Santa arrives on time

The popular Santa Claus Parade made its merry noisy way along Railway Ave. on Friday

Santa visited Ashcroft last weekend and asked the children what they wanted for Christmas, just so he'd have an idea.

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Wildfire at 16 Mile now being held

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The Desert Daze Music Festival is doggone good fun, as shown in this photo from the 2019 festival, and it will be back in Spences Bridge this September. (Photo credit: Barbara Roden)

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Maxwell Johnson is seen in Bella Bella, B.C., in an undated photo. The Indigenous man from British Columbia has filed complaints with the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal and the Canadian Human Rights Commission after he and his granddaughter were handcuffed when they tried to open a bank account. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Heiltsuk Nation, Damien Gillis, *MANDATORY CREDIT*

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Tk’emlups te Secwepemc Chief Rosanne Casimir stands outside the former Kamloops Indian Residential School after speaking to reporters, in Kamloops, B.C., on Friday, June 4, 2021.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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A woman wears a vaccinated sticker after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic run by Vancouver Coastal Health, in Richmond, B.C., Saturday, April 10, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

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A screenshot of the First Peoples Cultural Councils First Peoples’ Map. (First Peoples Cultural Council)

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An artists conception of the new terminal building at the Pitt Meadows Regional Airport.

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Man shot at Kamloops shopping centre

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