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Events
The opening reception for Bella Coola artist Tahirih Goffic, Celebration of Family, and the Collector's Collection is Thursday, April 1 from 5:00pm until 7:30pm.
This event is sponsored by Croft's Brewing and Wine Off the Vine.
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Arts & Entertainment
By Jill Berry
Special guest star 'Usher' helped out the Idols tonight with some mixed results. Overall, I found his critiques and helpful hints more constructive and honest than some previous 'mentors' they've had on the show.
Sporting some 'Missy E...
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News
If you receive a fax that looks like it is from Yellow Pages, look again. Local businesses in the Okanagan are receiving faxes from a company called Yellow Publishing Ltd with a logo that is very similar to Yellow Pages asked asking them to sign up for ad...
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News
Effective noon April 2, all open fires larger than one metre high and one metre wide are prohibited within the Cariboo Fire Centre’s jurisdiction until Sept. 30, 2010, or until the ban is lifted.
The prohibition is being implemented to limit the ri...
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News
100 Mile House RCMP responded to 72 complaints and calls for service over the last week.
On March 23, 100 Mile House RCMP received a report of a possible impaired driver near the 108 Mile Ranch. The vehicle was located on Highway 97 and 104 Mile. ...
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News
Keith Mitchell, Chair of the British Columbia Achievement Foundation announced today the Call for Submissions for the BC Creative Achievement Awards for First Nations' Art.
"These awards celebrate artistic excellence," said Mitchell. "Artists affiliated ...
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News
Walmart Canada and Breakfast Clubs of Canada announced today that the recent Taste for Learning campaign held at Walmart stores nationwide raised a record-breaking $2.9 million for school breakfast programs across the country serving millions of breakfast...
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News
The introduction of the Consumption Tax Rebate and Transition Act proposes to eliminate the Provincial Sales Tax (PST) and the Hotel Room Tax, streamlining the regulatory burden on business and supporting the transition to the HST, announced Finance Minis...
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Local Politics
Last week, the timber supply analysis for the Quesnel Forest District was released with no fanfare. Little wonder, the numbers are devastating.
In 2005, when I started to raise questions about the impacts of the Mountain Pine Beetle on the annual allowab...
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Health and Fitness
People across Interior Health have been able to get outdoors earlier than usual this year to enjoy the warm weather, and this means an increased chance of getting tick bites when hiking or biking in tall grass or wooded areas. Ticks are small bugs that bi...
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News
The Williams Lake Indian Band (WLIB) today announced it will be entering into a business partnership with LandQuest Realty Corporation that will provide for the marketing of some 70 acres of development lands.
"We’re excited to be actively marketing th...
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Letters
I wonder how the Fiberals are going to be remembered after their terms in office. Being a firm believer that the things you say you are going to do, and the things you actually do, are not always one and the same, it begs to examine the record of our cu...
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Arts & Entertainment
By Jessica Pickering
As the sun begins shining ever more brightly and the wind blows away the clouds of winter, we can all shed some layers and have some fun outdoors. This transition means we can pack away our thick jackets and boots, and dig into the b...
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Events
By Jessica Pickering
The leaders and members of the local Girl Guides hosted a 100 year anniversary celebration fashion show on Sunday. The event took place at Williams Lake Secondary School from 1pm until 3pm. Visitors attending this event were aske...
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Business
By LeRae Haynes
Lesley Allgrove from Cariboo Trims and Tile Renovations has been doing carpentry professionally for five years, including work on timber frames and log homes. She has post-secondary education in carpentry and has recently opened her own...
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Events
By LeRae Haynes
Bluegrass musicians from across North America played last night to an enthusiastic audience in the Gibraltar Room, an annual celebration of acoustic music to end the 108 Cabin Fever Bluegrass Workshop. The musicians had all just come fr...
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Editorial
By Jason Ryll
This last week the Federal Environmental Panel made its stop in Williams Lake to hear from the community regarding the proposed Prosperity gold/copper mine development west of Williams Lake. Four days in the city to hear from different ...
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News
(Photos courtesy of New Democrat Caucus Communications)
"This experience was an absolute joy," stated Eric Freeston, one of the nine Cariboo residents who went to the BC Legislature today to give MLA Donna Barnett an anti-HST petition signed by 4,000 peo...
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Editorial
By Suzanne Whittingham
We are coming to the end of Nutrition Month, yet I hope this subject that is so crucial to our health and well-being never leaves our awareness. There is a call arising to educate ourselves on the most salient aspects of daily nu...
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News
By LeRae Haynes
A group of eight residents of the Cariboo Chilcotin gathered on the steps of the BC legislature an hour ago hoping to meet with MLA Donna Barnett. They made the trip from Williams Lake with the express purpose of presenting MLA Barnett ...
