10 YEARS AGO (2015): The District of 100 Mile House Anniversary Committee had planned an excellent lineup of free live entertainment from July 18 and 26. Rob Fry, who was with New Age Entertainment/CaribooRadio.com, organized the event. Third Degree, a rock band from Williams Lake, had planned to be first on July 18 at 6 p.m. with a street party in front of the 100 Mile Community Hall. In addition, there had going to be a drive-in movie night, a cowboy concert and poetry, a cultural day with the Tsq̓éscen̓ First Nation, as well as Music In the Park and entertainment for children.
20 YEARS AGO (2005): Sitka Log Homes had won a bid to construct B.C. Canada House for the Torino Olympics in 2006, which were held in Italy. The firm had been one of the dozen bidders for the $4 million project that was coordinated by the provincial government. The whole B.C. Canada House was intended to become B.C.'s embassy during the 2006 winter games, and had been shown as an opportunity to showcase the 2010 winter games in Vancouver and Whistler. The facility had been set to be used as a business, culture and media centre and would be open from January to March 2006.
30 YEARS AGO (1995): Final assets were divided between the Cariboo Regional District (CRD) and the Thompson Nicola Regional District (TNRD) regarding the demise of the Cariboo-Thompson Nicola Library System, which ceased to be in 1993. The Cariboo Library Network had been set to receive nearly half a million dollars in cash in addition to about $1 million in fixed assets, including the buildings, books and furnishings in the CRD area. Out of the $490,883 cash settlement, around $440,000 was to be credited to the Williams Lake Library Reserve Fund. The library system was split after political disagreements flared up over how the library should be run.
40 YEARS AGO (1985): Changes regarding negotiations between the Canadian government and U.S. tariffs on lumber occurred when the federal government thought they were going to fend off a tarriff on Canadian lumber. According to MP for Cariboo-Chilcotin Lorne Greenaway, the government had gone back to a severe "worry situation." Heightening worry was a lack of response by American legislators to Premier Bill Bennett's visit to Washington D.C. Greenaway and three other MPs had been planning to fly to the American capital to lobby against the tariff measures.
