106th Year - Week 24
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
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Smithers, Telkwa find allies at FCM
A FAMILY AFFAIR Three Smithers Judo Club members prepare for nationals.
By Percy N. Hébert and Ryan Jensen Smithers/Interior News
SPORTS/B1
RELAY FOR LIFE Photos from the Relay for Life.
COMMUNITY/A9
RUNNING FOR CURE Deb-Lyn Smith releases new book.
OUR TOWN/A11
INSIDE LETTERS A7 COMMUNITY A9 OUR TOWN A11 SPORTS B1 THREE RIVERS C1 CLASSIFIEDS C4
FIRE DESTROYS HOUSE A blaze on Railway Avenue. between Manitoba and Columbia St. kept members of the Smithers Volunteer Fire Department busy for more than three hours Sunday afternoon. Two occupants were home at the time of the fire and were taken to Bulkley Valley District Hospital. Their condition is unknown at this time and the cause of the fire is still under investigation. Ryan Jensen photo
Students spend day as editor/reporter at The Interior News
Last Thursday, award-winning SSScoop reporters Sarah Bridgewood, Paisley Dean and Cianna Pawluk took the challenge
to spend the day as regular editor (Dean) and reporters (Bridgewood and Pawluk) at The Interior News. They were
The 76th annual Vancouver Federation of Canadian Municipalities conference took place May 31 to June 3. The conference began with the release of the FCM paper, Report on the State of Cities and Communities, that called for a new, lasting and strategic federal recognition of the role municipalities play in meeting national objectives. “For Canada to embrace the 21st century with confidence, it needs cities and communities that contribute according to their full potential,” FCM president Karen Leibovici said. “Jurisdiction and the Constitution can no longer be used as excuses for inaction.” Workshops on topics such as development, telecommunications and healthy communities were held along with a youth panel and industry roundtable on the new FCM/Railway Assoc. of Canada proximity guidelines. Smithers Mayor Taylor Bachrach and councillors Norm Adomeit and Charlie Northrup attended the conference, May 31 to June 3 held at Vancouver Convention Centre on behalf of the town. Bachrach attended forums on the changing perspectives of young people in Canada and healthy communities and also connected with a company that developed interactive online software to help engage residents in budget consultation. Another valuable aspect of the conference is the networking among municipal leaders, he said. “It’s a learning opportunity for elected officials,” Bachrach said. “It allows us to see what other communities are doing that is innovative and can be applied here at home. See FCM on p. A4 obviously nervous to begin with and breathing during an interview wasn’t easy, but those nerves sailed away as the day went along
and we believe they did a great job. Their stories appear on p. A10, 12 and 14, with Dean’s Guest View on p. A6.
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