Vol. 2/Issue 42
Your Weekly Source for News and Events
The Upper
October 21, 2005
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Serving The Upper Columbia Valley including Spillimacheen, Brisco, Edgewater, Radium, Invermere, Windermere, Fairmont and Canal Flats
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Millwright Lorne Toews works at Woodex, formerly Seel Forest Products Ltd. Photo by Lisa Ede, Raven Media
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