Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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Volume 93 - No. 21
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BURNS LAKE
LAKES DISTRICT NEWS
Liberals take province
Rare bird
Burns Lake locals Derrik Denholm and Ben Reynolds spotted this turkey vulture near Wisteria. These are more common in the Southern part of B.C.; however this is the extreme Northern extent of their range. Denholm said this was his first turkey vulture sighting in 25 years of forestry work. See story next week.
Council declines invite from Enbridge Council declined an offer by Enbridge to fly representatives of Burns Lake to the site of a an oil spill clean-up in the U.S. community of Marshall, Michigan.
Nechako-Lakes John Rustad wins with solid majority
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WALTER STRONG
Support Cystic Fibrosis
According to the preliminary voting results from the initial count, Elections B.C. is showing that on May 14, 2013, B.C. voters re-elected a majority Liberal government. Under the leadership of Christy Clark, the party defied consistently negative pre-election polling results and delivered a 17-seat provincial majority, with 44.4 per cent of the popular vote and 50 seats. The NDP took 33 seats, with 39.49 per cent of the popular vote; the Green Party took one seat at 8.01 per cent of cast ballots; an independent took one seat and the B.C. conservatives took no seats with only 4.78 per cent of the vote. Premier Christy Clark narrowly lost in her riding of Vancouver Point-Grey. It is anticipated that an elected Liberal member of legislative assembly will step down from his or her seat to allow Clark to run in a by-election. In Nechako-Lakes, incumbent Liberal MLA John Rustad won a strong majority. He took 54.5 per cent of ballots cast. His nearest threat, NDP Sussanne Skidmore-Hewlett took only 27 per cent of the vote. Dan Brooks, the Vanderhoof guide outfitter who ran on the B.C. Conservative platform outperformed his party’s province-wide results with 12.6 per cent of the vote in Nechako-Lakes. Looking at the provincial electoral map, one sees a giant wall of Liberal red connecting the Southern Interior of the province straight through to the Northeast Peace region. Prince George Liberal MLA Shirley Bond won her seat again, and in a surprising turn, popular and vocal independent MLA ...see ELECTION ▼ 7
Maysa Milligan, just 20 months old, has Cystic Fibrosis (CF), a fatal genetic disease that prevents her body from absorbing nutrients and fighting infections.
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Mystery print Local Southside resident Leon Leween took this photo of an unexpected find during renovations.
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Life Long Learning!
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