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A smoke column from the Gatcho Lake Fire towers over the Eliguk Lake Lodge on Aug. 16, one day before an evacuation order was issued for the area for the second time this fire season. (Jennifer Tolland photo - Eliguk Lake Lodge)

Wildfire alerts downgraded west of Quesnel

Fires still burning, but danger is subsiding (for now)

The Cariboo Regional District board meeting Sept. 28, 2023. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

Cariboo Regional District seeks funding for fire smart initiatives

The board approved an application up to $312,700

Bridge repair and inspection work will be done early Saturday morning, and at as yet unannounced times in the near future, on the Moffat Bridge in Quesnel. (Black Press file photo)

Collision in Quesnel causes Moffat Bridge repairs, inspections

Traffic affected by work to assess and fix overheight truck damage

Highway 97 was partially closed Saturday morning following a multivehicle incident. (Patrick Davies photo - 100 Mile Free Press)

100 Mile RCMP report: One dead in head-on Highway 97 collision

A collection of police briefs from the last week

  • Sep 28, 2023
Highway 97 was partially closed Saturday morning following a multivehicle incident. (Patrick Davies photo - 100 Mile Free Press)
Delegates at the Union of B.C. Municipalities have endorsed five resolutions brought forward by the Cariboo Regional District, including a call for more support from the province for towns and cities to implement reconciliation efforts. (UBCM Photo)

B.C. municipalities endorse Cariboo call for provincial support for reconciliation

Cariboo Regional District brought resolution on UNDRIP to UBCM

Delegates at the Union of B.C. Municipalities have endorsed five resolutions brought forward by the Cariboo Regional District, including a call for more support from the province for towns and cities to implement reconciliation efforts. (UBCM Photo)
The Progress Pride flag flies at Parliament Hill in Ottawa. (CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick)

EDITORIAL UPDATED: Mind your own XXs and XYs

Don’t drown in the shallow end of the gene pool

The Progress Pride flag flies at Parliament Hill in Ottawa. (CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick)
Deb Harrington and Doreen Patrick dance to the live music in Spirit Square at the kickoff of BC Culture Days, held this year in Quesnel. A full day of performances, visual arts and dignitaries launched two weeks of creative spotlights. (Karen Powell photo)

Kicking off culture in Quesnel

BC Culture Days gets underway with music, art, dignitaries

Deb Harrington and Doreen Patrick dance to the live music in Spirit Square at the kickoff of BC Culture Days, held this year in Quesnel. A full day of performances, visual arts and dignitaries launched two weeks of creative spotlights. (Karen Powell photo)
Rose Archie has been skateboarding for most of her life. (Tristan Henry photo)

Secwépemc woman inspires Indigenous youth across North America through skateboarding

Rose Archie brings mental health initiative to Cariboo Orange Shirt celebrations

Rose Archie has been skateboarding for most of her life. (Tristan Henry photo)
Northstars players celebrate a goal against the Island Hockey Club Sunday with their goalie, Rylan Harder. (Angie Mindus photos - Williams Lake Tribune)

JPHL Northstars see success at hometown showcase in Williams Lake

The U17 team includes several players from the north as well as Williams Lake

Northstars players celebrate a goal against the Island Hockey Club Sunday with their goalie, Rylan Harder. (Angie Mindus photos - Williams Lake Tribune)
You can’t be a jerk in a small town. (Image: RNE Stock Project via Pixels)

COLUMN: You can’t be a jerk in a small town

Unless you’re okay with your mother finding out

You can’t be a jerk in a small town. (Image: RNE Stock Project via Pixels)
Destiny, USA is a play about romance, grief, and the spectacle of American political upheaval to Canadian eyes. It is also about deaf and hard-of-hearing translations, and listening in on conversations. (Photo courtesy Laura Anne Harris)

Harris returns to Wells-Quesnel with play of Destiny

Heartache and belly laughs in one-hander play at Sunset

Destiny, USA is a play about romance, grief, and the spectacle of American political upheaval to Canadian eyes. It is also about deaf and hard-of-hearing translations, and listening in on conversations. (Photo courtesy Laura Anne Harris)
A mix of all ages, backgrounds, and skill levels meet each week on the ice at the Quesnel Curling Club. (Frank Peebles photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)

Curl-golf-tourna-spiel hits Quesnel’s green, ice

Foursomes with double duty called to Quesnel Curling Club kickoff

A mix of all ages, backgrounds, and skill levels meet each week on the ice at the Quesnel Curling Club. (Frank Peebles photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)
A Boil Water Advisory has been issued for a Quesnel neighbourhood. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Quesnel neighbourhood must boil water due to Coliform

Health officials issue Boil Water Advisory for Cody Dale and Ariel Dawn Roads

A Boil Water Advisory has been issued for a Quesnel neighbourhood. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
Dale Chapplow takes careful aim during the 55+ BC Games en route to his double gold medal result. (Photo courtesy 55+ BC Games)

Quesnel’s Chapplow back on golden ground

Archer wins double gold at 55+ BC Games in Abbotsford

Dale Chapplow takes careful aim during the 55+ BC Games en route to his double gold medal result. (Photo courtesy 55+ BC Games)
Elliott George Dester. (Photo submitted)

UPDATE: Elliott Dester located safe and sound

Dester had been reported missing

Elliott George Dester. (Photo submitted)
Rob Skelly built himself a sailboat and used it to sail around the world between 2017 and 2021. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo)

CASUAL COUNTRY: Retired helicopter pilot traversed the world in sailboat he built

‘If I can do it with no offshore experience, anybody can’: Rob Skelly

Rob Skelly built himself a sailboat and used it to sail around the world between 2017 and 2021. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo)
Martha Sure, right, joined by her husband William Sure, left, and her daughter Norma Sure takes in the historic photo display from St. Joseph’s Mission Residential School at the Gibraltar Room Sept. 25 to Sept. 29. Martha was a student at the school for eight years. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

St. Joseph’s Mission Residential School historic photo display opens in Williams Lake

The exhibit will be open until Friday, Sept. 29

Martha Sure, right, joined by her husband William Sure, left, and her daughter Norma Sure takes in the historic photo display from St. Joseph’s Mission Residential School at the Gibraltar Room Sept. 25 to Sept. 29. Martha was a student at the school for eight years. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
Mikey McDonald of the Barlow Creek Volunteer Fire Department meets some of the youngest members of the firefighter fan club. (Bruce McDonald photo)

Firing up the Barlow Creek neighbours in rural Quesnel

Open house shows community inside BCVFD

Mikey McDonald of the Barlow Creek Volunteer Fire Department meets some of the youngest members of the firefighter fan club. (Bruce McDonald photo)
An after photo of the 2021 Claymine Trails Fuel Management Project, which significantly reduced the fire risk to the surrounding homes, the forest ecosystem and the Blue Heron rookery (nesting site), said Erin Robinson, the forestry initiatives manager at the City of Quesnel. (Photo submitted)

Homeowner action needed for fire mitigation

Forestry Initiatives Manager Erin Robinson said the urgency of wildfire mitigation needs to increase.

An after photo of the 2021 Claymine Trails Fuel Management Project, which significantly reduced the fire risk to the surrounding homes, the forest ecosystem and the Blue Heron rookery (nesting site), said Erin Robinson, the forestry initiatives manager at the City of Quesnel. (Photo submitted)
High winds in the Cariboo are expected to increase fire activity and smoke. Monica Lamb-Yorski photo

Extreme winds forecast for Cariboo Fire Centre

Weather expected to increase fire activity, smoke

High winds in the Cariboo are expected to increase fire activity and smoke. Monica Lamb-Yorski photo