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An air tanker with the Wildfire Management Branch comes in for another load of fire-suppressing retardant at the Cariboo Fire Centre’s base at Puntzi Lake Wednesday evening. To date, 50 homes have been evacuated and many more are on standby as the aggressive fire grew to more than 1,000 hectares in just 12 hours. See more on Pages A2 and A3.
Mount Polley granted restricted restart Monica Lamb-Yorski Staff Writer The union representing workers at Mount Polley Mine is welcoming the mine’s restricted restart approval announced Thursday. “I just got off the phone with mine management and they are starting to recall today approximately 30 maintenance and operations (employees),” said Paul French, president of United Steelworkers Local 1-425. “We are quite pleased it’s hap-
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