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Vegas themed fundraiser to benefit train station

The B.C. government will provide more money for special-needs support in the province's public schools, and impose new training on teachers, according to Premier Christy Clark's first throne speech.

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.