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B.C.'s plan to fund nicotine patches and gum for smokers has been lauded by the Canadian Cancer Society and other health organizations, but the program has its detractors.

Last chance to vote on Harmonized Sales Tax

Without a crystal ball to predict the next theft from a vehicle, Trail RCMP is keeping a watchful eye on city neighborhoods that have fallen victim to a surge in incidents.

Residents rescue two girls on Monday

The fate of B.C.'s harmonized sales tax should be known by the end of August.

FortisBC’s Joe Nex and Steven Stent of Precision Stone Slinger Ltd. watched as contractors Scott Burrows and Drew McCarthy placed hangers under the Victoria Street Bridge Wednesday. The hangers will soon support a gas line that will be moved by FortisBC Gas from the Old Trail Bridge to the Victoria Street Bridge in light of the uncertainty of the 100-year-old structure that was shut down in the fall.

Company flooded with complaints

A tip from an alert resident resulted in the arrest of David Wesley Bobbitt, the man accused of a brutal attack on a 22-year-old Penticton woman on the weekend.

Unionized regional district employees are smiling after reaching a new collective agreement that sees an increase in salaries and improvements to employees’ benefits.

B.C. recorded a slight net loss of people migrating to other provinces in the first quarter of 2011, according to preliminary data compiled by Statistics Canada.