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BC Hydro should reduce its proposed rate increases by half and prune back a corporation that has become overstaffed and micromanaged, according to a review panel appointed by the B.C. government.

A decision is expected soon on whether the consultants hired to study a potential amalgamation between Trail and Warfield will move forward.

Police have identified the 20-year-old Trail resident who allegedly robbed 7-Eleven on Sunday morning.

More than 1.6 million voters sent in their ballots for B.C.'s referendum on the harmonized sales tax, a participation rate that matches the 51 per cent turnout for the 2009 B.C. election.

The B.C. government's plan to appoint a municipal auditor-general has raised concerns in local government circles, but the minister responsible says it won't mean the province is going to start telling local councils how to tax and spend money.

They’ll be the unsung heroes, the people you probably won’t even notice until someone needs them.

Fire crews evacuated the Trail Community Health Centre Tuesday morning after natural gas was sucked into the building through the air system. The gas was being purged from the new FortisBC line that is being installed on the bridge. Staff and patrons were given the all-clear to return to the building shortly after.

A retired Trail optometrist is continuing his quest to improve vision care in developing countries.

This has been one of the slowest fire seasons in B.C.’s history but fire crews aren’t sitting back on their heels.