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• $1.4 Million Housing For Homeless Opens In Williams Lake

  " The newly renovated Jubilee Place officially opened today, providing 33 suites with integrated support services for individuals at risk of homelessness in Williams Lake, announced Donna Barnett, MLA for Cariboo-Chilcotin. "Providing safe, affordable housing with integrated support services has proven to be a successful way to help individuals ...

• Separate wildfires force evacuations, road closure across British Columbia

  A wet spring delayed the inevitable but July has been one of the driest on record in B.C., and parched forests are beginning to burn.

• Pine beetle spurs infrastructure construction in British Columbia

  The spread of the mountain pine beetle epidemic in B.C. and the decline of the forest industry is stimulating investment in the construction of infrastructure to support the expansion of the mining, energy and transportation industries.

• Dog owner upset over local SPCA's refusal to pay euthanasia bill

  Greg Philip wants the Williams Lake BC SPCA to apologize for the way it handled a situation involving his dog Otis.

• Mla Donna Barnett: Top 10 reasons this year has been great

  My top 10 reasons this year has been great for the Cariboo-Chilcotin: A 1.A A A A A A Low-income Aboriginal adults now have better access to affordable housing with the opening of Eagle's Nest, a new $7.9 million building providing 33 suites in Williams Lake.

• First Nations want 'equal rights to resources': B.C. chief

  Hundreds of chiefs of First Nations across Canada are in Winnipeg to try to find ways to improve conditions for the people they represent.

• Proposed bike park rolls forward

  The CRD board agreed to provide support in principle for a proposed mountain bike park in Quesnel behind the Arts and Recreation Centre.

• CRD reviews waste-to-energy options

  By Carole Rooney - 100 Mile House Free Press Published: July 20, 2010 7:00 PM Updated: July 20, 2010 7:27 PM The Cariboo Regional District is tossing around ideas to make money from the garbage that area residents throw out every day.

• Calling all creative minds of the Cariboo Chilcotin

  The Cariboo Regional District , the 2010-2011 Forest Capital of Canada, is now accepting submissions for the commemorative publication Our Backyard - " Forests of the Cariboo Chilcotin.

• Crews hope night takes heat out of interior wildfire

  The 50-hectare Bull Canyon fire is uncontained, but fire information officer Grace Pickell says it is not yet threatening the tiny community people located in the province's central interior 100 kilometres west of Williams Lake.