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Residents collecting mail at Barriere Post Office until new mailboxes installed

The roots of Hockey as a sport go back hundreds of years, and possibly longer. I realise that may be a surprise to some of you, but the early images of a picture painted from the 1500s of a painting by Pietr Bruegel entitled “Hunters in the Snow” showing skaters carrying curved sticks with one of them about to contact a small object on the ice. There is more evidence tracing the game back to Mesopotamia from the third millennium B.C.

An Alberta man has died as a result of a fatal snowmobile accident on Saturday, Apr. 20, on the mountain at Sun Peaks Resort.

I had my first dandelion in the yard last week and I felt such relief! This is a reaction to having been a honey beekeeper, struggling to ensure the bees had enough food to get them through until the flowers become readily available to them in later spring. This is a huge challenge to beekeepers, and one we don’t always have control over in spite of good intent.

While browsing through an old Barriere Bulletin newspaper dated, Thursday, January 11, 1979, we came across this editorial written by editor George Haskins

Illegal practice happening on Highway 5 between Valemount and Avola

MyRangeBC system to simplify rangeland management

Barriere Fire Chief Ashley Wohlgemuth submitted her report to the Apr. 15 District of Barriere Council meeting.

Local representatives from the Lower North Thompson Tourism Society (LNTTS) met in Barriere on Apr. 3 with tourism consultants CCCIA Destination Development coordinator Jolene Lammers, Tourism Cafe Destination Development facilitator Lesley Anderson, and Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association rep Mike Overend to discuss the strategic priorities being put forward for the Interlakes Planning document that is currently being put together.

One of the biggest challenges to community not-for-profits is the ability to fund the programs that they provide, however there is funding out there if you can navigate your way through the application process.