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John Horgan obviously wants to win the BC NDP leadership race but, if he doesn’t, he says it won’t be the end of the world. “We’re all close friends,” Horgan said of himself and fellow candidates Adrian Dix and Mike Farnworth. “We’re all in this.”

Castlegar RCMP are searching for a male suspect after the Mohawk gas station on Columbia Avenue was robbed Sunday night. A man entered the gas station just after 9 p.m. covering his face with a scarf, Sgt. Laurel Mathew said. “The employee asked the male to remove the face covering, but instead the suspect handed the employee a note,” Mathew said. “At that point, the employee realized what was happening and fled out of the gas station, where he asked a passerby to use his cell phone to call 911.

The Highway 3 mayors coalition met in Castlegar in February, but one mayor in particular was missing – Mayor Lawrence Chernoff. Chernoff was away on medical leave – and will be for another couple of weeks – so he was unable to attend the meeting of mayors who are in charge of cities along Highway 3 from Hope to Sparwood. But he said he was still kept in the loop by those who did attend. “We’re looking for an economic assessment on Highway 3,” Chernoff said.

Fight HST brought its message to the snowy courtyard outside the Vancouver convention centre Saturday afternoon, as voting to select a new B.C. Liberal leader continued.