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		<title>Edmonton teen killed in Panorama ski accident</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Columbia Valley RCMP. On March 15 at 10am a 16 year old youth from Edmonton on an organized school function lost control while skiing at Panorama Ski Resort and collided with a tree that resulted in head and internal injuries that were fatal. The young male was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident. The ski run is described as a blue run. This was the first day of skiing for the group of 30 youths. Adults from the school were with the group.]]></description>
		<link>http://columbiavalleynews.com/2010/03/15/edmonton-teen-killed-in-panorama-ski-accident/</link>
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		<title>Revelstoke avalanche claims one and injures 12 during competition (updated)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At 3:33 pm on Saturday March 13th 2010, the Revelstoke RCMP received reports of an avalanche occurring on Boulder Mountain near Revelstoke, during a snowmobile competition attended by approximately 200 persons in the area. A large scale rescue operation commenced and is continuing.]]></description>
		<link>http://columbiavalleynews.com/2010/03/13/revelstoke-avalanche-claims-one-and-injures-12-during-competition/</link>
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		<title>Sunday, missing time to cause 23-hour day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s time to change the clocks again this weekend – forward, this time – and since we are likely going to lose some snooze, we may be shuffling around in a bit of a daze for the next week or so. This could mean that we are not quite as alert as usual when we get behind the wheel of a vehicle and there are crash stats to prove it. According to averages in a five-year study (2005-2009) done by ICBC, on the Monday following the springtime change, there were 850 crash incidents, compared to 690 incidents the Monday of the week before, a 23% increase.]]></description>
		<link>http://columbiavalleynews.com/2010/03/13/sunday-missing-time-to-cause-23-hour-day/</link>
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		<title>Homeland Security to screen Canadians for flights over US</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As of December of 2010 no passenger on a Canadian airline who is flying to a US destinations, or even over US airspace enroute to another destination, will be allowed on board the aircraft until the US Department of Homeland Security has checked that person against their list of suspected terrorists and given clearance to that passenger.]]></description>
		<link>http://columbiavalleynews.com/2010/03/12/homeland-security-to-screen-canadians-for-flights-over-us/</link>
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		<title>BC to be an emerging global economy by 2018</title>
		<description><![CDATA[HST report: giant leap forward for investment, jobs. Ministry of Finance. Sales tax harmonization and corporate tax cuts will increase capital investment by $14.4 billion and result in a net increase of 141,000 jobs by the end of the coming decade according to a report released today by economist and tax expert Jack Mintz, announced Finance Minister Colin Hansen.]]></description>
		<link>http://columbiavalleynews.com/2010/03/11/bc-to-be-an-emerging-global-economy-by-2018/</link>
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		<title>A record-setting winter (what winter?)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Snowpack and water supply bulletin. Ministry of Environment. Environment Minister Barry Penner says there has been a decrease in snowpacks across the province over the past two months, following the warm and dry January and February.]]></description>
		<link>http://columbiavalleynews.com/2010/03/11/a-record-setting-winter-what-winter/</link>
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		<title>The case of the renovation rip-off</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Tatiana Chabeaux-Smith. Bill lives alone. He likes people and they like him. One day, he had a knock at his door. He opened it to find two men standing there. They were in his area doing renovation work for one of his neighbours. Did he have any work he wanted done at a great price? Before Bill knew it, he had signed a contract to have an attached sundeck built at a cost of $15,000.00. He gave the men a personal cheque for the full amount, which they cashed at his bank the same day.]]></description>
		<link>http://columbiavalleynews.com/2010/03/11/the-case-of-the-renovation-rip-off/</link>
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		<title>Local Conservation Fund proposals approved</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At its March 5, 2010 meeting, the Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) approved over $80,000 in allocations to various Local Conservation Fund projects that were recommended by the newly formed Technical Review Committee.]]></description>
		<link>http://columbiavalleynews.com/2010/03/11/local-conservation-fund-proposals-approved/</link>
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		<title>Eddie Mountain Arena closes for renovations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Invermere’s Eddie Mountain Arena is closing March 10th for a long-awaited and eagerly anticipated renovation. It has been made possible by both a grant of $215,000 from the Recreational Infrastructure Canada (RINC) Program, a part of Canada’s Economic Action Plan and funding of $375,000 through the Towns For Tomorrow program.]]></description>
		<link>http://columbiavalleynews.com/2010/03/11/eddie-mountain-arena-closes-for-renovations/</link>
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		<title>Film and adventure come together for Invermere skier</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Sometimes a young guy just needs a great opportunity to set him on his way.” That’s what Scott Martin, CEO of Strategic Direct Marketing Group (SDMG), said when he decided to sponsor Parker McGrath of Invermere to help him realize his dreams.]]></description>
		<link>http://columbiavalleynews.com/2010/03/09/film-and-adventure-come-together-for-invermere-skier/</link>
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