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News Headlines from Fernie, British Columbia

• Cop joins ride for kids

  A retired RCMP officer from Fernie is taking part in a 1,000 km bike ride to raise funds to help families in crisis in the region.

• Calling all animal lovers

  Dogs and their owners are invited to take part in the Paws for a Cause event this Sunday.

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  Lois Murray, COTR Financial Aid Officer, is giving away free money on behalf of businesses and organizations in the form of scholarships and bursaries.

• Crowsnest artist in touch with the power of realism

  Regional artist Jocelyn Thomas is known slightly west of this region for documentary art panels done in Fernie BC.

• RCMP Report

  There were no injuries. - In Fernie at 8:04 a.m. there was a false business alarm.

• No jail sentence for hit and run driver

  A 35-year-old driver who fled the scene of a fatal crash on Highway 3 has escaped a prison sentence.

• Crowsnest artist in touch with the power of realism

  Regional artist Jocelyn Thomas is known slightly west of this region for documentary art panels done in Fernie BC.

• No need to bait me: I really do like paradise, er, Canada

  We were talking with a nice couple from Calgary last weekend when the husband asked, a oeDo you really like Canada or are you just saying that to be polite?a Awww.

• Fatal hit and run earns house arrest

  A man now living on P.E.I. was given four months house arrest this week for a hit-and-run that killed a 19-year-old in B.C. Adam Lund, 35, was found guilty in Cranbrook court of leaving the scene of the accident after hitting and killing Travis Steeger with his vehicle on a highway that runs through Fernie, B.C. According to other motorists, ...

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