...
  • Christmas cheer meets Christmas charity

    Events
    'Tuba John' Sykes contributed Christmas tunes at the Canadadian Wholesale Club while manning a Salvation Army bucket. Shoppers had the opportunity to contribute to the Salvation Army while enjoying festive songs of the season. ...
  • Health Care for Christmas

    Editorial
    By LeRae Haynes Well, he did it. US President Barack Obama has accomplished what Clinton failed to do and what many said was impossible, improbable and impractical. He has taken a step to ensure that citizens of the US can have real access to health care...
  • Smokers need not rely on willpower alone

    Health and Fitness
    By Laura Johnston “Stopping smoking is the easiest thing in the world – I’ve done it a hundred times.” If this Mark Twain quote describes you, you are not alone. This is the time of year when many smokers pledge to quit smoking, but the decision...
  • NB judge orders Facebook opened

    News
    A New Brunswick judge has ordered a Miramichi woman to reveal how often she uses the social-networking website Facebook to a man she's suing after a 2004 car crash. ...
  • 42nd Annual Williams Lake Christmas Bird Count

    Events
    Submitted by Phil Ranson Many of the 35 participants in the 18 parties in the field agreed; ‘there were very few birds out there’, but everyone had a highlight and the combined highlights resulted in a respectable total of 55 species for the 42nd ...
  • Today's funny 12-25-09

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  • Christmas wishes from the Welcome to Williams Lake Team

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  • Today's funny 12-24-09

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  • BC SPCA has Christmas wish list

    News
    Although B.C.'s largest non-profit animal welfare society probably has wishes all through the year, Bob Busch, general manager of operations for the B.C. S.P.C.A., says they no longer require donations of pet food.  "As we are a not-for-profit (society)...
  • BC Hydro threatens rate hikes

    News
    BC Hydro is prepared to raise hydro rates to pay for dozens of houses the utility bought to resolve a controversial power-line project south of Vancouver. BC Hydro purchased 104 of the 138 homes in the Tsawwassen Heights neighbourhood earlier this year, ...
 

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