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(BARKERVILLE HISTORIC TOWN) When Barkerville’s Theatre Royal said they wanted to hit the road this spring for a rousing musical performance tour, it was music to the ears of the New Pathways to Gold Society (NPTGS). So the Society granted $5,000 towards the Phoenix Tour without missing a beat. “We are delighted to help [...]

The New Pathways to Gold Society (NPTGS) has awarded at total of $12,500 to four projects that promote heritage tourism, First Nations reconciliation and Multiculturalism in the Gold Rush/Spirit Trails corridor. The four projects received between $1,000 and $5,000 under the NPTGS Small Projects Funding Program. NPTGS Co-chair Terry Raymond said the projects proposed [...]

(LYTTON) Canada’s Hot Spot will be cooking with music, dancing, drumming and a very special moment of reconciliation during the New Pathways to Gold Society’s (NPTGS) 10+ Anniversary Celebrations. The festivities in the traditional territory of the Lytton First Nation (LFN) include performances by the Barkerville Players, First Nations drummers and dancers and an [...]

(LYTTON) Legendary saxophonist and Sound Tribe front man Al Stager headlines “Rising From the Ashes,” a benefit concert to assist Interior communities hit hard by the 2017 wildfire crisis being held in the traditional territory of the Lytton First Nation on April 14. Stager leads an all-star cast of talented, veteran First Nations musicians [...]

Two talented First Nations leaders have joined the New Pathways to Gold Society (NPTGS) Board of Directors. Mike Retasket (left) and James Hobart attended their first meeting as directors in Ashcroft on Oct. 19. Retasket is the new Director representing Tourism Associations while Hobart is the First Nations Director representing the Canyon region of [...]

The New Pathways to Gold Society (NPTGS) has awarded a total of $12,500 to three projects that promote heritage tourism, First Nations reconciliation and Multiculturalism in the Gold Rush/Spirit Trails corridor. FraserFEST 2017 and the Gold Country Communities Society Geotour each received $5,000 while the Xatsull First Nation Save the Salmon Pow-wow was awarded [...]

The New Pathways to Gold Society (NPTGS) is donating $500 towards relief for communities along the Gold Rush/Spirit Trails corridor affected by B.C.’s wildfires. The Society is giving $250 to the Canadian Red Cross British Columbia Fires Appeal Fund and $250 towards Theatre Royal’s benefit tour of communities impacted by the fires. “We all [...]

The “Entrance to the Bear World” now has twin totem poles gracing its gateway. The two poles carved by Canim Lake First Nation (Tsq’escenemc) artist Jerome Boyce were unveiled at the Bridge Lake Ice Caves during a ceremony today that also celebrated the completion of the Jobs Creation Partnership (JCP) Project organized by the [...]