4 YEARS AGO (2021): The discovery of the remains of the 215 children at the former Kamloops residential school had left Helen Henderson, the chief of the Tsq̓éscen̓ First Nation, feeling heartbroken and angry. Henderson said that it had brought Canada to a time and place where their history could not be swept under the rug or dismissed. She noted that one of the priorities for the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc had been to identify the children and bring them home, as well as hold the federal government to account for the findings in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada and the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
8 YEARS AGO (2017): Natasha Broznitsky, an information officer with the Cariboo Fire Centre, said that investigations had revealed that 86 per cent of the 26 fires that they saw between April 1 to May 26 were human-caused, with around three being caused by lightning. Broznitsky said that people should be complying with campfire and open burning regulations when using a fire, and also added that it was important for everyone working in or enjoying the outdoors to be mindful of other ways fires can start and to take steps to prevent causing a wildfire. Discarded cigarette butts, hot exhaust pipes and heavy equipment such as power tools was cited as things that could cause wildfires.
12 YEARS AGO (2013): Then-Peter Skene Ogden Secondary School principal Vic Brett said he was proud of every one of the 144 members of the 2013 graduating class. He delivered these remarks during their graduation ceremony at the South Carriboo Rec Centre on May 24. The facility had been packed with supportive family and friends who had cheered and clapped loudly, with many reaching out to their Kleenex tissues to dab the tears of joy from their eyes. Also in attendance was then-Tsq̓éscen̓ First Nation chief Mike Archie, who drummed and sang for the grads.
16 YEARS AGO (2009): Alongside the 474 participants at the Canada-Wide Science Fair 2009, which was held in Winnipeg from May 9 to 17, two students, Davis Majcher and Carly Redford, had come from 100 Mile House. Majcher, who was a Grade 7 student at 100 Mile Elementary School, had brought his project "Solar Saver" - a working solar heater he had designed and constructed out of household items. Redford, who was in Grade 10, had brought her project "The Beat of Your Heart" which studied the effect of music on human heart rate. While neither Majcher nor Redford won anything, the experience of having been at the science fair was a reward enough for both, they said.
