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This past week traffic services members from Clearwater issued two motorists $575 fines for discarding their lit cigarette butts from their vehicles. On one occasion near Clearwater, police were following a vehicle when the officer witnessed the driver throw a lit cigarette out of his vehicle. This Alberta driver received a $575 ticket and a lengthy lecture from police.

A fire on the Heffley-Louis Creek Road Saturday afternoon caused by a sparking transformer had Lower North Thompson Valley residents concerned. The fire was reported as under a hectare in size and that in fairly short order it had been extinguished by a helicopter dropping water on it.

Still some growth towards Sheridan Lake

Water users asked to reduce water consumption by 30 per cent

The federal leader of the opposition spoke at an event at a Naramata winery Monday evening

Vehicle traffic was the highest it’s ever been, and passenger traffic is the highest it’s been in over 20 years for the months of April, May and June.

Thompson-Nicola Regional District The Thompson Nicola Regional District (TNRD) bases Evacuation Orders on the recommendations of BC Wildfire and these orders are placed for the safety of our residents. Leaving during an Evacuation Order is the best course of action for your personal safety. Leaving when ordered also allows BC Wildfire to operate in the most effective way possible.

Senior judges will serve B.C.-wide, new judges head to Penticton, Kelowna and Kamloops

A regular Council meeting for the District of Barriere took place last Monday. District of Barriere CAO Colleen Hannigan presented the following report regarding overall water improvements.

Weeks of hot and dry weather ended by a hailstorm in Little Fort