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The dates are set - June 25 and 26, for the Barriere Celebration of The Arts. The venue will be similar to last year’s event and will once again be hosted at the Barr K Treats property on Highway 5 in Barriere

An application to amend the official community plan and zoning for a piece of land at the right-angle corner of Park Drive took another step ahead during last Tuesday's town council meeting

Cathy McLeod, Member of Parliament for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo says that the passage at Second Reading of Bill C-575 will allow members of First Nations across the country to have enhanced accountability and transparency from their elected officials

Gina Purchase, AScT, project manager with Allnorth Consultants Limited, is the latest recipient of a “TOP in Technology” award from the Applied Science Technologists and Technicians of BC.

Canfor’s Plateau Mill near Vanderhoof is to become more environmentally friendly with the installation of a new energy system later this year

The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) recently released a study that shows how the Canadian forest sector can become a pivotal player in the new bio-age.

Statistics Canada announced last week it is staffing 35,000 jobs across Canada to work on the 2011 Census collection. The next census will take place in May 2011.

The theme of the recent Truck Loggers’ Association convention was “Positioned to Prosper.” and from the sound of things, activities are ramping up in coastal logging just as they are in the interior.

VANCOUVER (Marketwire) - Imperial Metals Corporation (TSX:III) recently was revealed as British Columbia’s top mineral explorer in 2010. Provincial Minister of State for Mining Randy Hawes announced mineral exploration expenditures for the industry reached $322 million in 2010, a considerable rebound from 2009.