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Nechako Valley Secondary School has won a top cash prize for recycling a huge number of beverage containers for the 2010 - 2011 school year.

A german cyclist stopped by in Vanderhoof at the beginning of July, as part of a slightly different bike tour from B.C. to Alaska.

Area conservation officers are reporting unusually low bear activity, but a gradual increase in the number of cougar sightings in town.

Government communications have traditionally been built around a stream of propaganda, with the emphasis on pictures and text arranged to show the ruling politicians of the day in a flattering light.

The Vanderhoof RCMP are requesting the public’s assistance after a lawnmower was stolen from a residence on Sixth Street west last Tuesday.

The B.C. government finished the fiscal year this spring with a deficit of $309 million, nearly $1 billion less than what was forecast last fall.

Chinese buyers purchased $122 million worth of B.C. lumber in May, surpassing the value of lumber shipments to the United States for the first time ever.

The Suzuki Piano Parents of Vanderhoof and Swan’s Piano Studio were very pleased to welcome Naomi Kusano of Washington, D.C. to the North and host a weekend piano workshop for those Suzuki piano students from Smithers, Prince George and Vanderhoof the weekend of July 8 and 9.

Princeton resident, Wanda Foss missing for approximately three weeks.

The first annual IDIDALAP for Cancer event was held on June 17 and raised over $30,000 for the Canadian Cancer Society.