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		<title>Vehicle impoundment as a penalty</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Behind the Wheel -- The use of vehicle impoundment as part of an array of penalties to discourage improper driving behaviour will expand significantly when amendments to the Motor Vehicle Act become law on September 20, 2011. In every case the cost of the impoundment will be the responsibility of the owner of the vehicle. If the owner was not the driver at the time, they may recover costs from the driver as a debt in any court of competent jurisdiction.]]></description>
		<link>http://shuswapnews.com/2010/09/02/vehicle-impoundment-as-a-penalty/</link>
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		<title>Environmental stewardship of BC parks lacking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[British Columbia’s Auditor General has just released a report on the conservation of ecological integritiy in BC parks and protected areas and the news is bleak. His findings were that environmental monitoring and enforcement in the BC Parks system is critically lacking and he blames lack of funding and resources.]]></description>
		<link>http://shuswapnews.com/2010/09/01/environmental-stewardship-of-bc-parks-lacking/</link>
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		<title>Water conservation urged in Southern Interior</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Ministry of Environment. Concerns about fish populations and water supplies has prompted a request for proactive water conservation in the Southern Interior, Environment Minister Barry Penner said today.]]></description>
		<link>http://shuswapnews.com/2010/08/31/water-conservation-urged-in-southern-interior/</link>
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		<title>Campfires permitted across the Kamloops Fire Centre</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Kamloops Fire Centre. Effective immediately, campfires will be permitted across the Kamloops Fire Centre's jurisdiction due to a decreased risk of wildfires.]]></description>
		<link>http://shuswapnews.com/2010/08/31/campfires-permitted-across-the-kamloops-fire-centre/</link>
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		<title>Former mayors join BC Conservative strategy group</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BC Conservative Party. Two former B.C. mayors have joined the BC Conservative Tactical Advisory Group to add leadership in election strategy, municipal and provincial issues.Randy White, chairman of the advisory group, said former Lake Cowichan Mayor Jack Peake and former Stewart, B.C. Mayor Andy Burton, have joined the group.]]></description>
		<link>http://shuswapnews.com/2010/08/31/former-mayors-join-bc-conservative-strategy-group/</link>
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		<title>Careless smokers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Behind the Wheel -- It's that time of year again, sunny and dry with a chance of mindless smokers. I watched another one take the last puff and then toss the smouldering butt out the window onto the highway while he waited in front of me at a red light. All it needed was the breezy nudge of another passing vehicle to find it's way into the dormant grass on the shoulder to really get things started.]]></description>
		<link>http://shuswapnews.com/2010/08/31/careless-smokers/</link>
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		<title>Economist says HST is a tax increase</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Canadian Centre For Policy Studies, a research and advocacy group dedicated to freedom and prosperity at home and abroad through the development and promotion of good public policy, has released a 31-page report which indicates that households in Ontario and British Columbia are paying more since the HST came into effect on July 1, 2010.]]></description>
		<link>http://shuswapnews.com/2010/08/25/economist-says-hst-is-a-tax-increase/</link>
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		<title>Crown-land hemp crops destroyed by police</title>
		<description><![CDATA[RCMP Southeast District Air Services pull out 4 outdoor grows in North Shuswap and Turtle Valley. Chase RCMP. On Saturday August 21, 2010 Chase RCMP assisted by the Southeast District RCMP Air Services of Kamloops, located and eradicated approximately 1000 marihuana plants at 4 different locations in the area.]]></description>
		<link>http://shuswapnews.com/2010/08/25/crown-land-hemp-crops-destroyed-by-police/</link>
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		<title>Drowning in Alba Falls pools</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Drowning at Albas Falls, Seymour Arm near Shuswap Lake. Chase RCMP. On Saturday August 21, 2010, at approximately 5:30 pm, the Chase and Sicamous RCMP, along with Shuswap Search and Rescue and BC Ambulance Services responded to a report of an apparent drowning at Albas Falls near Seymour Arm.]]></description>
		<link>http://shuswapnews.com/2010/08/25/drowning-in-alba-falls-pools/</link>
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		<title>Anti-HST bill goes to committee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The anti-HST petition can move ahead now, following a B.C. Supreme Court ruling this morning (Friday, August 20) by Justice Robert Bauman that rejected a constitutional challenge by a group of business organizations.]]></description>
		<link>http://shuswapnews.com/2010/08/22/anti-hst-bill-goes-to-committee/</link>
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