News and event information for Williams Lake, BC - as it happens.

Editor,

It’s interesting to see how the Liberal government brought in the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) in a very short time when it suited their needs. 

Now that the people of BC have rejected the HST through last fall’s referendum, the Liberal government is taking their time at reversing this tax.

To whom it may concern;

I am the mother of a missing teenager; his name is Dave Ronald Auger. I'm very worried, and am asking the public for any assistance in getting him home safely to his very worried family.

Thank you very much.

If you have seen him or know were he is please report it to the Williams Lake RCMP.

Sincerely,

Melissa Rathgeber

We are very sorry to inform everyone that Smackdown on January 28th in Williams Lake has been postponed.

This is due to lack of participation within the schools. We are hoping that given a little more time parents/teachers will step up and coach the kids in the elementary schools.

This will give them another month to practice.

Premier Christy Clark's Facebook page didn't come anywhere close in December to meeting the high expectations that the premier's office set out for the page itself, according to IntegrityBC.

Premier Clark's page is being promoted with Facebook ads that promise: “I want to hear from you on how we can keep British Columbia great” and “Have ideas for making British Columbia even better? Like Premier Christy Clark's Facebook page & join the conversation.”

Editor:

It’s bad enough that the province has to repay the $1.6 billion to the federal government for cancelling the HST.

 What makes it worse is that the federal government has been collecting the revenue from the HST and will continue to do so until it's finally gone.  

(The following is a letter from Chilcotin Harvest Ltd President and CEO Felix Schellenberg to a representative of the BC Centre of Disease Control.)

Dear Mr. Wilcott,

It is now two months after the names of Chilcotin Harvest Ltd and Pasture to Plate Ltd have been extremely unfavourably publicized by you, on recommendation by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), from coast to coast, from border to border and radiating far beyond and causing grief, substantial financial loss, rightful doubt and mistrust towards regulating authorities and their very questionable inspection methods, some of which I have addressed with you already.

Editor:

When I heard about the judge’s ruling that the First Nations and the BC government have 90 days to complete consultation on the Prosperity, I thought it was a wise choice.

The TNG refused repeatedly to consult with Taseko and with the BC government. Taseko and the government tried and tried to consult—once they set up a meeting at the 108 and the TNG backed out with no explanation.

Editor:

I was very disappointed to see only Walt Cobb and Steve Forseth at the inaugural council meeting. Where were the rest of the unsuccessful candidates?  They should have been there to extend their best wishes and show their support to the new council.

Bryan Withage

Williams Lake