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Municipalities will be heard by expert tax panel: Clark

Houston Today - Friday May 18, 2012

Premier Clark says Houston and other municipalities will be fairly heard by a panel reviewing how they set business and industrial taxes.

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Parents of Granisle fire victim waiting for answers

Houston Today - Saturday May 19, 2012

Larry and Eleanor Carlson are looking for answers after their son Duane, 46, died alone in an April 27 fire in Granisle.

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Topley sinkhole repair may take six weeks

Houston Today - Wednesday May 16, 2012

Road crews may need six weeks of round the clock work to fill a sinkhole under Highway 16 about two kilometres east of Topley.

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Forestry staff to update Morice timber numbers

Houston Today - Tuesday May 15, 2012

B.C. forestry staff say their timber inventory is like a 20 year-old pickup truck—dated, but good enough.

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District taxes up slightly in low spending, upkeep budget

Houston Today - Tuesday May 15, 2012

Tax rates in the District of Houston will go up an overall 2.4 per cent this year.

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WorkSafe BC rules out arson, lightning in Burns Lake mill fire

Houston Today - Saturday May 12, 2012

WorkSafe B.C. is studying several factors that may have caused the Jan. 20 explosion and fire at the Babine Forest Products sawmill.

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Houston workers, businesses adjust to minimum wage hike

Houston Today - Friday May 11, 2012

Houston business owners welcomed a boost to B.C.’s minimum wage last week—a raise many said was overdue.

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District of Houston tries tapping water treatment grant

Houston Today - Thursday May 10, 2012

Houston District council voted Tuesday to re-apply for a grant that would cover the cost of building a new water treatment facility.

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Six new webcams to keep an eye on northern B.C. highways

Houston Today - Tuesday May 8, 2012

Drivers in the northern interior will have more eyes on the road thanks to six new highway webcams being installed this spring.

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Survey shows moose population decline in Bulkley Valley, Lakes

Houston Today - Monday May 7, 2012

Moose in the Bulkley Valley and Lakes District are likely still recovering from a hard winter five years ago.

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Houston residents speak at Enbridge review hearing

Houston Today - Sunday April 29, 2012

Five Houston residents spoke against the proposed Northern Gateway pipelines at a recent federal review hearing.

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Thieves steal and burn $65,000 truck

Houston Today - Sunday April 29, 2012

Thieves stole and set fire to a $65,000 pickup truck from Sullivan Motor Products last week.

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Highway 16 traffic moving over single-lane bridge east of Topley

Houston Today - Thursday April 26, 2012

A temporary bridge is allowing single-lane traffic to cross over a sinkhole that opened under Highway 16 about two km east of Topley.

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Mill inspections ordered after new explosion

BC Local News - Tuesday April 24, 2012

Two sawmill explosions in four months have put focus on the hazards of processing dry beetle-killed logs in B.C. Interior sawmills.

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Burns Lake thanks Houston's finest

Houston Today - Sunday April 22, 2012

Houston firefighters got high praise from Burns Lake this week, as did the fire pact that allowed the towns to join forces on Jan. 20.

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Topley considers new use for vacant school

Houston Today - Saturday April 21, 2012

Residents are looking into whether Topley Elementary could be converted into a seniors home.

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Pine beetle may cost Lakes, Cariboo up to 12,000 forestry jobs: report

Houston Today - Sunday April 22, 2012

Timber and job loss estimates found in a confidential ministry report are sharpening the debate on the future of B.C.'s timber supply.

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B.C. braces for timber supply slump

BC Local News - Wednesday April 18, 2012

Time is running out for commercial harvesting of beetle-killed trees in the Interior.

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Teachers to yank after-school activities, face LRB order on report cards

Surrey North Delta Leader - Friday April 20, 2012

BCTF votes 73 per cent to withdraw extra-curricular activities as ruling orders teachers to complete report cards

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Audit shows ministry lacks forestry data: RDBN

Houston Today - Monday April 16, 2012

Troubled by an audit of how the province manages timber, the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako is seeking independent forestry advice.

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