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COURTENAY—Friends and family are preparing to say their last goodbyes to a former Port Hardy man who was allegedly killed by a teen in a weekend knife attack.

ORT McNEILL — Council approved a request from Port McNeill Family Centre for 40 to 50 pool passes, to be used for teen swim sessions Thursday evenings at the pool. Council also approved use of the Old School gymnasium to Port McNeill teen night staff and participants on July 25 and July 29.

A 10 per cent harmonized sales tax will cost an average B.C. family $255 a year less than returning to the former provincial sales tax, according to a new study.

Port Hardy Mounties check for a bear that was seen raiding the A&W garbage bins before it fled into the Rupert Street woods. The shotgun looks deadly, but was in fact filled with bear bangers, noisemakers that frighten the animals from the area.

BC Ferries is offering refunds for assured-loading passes that have expired.

Federal NDP leader Jack Layton has announced he is taking an indefinite medical leave from the leadership of the party, after being diagnosed with a second type of cancer.

Five new provincial court judges will help B.C.'s backlogged court system, but the system is still falling behind, says NDP justice critic Leonard Krog.

Emotions ran high Monday inside and outside the courtroom in Courtenay where a 16-year-old charged with first-degree murder made his first appearance.

A former Port Hardy mayor said he’s been on the sidelines long enough and will again throw his hat into the voters’ ring.

Increased surveillance and vigilance by Port Hardy residents has resulted in the return of some of the district’s missing plants, the arrest of the alleged vandals of the Estuary Pavilion and identification of those responsible for defacing the Welcome to Port Hardy sign at the airport.