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Local search and rescue groups say the theft of a rescue truck earlier this month from their peers in Williams Lake only hurts the community and the ability for volunteers to do their job providing emergency response in Northern B.C.

An Abbotsford man's prison time was cut from five years to four. B.C.'s Court of Appeal took into consideration his youth and prospects for rehabilitation.

"The sole goal of the rally was specifically government overreach. They needed to stop the mandates. They viewed it as a personal overreach of government power that the government shouldn’t have had.”

First time trials of the year held in Baldonnel Thursday

Enabling passengers to prove vaccination status using paper documents would be one way that this stress could be relieved.

Grace House, new computer server for library

One exception - 'mask' if you're just back from an international trip

But regional employment numbers continue to drop, with the estimated jobs count down by 1,900 since the start of the year, and down by 3,900 from this time last year

“I would really highly ­encourage businesses to up their game and say: ‘Hey, we consider ourselves an essential service, so if you’re coming into this drugstore, if you’re coming into this grocery store, we want masks on everybody.' "

Violent crime causes untold harm and anger is known to fuel violence. But recent research suggests that the way anger and crime tie together in youth is a bit more complicated than expected.