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(SPUZZUM) Over 350 people packed the picnic area of Alexandra Bridge Provincial Park for a special potlach potluck to launch to the petition drive to restore the 1926 Alexandra Bridge. The host Spuzzum First Nation shared their First Salmon Ceremony with the participants during the July 26 event. Chilliwack-Hope MLA Laurie Throness promised the [...]

(LILLOOET) Henry Yu is hoping his home movies recorded on a raft will be a hit from here to China – if you get his drift. The University of British Columbia prof will be part of an expedition making the trip from Lillooet to Yale during the Cedar-Bamboo Fraser River Rafting Expedition, August 20-22. [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (YALE) Take a staycation, 1863 style, at the Cariboo Waggon Road 150 Celebrations this weekend in Historic Yale. You’ll get all the excitement, colour, tastes and pageantry of the opening of the lower section of what was hailed as the “eighth wonder of the world” without the prospect of taking the [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (LYTTON) The Songs of the Land project breathes new life into ancient Aboriginal music after a century of silence. And on July 29, the Nlakap'amux people will open up a treasure trove of songs and stories recorded a century ago on wax cylinders at a Community Consultation Workshop, Performance and Feast in [...]

Members of the GRST Regional Management Committee pictured (from left to right): Frank Wijme (Horsefly Chamber of Commerce), Robin Fennell(Clinton Outdoor Sportsmen Association),  Larry Messaros (Green Lake Snowmobile Club), Jim Kirby (Performance All-Terrain Ltd. and 100 Mile Chamber of Commerce), Steve Law (108 Resource Management), Donna Barnett (MLA, Cariboo-Chilcotin), Cheryl Chapman (Co-chair, New Pathways to [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (LILLOOET) There were prayers for the dead and lessons for the living on a special rafting trip down the Fraser River commemorating the 150th anniversary of the devastating 1862 small pox epidemic. Three members of the New Pathways to Gold Society (NPTGS) Board of Directors took part in the five-day trip from [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE It's only fitting that one of the jewels of the New Pathways to Gold Society's board has received a medal marking the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Director Lily Chow has been awarded the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of her community service, including her tireless work on the NPTGS board of directors. [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (SPUZZUM, B.C.) They were building bridges as well as saving them at two community heritage events in the historic Fraser Canyon. A coalition of First Nations representatives, heritage organizations, community activists, officials from all three levels of government and other supporters gathered to celebrate the opening of the Grand Opening of [...]