From the BC General Employees Union: Yesterday, local government workers, who have been bargaining with the Cariboo Regional District (CRD) since January, blocked the Regional District's attempts to ram through a deal that would have threatened the workers' financial security and risked exacerbating recruitment and retention issues. The workers, who are unionized with the B.C. General Employees' Union (BCGEU), cover 80,252 square kilometers in this region, providing services to Quesnel, Williams Lake, 100 Mile House and other surrounding communities. Yesterday, the members voted agains ..read more

During the week of May 13-17, 2024 -- the following meetings will be occurring in School Districts' #27 (Cariboo-Chilcotin) and #28 (Quesnel), as follows: School District #27 (Cariboo-Chilcotin) -- Board Committee Meetings to be held at the SD27 Admin Office (350 2nd Avenue, Williams Lake) as follows: * Finance/Facilities Committee - Tuesday, May 14th at 4:15pm * Policy Committee - Tuesday, May 14th at 6:00pm * Education Committee - Wednesday, May 15th at 4:00pm When available, Committee Agendas can viewed here School District #28 (Quesnel) -- Regular Board of Education meeting to be ..read more

Courtesy of the Government of BC: Seniors will soon have access to 36 affordable homes in Williams Lake as construction begins on Glen Arbor Phase II. “Seniors in Williams Lake want the option to live independently, but for those with low or moderate incomes, global inflation and a housing shortage can make it challenging to find an affordable place to live,” said the Hon. Ravi Kahlon, BC's Minister of Housing. “Glen Arbor Phase II is part of our Homes for People action plan to increase affordable housing throughout the Province.” Located at 564 Oliver St., Glen Arbor Phase II is a five-stor ..read more

Courtesy of the Cariboo Regional District: BCGEU employees voted against accepting the Cariboo Regional District’s (CRD) last contract offer to avert a strike. As a result of this vote, there is no definite timeline for when BCGEU’s strike action will cease. BCGEU may also choose to initiate disruptive job action as part of the collective bargaining process. “We are disappointed with the result, but now we also know that our employees had a chance to accept or reject the most recent offer on the floor,” said Murray Daly, Cariboo RD's Chief Administrative Officer, “Obviously this vote didn’t ..read more

Courtesy of the Government of BC: With many parts of the province experiencing warmer weather and British Columbia forecast to have an active wildfire season, the Province is introducing an interactive Emergency Ready Planner to help people create an emergency and evacuation plan for their family. This is part of a suite of new-and-improved tools released during Emergency Preparedness Week to help keep people safe through wildfires, drought, floods and earthquakes. “We’re taking strong action to help you and your family prepare and have the information you need during emergencies ..read more

Courtesy of the Government of BC: Work has begun in B.C.’s southern Interior to upgrade 482 kilometres of highways and side roads, renewing driving surfaces for local residents, travellers and the movement of goods. Approximately 33 kilometres of Highway 97 will be repaved this summer from Tuc el Nuit Road, north of Oliver, northward through the community of Okanagan Falls to White Lake Road, along with area side roads. Peter Bros Construction Ltd. has been awarded an $8.9-million contract to deliver this project. Work is expected to be complete by October 2024. Other major resurfacing proje ..read more

Courtesy of the Cariboo Regional District: The Cariboo Regional District (CRD) is providing further information about the direct service delivery impacts from BCGEU’s strike. BCGEU may initiate strike action beginning on Thursday, May 9 at 9:53 a.m., and it is expected that services will be disrupted immediately after that time. Essential and Contract Services unaffected The strike will not impact the operation of the CRD’s essential services and contracted services.  Specifically: Fire Departments will not be affected, because they are staffed by volunteer firefighters and contract ..read more

Courtesy of the Cariboo Regional District: The Cariboo Regional District has been informed that the integrated library system (Sitka) of the Cariboo Regional District Library Network was recently impacted by a data breach. On April 25, 2024, our ILS (integrated library system) provider, the BC Libraries Cooperative, (the Co-op) notified us that they had experienced a security incident. The data breach impacted users of several library networks which use the ILS system, operated by a third-party service provider. The BC Libraries Cooperative has released a statement about the incident on its ..read more

During the week of May 6-10, 2024 -- the following local governments' of the Cariboo-Chilcotin, as follows: Wells -- Wells Municipal Council to hold meetings as follows on Tuesday, May 7th in Wells Council Chambers (4243 Sanders Avenue) or via Zoom 4:30pm - 6:30pm: In-Camera Session 7:00pm: Open Session When available, the Agenda for the Open Session of Wells Municipal Council can be viewed here Quesnel - Financial Sustainability/Audit Committee -- Regular Meeting on Wednesday, May 8th at 9am in the Fraser Room, Quesnel City Hall (4th Floor, 410 Kinchant St).  On the Agenda ..read more

Present:  Chair Wagner and Directors Sjostrom, Bachmeier, Massier, Forseth, LeBourdais, Richmond, Glassford, Pare, Anderson, De Vries, Rathor and Alternate Directors' Roodenburg and Funk (Quesnel/Wells) The Chair recognized that the meeting was taking place on the traditional unceded territory of Williams Lake First Nation within Secwepemculecw and welcomed Alternate Directors Roodenburg and Funk to today's meeting Meeting Agenda adopted Minutes of the previous Regional District Board Meeting were received/adopted Delegations: 1) At 11:30am -- JoAnn Francis, CPA, CA of PMT Chartere ..read more