Local News

There was an information picket on Birch Avenue for Colten Boushie, a 22-year-old First Nations man shot and killed in Battleford, Saskatchewan.

A grand total of 11 nominations this year for Citizen of the Year

The CRD will prepare an election package for people interested in running for the board

Fishing derby results, good news for the Agriculture Association, free tech training, and more.

The weekly police report for the South Cariboo area

38 Years Ago (1980): An “extremely light” winter snowpack coming after the previous summer’s prolonged drought led to speculation about serious effects in the form of water shortages, according to C.H. Coulson, head of the surface water section of the hydrology division of the Ministry of the Environment. At the time, he said that the province had been experiencing “less than average snowpacks” for the past four years.

There were roughly 100 more people registered last year

The Walker Valley Fuel Management project begun on Jan. 29 and has been progressing very well, according to a Feb. 14 media release from Al Richmond of the Cariboo Regional District (CRD).

The weekly police report for the South Cariboo

37 Years Ago (February 1981): South Cariboo residents were concerned trucks carrying radioactive material were travelling through 100 Mile House after a truck driver flipped his Pup near Jackass Mountain while carrying radioactive material, although no leaks were reported. According to Murray Dyer, Kamloops regional manager of the Provincial Emergency Program, said there were probably 400 vehicles with potentially hazardous materials passing through 100 Mile each day.