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Friends, family gather to remember mechanic who died in fire Friends, family gather to remember mechanic who died in fire By Derek Lowe | February 25, 2021 at 10:15 PM EST - Updated February 26 at 9:58 AM More than a week after a deadly fire at a Fort Pierce motorcycle repair shop, friends and family gathered once again Thursday to honor a life they said was taken too soon. The body of a master mechanic was found Feb. 17 inside Fast Frank's Cycle Concepts. Loved ones said "It's tough for me to sit here, but he was a great man," said Dannie Moore, who knew Benson for 18 years. "More than ...

Read Article 100 Years Ago: 1921 At the regular meeting of the Auburn City Council held at their rooms last evening, the City Manager was authorized to advertise for bids at the brick paving construction during the coming summer. The city has bricks on hand sufficient for the work contemplated and the contractors are to furnish cement. The contract for sidewalk construction is already let by the Portland Construction Co., by whom this work has been done for the past two seasons. 50 Years Ago: 1971 A class in American Handicrafts will open at the Lewiston Young Women’s Christian Association...

The former chairman of the board at the British Columbia Lottery Corp. says he advised cabinet ministers in two different governments to get out of high-end gaming where bet limits reached $100,000.

Former BCLC board chair says government 'ill-suited' to run gambling Bud Smith testified he expressed his views about getting the Crown-owned lottery corporation out of high-limit gaming to Mike de Jong in 2015 and to David Eby in 2017 Author of the article: Publishing date: Feb 04, 2021  •  February 4, 2021  •  3 minute read  •  Testifying at the public inquiry into money laundering in B.C., former BCLC board chair Bud Smith said that the potential for suspicious activities at gaming outlets has historically been present in B.C. and the government would be better suited as...

Smith, a former B.C. attorney general, said he expressed his views about getting the Crown-owned lottery corporation out of high-limit gaming to de Jong in 2015 and to Eby in 2017, shortly after the NDP formed government. "It's my belief that government is ill-suited to be operating this high-level gaming business for a whole host of reasons," he said. The potential for suspicious activities at gaming outlets has historically been present in B.C. for decades and the government would be better suited as a regulator, while allowing other entities to run high-limit gaming, said Smith. The Crown...