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Civic delegates urge caution on smart meters, oil exports and P3 projects

The Little Town That Stinks. That’s what some Chemainiacs called Mural Town on Saturday because of a chronic stench wafting from the Chemainus Industrial Park. About 75 folks hoisted signs and marched along the Island Highway fronting Chemainus Composting Inc.’s soil- composting operation, and a septage truck-transfer station.

Premier Christy Clark has used her first keynote address to municipal leaders to announce what she calls a "modest" $30 million fund for local recreation centres, playgrounds and trails.

Clark opposes de Jong proposal to tinker with premiums

Many UBCM delegates fear planned watchdog on waste would itself be a waste of money

Controversial MSP premium surcharge on table: de Jong

A Chemainus man is in custody on aggravated assault charges after a woman was stabbed in the leg. Jason Konrad, 31, has been charged with two counts of assault with a weapon and one count of aggravated assault — and is also facing drug-related charges — in connection with the Sept. 25 incident.

NDP leader Adrian Dix used his first speech to the Union of B.C. Municipalities Thursday to attack a series of B.C. Liberal moves, from imposing a municipal auditor to restricting local government control of transit funding.

UBCM asks province to allow e-voting at civic level

Traffic was re-routed after a motor vehicle accident on the Trans Canada Hwy in Ladysmith Wednesday afternoon