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A Fruitvale man in his late 70s is lucky to be home safe, according to RCMP Sgt. Rob Hawton.

"On June 7, shortly after midnight, a Fruitvale resident reported her elderly husband had been missing for approximately eight hours," Hawton said. "He was last seen going for a walk toward the railroad tracks. Being away for this amount of time and that late was definitely not normal.

Highway 6 from Slocan City to Vernon checked in at No. 5 on the 2013 Top-10 BCAA (British Columbia Automobile Association) Worst Roads survey.

The survey was conducted between April 29 to May 27 allwong motorists, pedestrians and cyclists to participate.

For the second year in a row, Kelowna's Westside Road earned top spot.

Potholes and crumbling pavement was cited as the main problem for the Slocan City to Vernon stretch of highway.

BC Parkway bike path was third followed by Pacific Rim Highway on Vancouver Island.

Members of CUPE Local 748 will be on the picket lines Monday outside Hume Elementary in Fairview after serving strike notice to the Kootenay Lake School District No. 8.

“We’ve reached an impasse, both locally and at the provincial level,” CUPE Local 748 president Michelle Bennett told The Nelson Daily Thursday.

I think, in the six years I've been here, I've only criticized city council twice. Not because they're my buddies, or I'm afraid they'll get mad at me, but rather because I've found them to be very capable, and I largely agree with the direction in which they're guiding our city.

At Monday night's regular council meeting, however, I was extremely disappointed to see them handle a political hot potato by essentially chucking it at the Chamber of Commerce.