Chilcotin

The Chilcotin River and its tributaries are critical fish habitat. (Photo submitted)

Chilcotin ranch fined $455,000 after pleading guilty to altering salmon habitat

Altherr Schellenberg Cattle Co. Ltd impacted tributaries of the Chilcotin River

 

Helen Sandy of Williams Lake First Nation turns the salmon strips in her smoke house at Sugar Cane. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

CASUAL COUNTRY: The Joy of Salmon

Preparing salmon brings back is something Helen Sandy and Mary Tenale enjoy

 

Cariboo Memorial Hospital in Williams Lake. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

Williams Lake city council asks Interior Health for truth, answers on doctors’ departures

Council also wants meetings with IH and B.C.’s health minister

 

Jessica James, who grew up in Nimpo Lake, B.C., is the star aviator in History’s reality show Lost Car Rescue, with Season 2 to be released this Spring. (Jeff Topham photo)

Nimpo Lake pilot happy to be right where she is, taking off in Season 2 of Lost Car Rescue

Female aviators might still be a rarity, but growing up in Nimpo Lake, it came naturally to James

Jessica James, who grew up in Nimpo Lake, B.C., is the star aviator in History’s reality show Lost Car Rescue, with Season 2 to be released this Spring. (Jeff Topham photo)
Roger William is back in the saddle as Chief of Xeni Gwet’in First Nation. (Photo submitted)

Roger William returns as chief of Xeni Gwet’in First Nation

This will be William’s third stint as leader

Roger William is back in the saddle as Chief of Xeni Gwet’in First Nation. (Photo submitted)
Central Cariboo Search and Rescue has issued a statement saying one of its volunteer members was killed in the avalanche on Feb. 11 in the Chilcotin. (Avalanche Canada website screen shot)

Chilcotin avalanche victim a member of Central Cariboo Search and Rescue

‘This member was a treasured part of our team,’ said CCSAR president

Central Cariboo Search and Rescue has issued a statement saying one of its volunteer members was killed in the avalanche on Feb. 11 in the Chilcotin. (Avalanche Canada website screen shot)
Ebola response trainees don full PPE required for exposure to highly infectious diseases during training in Kenya. (Photo submitted)

B.C. Interior nurse practitioner assists African nations with Ebola response

Patrice Gordon has been part of International Federation of Red Cross response

Ebola response trainees don full PPE required for exposure to highly infectious diseases during training in Kenya. (Photo submitted)
On the road to Nemiah Valley, west of Williams Lake, a log gateway marks the entrance to Tsilhqot’in Title Lands. (Angie Mindus file photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

Tsilhqot’in National Government calls for halt on mining exploration west of Williams Lake

Chiefs demand consultation prior to further exploration in Scum Lake area

On the road to Nemiah Valley, west of Williams Lake, a log gateway marks the entrance to Tsilhqot’in Title Lands. (Angie Mindus file photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
Swimmers get ready to take the plunge New Year’s Day, 2023, along the shores of beautiful Tatlayoko Lake. Pictured are: Meshach Emke (from left), Kelly Emke and Gideon Emke, Peter Shaughnessy, Sandra McGirr, Sabina Harris, and Roy Paul. (Roma Shaughnessy photo)

Chilcotin swimmers take the plunge into Tatlayoko Lake to mark a new year

Seven hardy souls dipped into the frigid waters to kick off 2023

  • Jan 2, 2023
Swimmers get ready to take the plunge New Year’s Day, 2023, along the shores of beautiful Tatlayoko Lake. Pictured are: Meshach Emke (from left), Kelly Emke and Gideon Emke, Peter Shaughnessy, Sandra McGirr, Sabina Harris, and Roy Paul. (Roma Shaughnessy photo)
A rescued moose calf. 
(Photo courtesy of Sue Burton)

Big or small, this Cariboo Chilcotin animal rescuer tries to save them all

Saving Cariboo Chilcotin wildlife is what Sue Burton does

A rescued moose calf. 
(Photo courtesy of Sue Burton)
Jim Hilton pens a column on forestry each week for Black Press Media.

