Chamber studies new ways to boost entrepreneur confidence

The upper North Thompson Valley has a wealth of experienced businesspeople who, through no fault of their own, have found their previous source of revenue has dried up with the decline in the forest industry. They need help and encouragement so they can use those skills to develop new businesses... more

Forestry deaths drop dramatically

BC Forest Safety Council president and CEO Reynold Hert reports that the year 2009 recorded the fewest deaths in B.C. timber harvesting, including hauling, in the last quarter century - four direct fatalities, compared with at least 10 every other... more

• Increase in temperature expected to lower our timber productivity
• Quesnel workshop about small livestock
• A sign of Spring

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BACK IN TIME

45 YEARS AGO: "In brief, the letter tells you to amalgamate or nothing," secretary-treasurer J. Allan Smith told School District 26 trustees. The letter was in response to a meeting by the Barriere and Birch Island school boards concerning possible cooperation... more

• BACK IN TIME
• Teamwork beautifies dumping grounds
• March is Nutrition Month in British Columbia

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Lovelock gives theory on why Earth is right temperature

A few weeks ago we published an editorial that said those who want to deny the global warming balloon need answer only one question: where’s the heat? We know carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas and we know that the... more

• B.C. VIEWS: 'Dirt ministries' take the hit
• Elks install flashboard
• Voters must be registered

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