The Cariboo region has an abundance of opportunities to expand mineral exploration and extraction as a means to offset any falldown in economic activity resulting from the mountain pine beetle.

Along with the expansion of the Gibraltar and Mount Polley mines, opportunities exist for both new and expanded hard rock and placer operations.

Every mineral opportunity realized will create jobs and bring additional economic benefits to Cariboo communities.

Dr. Ray Sanders presented TRU student Tatijana Yung with her nomination for a major new annual award: the Alvin and Lydia Grunert Scholarship. This scholarship was established to recognize and foster academic achievement.

In May, seven scholarships valued at $5,000 each will be offered to the top nominee from each faculty and school and one athlete. The winning students will have achieved the highest combined Fall and Winter GPA in each department.

Grade 11 and 12 students from Williams Lake schools spent the day at TRU immersed in chemistry.

(Cariboo Adventist Academy students Nakita Rowat and Nina Poulin enjoyed their first TRU lab time today. Photos by Cailin Cousins)

According to a media release issued by the Superintendent of Schools today, graduation ceremonies for the School District No. 27 graduating classes of 2011 – 2012 will take place as follows:

•GROW -- Thursday, June 7, 2012 1:00pm at Marie Sharpe Elementary Gym

•Columneetza Secondary -- Saturday, June 9, 2012 9:30am at Cariboo Memorial Complex

•Williams Lake Secondary -- Saturday, June 9, 2012 1:00pm at the Cariboo Memorial Complex

 

 

By Holli Smith

Horse happenings are pretty common here in the Cariboo but there are people out there who have never had the opportunity to experience the thrill of getting up close and personal with these marvelous creatures. And there are many more who have had the opportunity to explore only a bit of the diverse horse culture. Though horses no longer play a large role in meeting the day to day needs of our lives, the history that we share with them is long and intricate.

At approximately 6:30pm on Monday, May 14, the Williams Lake RCMP responded to a call of an armed robbery at the Subway restaurant located at 336 Mart Street.

A 22 year old female was arrested in this incident, she is known to the police for this type of crime.

Sergeant Lebeuf of the Williams Lake RCMP advised that very limited information can be provided as the details of the robbery are sensitive and the investigation is still ongoing.

 

 

For many people the upcoming long weekend means its time to get ready for summer.  Are you planning to do some spring cleaning around the house? Maybe you are heading to the great outdoors to open the cabin? It’s important to know that activities like these can result in contact with bats, the primary carrier of the rabies virus in B.C.  

Bats can fly into poorly sealed cabins and homes, or roost in attic spaces. Between four and eight per cent of the bats that are tested after coming into contact with people are found to have the rabies virus.