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Victorious Secret team members Lacey Nasuszny (from left), her sister, Brandy Nasuszny, Denise Deschene and Brandy Links take aim at a target while handcuffed together at the Williams Lake RCMP detachment Saturday during the Capital One Race for Kids — a fundraiser for the Williams Lake and District Boys and Girls Club. See page A17 for more.
Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick says reforesting farmland in B.C.’s Interior is contrary to the intent of B.C.’s agricultural land reserve, and he’s looking for a way
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to put a stop to it. British health and household products manufacturer Reckitt Benckiser Inc. has bought up more than 8,000 hectares of farmland from Prince George south to Quesnel, planting the land with trees and vowing to keep the forest
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