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UBCM convention to mull civic spending watchdog

Port Moody-Coquitlam MLA Iain Black is resigning his seat to take a new job as CEO of the Vancouver Board of Trade. Premier Christy Clark said she is "delighted and saddened" to see the MLA who succeeded her as Port Moody-area MLA leave politics.

Locals in Fernie love the Wapiti Music Festival

Elkford resident Cindy Rideout sent in this picture she took of a truck that ended up in the river on Saturday. She said the truck was in the river next to the gas station out towards Greenhills mine in Elkford.

The B.C. Public School Employers' Association applied to the labour board for a ruling expected by Friday, saying the B.C. Teachers' Federation continues to try to negotiate provincial issues such as class size and staffing ratios at local district bargaining tables.

Tributes are pouring in for federal New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton, who died of cancer early Monday at age 61. Layton's death comes just months after Layton led the NDP to Official Opposition status in Canadian Parliament, a first for the party.

Crime in the Elk Valley

Mountain bikers are gearing up for a big weekend as Fernie Alpine Resort hosts their fifth Annual Mountain Bike Festival, this year presented by NOS.

B.C.'s high school grads were leaving millions in scholarship money on the table by not writing optional final exams, so the education ministry has changed the system to make sure the aid gets to students who do well on mandatory tests.

The Elk Valley RCMP has issued a warning to local residents to be wary of a telephone scam that is circulating.