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School District 73 (Kamloops-Thompson) Board of Education announced July 13, the appointment of two new assistant superintendents to the superintendent’s office.

“He had an unparalleled passion for skiing (and) was a fearless entrepreneur.”

Clearwater Mayor Merlin Blackwell is calling on the B.C. government to declare a provincial state of emergency, following 100 new wildfires this week that have placed hundreds of properties throughout the Interior and Cariboo on evacuation order or alert.

Wednesday marked fourth straight day that the region’s numbers were the highest

At the July 12, Monday night meeting of the District of Barriere, CAO Bob Payette reported to mayor and council that the new ‘Welcome To Barriere’ highway signage project is well underway.

I am slowly (and I mean slowly) acclimatizing myself to these warm temperatures. On Tuesday, July 6, the temp was in the mid-thirties and I still managed to survive my round of golf without melting. My score rose exponentially with the temperature so it was not a pretty total. I actually golfed my age and I am getting older ever day. I had the very dubious honour of winning the prize for most putts.

Government health officials confirmed that B.C. would be entering Phase 3 of the reopening plan on July 1. While many factors still lie ahead in getting the tourism industry back on track, many are still optimistic about the upcoming season and 2022.

In order to offer support to the evacuee’s from the Lytton Fire that decimated the town on June 30, Jana and Rob Holstein of RGH Mechanical in Barriere got together with Trish Munro and arranged for food and water to be trucked into Siska for the evacuees. However, the Holsteins didn’t stop there, saying they “felt that what the town really needed was fuel, as some of the residents didn’t have enough fuel to get out if they had to”.

Community turns out to hear the crack of the bat and cheer on the players

More than 1,000 properties evacuated Wednesday, hundreds more on alert