FOREST INK: Black cottonwood has many good qualities

There are three native poplar species in this province. Trembling (Quaking) Aspen…

  • Dec 11, 2022
Jim Hilton pens a column on forestry each week for Black Press Media.
Ranch Musings columnist David Zirnhelt. (File photo)

RANCH MUSINGS: Financial bad news and yet there is hope

When my brain was warm enough this past week, it kept returning…

  • Dec 10, 2022
Ranch Musings columnist David Zirnhelt. (File photo)
Driving into the remote Xeni Gwet’in community in Nemiah Valley, the views include fencelines, forests and mountains on the horizon. (Jimmy Lulua photo)

Power, water finally reaches all homes of Xeni Gwe’tin First Nation in Chilcotin

For many, power and water were luxuries they had never had in their homes

Driving into the remote Xeni Gwet’in community in Nemiah Valley, the views include fencelines, forests and mountains on the horizon. (Jimmy Lulua photo)
Williams Lake First Nation elder Virginia Gilbert leads an opening prayer and song. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

New First Nations Wellness Centre in Williams Lake first of its kind in B.C.

The centre combines primary health care, social services and Indigenous health supports

Williams Lake First Nation elder Virginia Gilbert leads an opening prayer and song. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
A downed tree on a power line ignited a fire north of Sapeye Lake in the West Chilcotin on Wednesday, Oct. 26. Embers from the fire spread further to the southeast side of the Water Lily Lake Recreation Trail as seen here Saturday, Oct. 29. (Patrice Gordon photo)

Downed tree on power line sparks wildfire in West Chilcotin, north end of Sapeye Lake

The fire spread across Mosely Creek and northeast to the southeast side of Water Lily Lake

A downed tree on a power line ignited a fire north of Sapeye Lake in the West Chilcotin on Wednesday, Oct. 26. Embers from the fire spread further to the southeast side of the Water Lily Lake Recreation Trail as seen here Saturday, Oct. 29. (Patrice Gordon photo)
Michael Mylonas, from left, Nelson William, and Brian Finnie sit atop a peak they climbed during their trip across the Coast Mountains to the coast. (Jimmie Lulua photo)

Spiritual journey marks a return to land and tradition for Chilcotin’s Xeni Gwet’in

Members of Xeni Gwet’in hike across the Coast Mountains to reclaim historic trade route

Michael Mylonas, from left, Nelson William, and Brian Finnie sit atop a peak they climbed during their trip across the Coast Mountains to the coast. (Jimmie Lulua photo)
It was the first time the memorial was held in Williams Lake. (Tammy Haller photo)

Indigenous communities unite for 158th Annual Lhats’as?in Memorial Day in Williams Lake

The event honours the Tsilhqot’in war chiefs that were hanged in Quesnel on Oct. 26, 1864

It was the first time the memorial was held in Williams Lake. (Tammy Haller photo)
The view from the DriveBC webcam on Highway 20 at Heckman Summit, Friday Oct. 28, where there is a travel advisory due to high avalanche hazard. (DriveBC site image)

UPDATE: Highway 20 at Heckman Pass reopened

Motorists are advised of slippery sections

The view from the DriveBC webcam on Highway 20 at Heckman Summit, Friday Oct. 28, where there is a travel advisory due to high avalanche hazard. (DriveBC site image)
Crews are attending a 200-hectare wildfire 17 km south of Puntzi Lake. (Betty Anderson photo)

Crews tackling 200-hectare wildfire south of Puntzi Lake

The fire is suspected to be human-caused

Crews are attending a 200-hectare wildfire 17 km south of Puntzi Lake. (Betty Anderson photo)
A search is underway in the Chilcotin for a woman last seen Friday (Sept. 30) heading out hunting south of Alexis Creek. If anyone has seen her, they are asked to contact the Alexis Creek RCMP. (Photo submitted)

UPDATE: Missing hunter in Chilcotin found safe

Courtney Harry was found Monday, Oct. 3

A search is underway in the Chilcotin for a woman last seen Friday (Sept. 30) heading out hunting south of Alexis Creek. If anyone has seen her, they are asked to contact the Alexis Creek RCMP. (Photo submitted)