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The New Pathways to Gold Society (NPTGS) has awarded a total of $10,000 to two projects that will help communities recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and promote heritage tourism, First Nations reconciliation and Multiculturalism in the Gold Rush/Spirit Trails corridor. The projects received $5,000 each from the NPTGS Small Projects Funding Program. "We're excited [...]

Above: Cecil Salmon (right, a direct descendent of Chief Cexpe'nthlEm) and Dale Snyder (a descendant of Henry Snyder) unveiling the design for a revitalized memorial precinct in 2018. (LYTTON) One of the great mysteries of British Columbia history is where celebrated Indigenous leader and peace-maker Chief Cexpe'nthlEm is buried. Is he beneath the memorial [...]

The New Pathways to Gold Society (NPTGS) has awarded at total of $10,000 to two projects that promote heritage tourism, First Nations reconciliation and Multiculturalism in the Gold Rush/Spirit Trails corridor. The two projects received $5,000 each under the NPTGS Small Projects Funding Program. NPTGS Co-Chair Terry Raymond said the projects proposed by the two [...]

(BARKERVILLE) It’s kind of fitting the Nam Sing Packing Expedition Historic Recreation will roll into Barkerville at High Noon on September 8 during the historic town’s Cowboys and Drovers Jubilee. There won’t be any showdowns on Main Street, but there will be a wagon train, historic reenactors and a large troop of riders in [...]

(WILLIAMS LAKE) The Phoenix Tour will be hitting the biggest stage in B.C. when they perform in front of the North Central Local Government Association (NCLGA) on Thursday. The Theatre Royal travelling troupe will put on a show for mayors and councilors who represent communities from 100 Mile House to the Yukon border and [...]

(FRASER LAKE) Last year, Emily Lindstrom was far away from her hometown of Fraser Lake and feeling helpless as her neighbourhood was being evacuated because of wildfires. Now the UVic Theatre Program graduate is getting a chance to give back to her community as she makes a musical homecoming with Theatre Royal’s Phoenix Tour. [...]

(PRINCE GEORGE) The crinoline and cummerbund-clad kids from the Cariboo hope to give all those Cosplay characters something to Marvel at when the Phoenix Tour performs at Northern FanCon on May 5. The troupe’s 19th Century costuming will be a Stark contrast to the legions of Game of Thrones and Avengers fans when they [...]

(WELLS) When Theatre Royal Producer Richard Wright suggested telling the rest of the province that Wells, Barkerville and the rest of the Cariboo was open for business, the locals told him to get outta town -- in a nice way. They even helped pay Wright and his travelling troupe’s tickets so they could hit [...]

The New Pathways to Gold Society (NPTGS) has received funding from the BC Rural Dividend Program to rebuild sections of the historic Cariboo Waggon Road. The Society received $54,550 for the initial phase of Cariboo Wagon Road Restoration Project. The NPTGS initiative was one of 11 projects in the Cariboo region to receive funding [...]

(WELLS) Like the legendary Phoenix, Cariboo communities have been through ordeal by fire and risen from the ashes to thrive again. So when Barkerville’s Theatre Royal decided to hit the road this spring for a series of rousing musical performances to celebrate the region’s resilience, there was really only one logical choice for a [...]