5 YEARS AGO (2020): Then mayor of 100 Mile House Mitch Campsall called on the community to take the threat of COVID-19 seriously but to also stay calm. He said that it had been more important to stay up to date on the latest information provided by the B.C. government and that if people did not stay home except for essential travel and still gathered in large groups, it would increase the time the restrictions needed to be in place. Campsall stated that he has no idea if town council meetings would be cancelled but he said that staff have been working from home in response to the pandemic. Campsall stated that 100 Mile House had the second-largest senior population in B.C.
10 YEARS AGO (2015): Three local hockey players had become provincial champions following a barn-burner series in Prince George which had seen five overtime periods in three games. These players were Emilie Nichols, Cassidy Mellott and Caily Mellott, who celebrated with their Northern Cougars teammates after they captured the 2014/2015 Female Midget AAA Championship on March 22. Caily had been called up to Prince George after having played in Kamloops during the regular season, skating alongside her older sister Cassidy. The Northern Cougars were set to take on Alberta's best at the Pacific Regional Championship in Edmonton between April 3-5.
15 YEARS AGO (2010): A residential fire in Forest Grove on March 21 destroyed a home on Biss Road. The fire had been attended by the Forest Grove Volunteer Fire Department, 100 Mile House Fire Rescue, RCMP and BC Ambulance Service. It had been called in early Sunday after a visitor noticed flames on the roof near the chimney and had notified the residents. Bob Felker, who was then the chief of the Forest Grove Volunteer Fire Department, had said the scariest part was the dry grass all around the house. There had also been numerous spotfires next to the property.
20 YEARS AGO (2005): The District of 100 Mile House passed a bylaw giving the Town Mural Committee, which had been working under the auspices of the 100 Mile House Rotary Club, authority over future artworks that were to adorn walls on community businesses. The vision of the Mural Committee had been a community revitalized with large murals depicting area history before 1945. The bylaw had been designed to protect the integrity of both the artwork and the theme - but also provided the committee with the ability to determine any images and wording that could be offensive, objectionable, abusive, pornographic, obscene, sexist, racist, harassing or provocative.
