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The group of senior touring band students at Vancouver International Airport on March 10 en route to their European tour over spring break. (Dean Baumann photo)

Lake City Secondary School senior touring band takes off for Europe

Dozens of students head overseas to perform

The group of senior touring band students at Vancouver International Airport on March 10 en route to their European tour over spring break. (Dean Baumann photo)
Trevor Pierce was an avid outdoor enthusiast and snowmobiler. (Photo submitted)

Deadly snowmobile accident inspires Williams Lake widow to call for better ramp safety

Shanelle Pierce said her husband was fatally injured loading his snowmobile

Trevor Pierce was an avid outdoor enthusiast and snowmobiler. (Photo submitted)
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)
Puddle Produce Farm’s Brianna van Wijngaard sells fresh produce weekly at the Williams Lake Farmers’ Market. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

Central Cariboo Community Food Hub engages on local future of food security

Dinner offered a chance for further talk around local agriculture, food access

Puddle Produce Farm’s Brianna van Wijngaard sells fresh produce weekly at the Williams Lake Farmers’ Market. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
LCSS band students practice Monday, Feb. 28 in preparation for an upcoming concert and band tour. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

LCSS – Williams Lake campus senior touring band to take stage for free concert March 7

Students to showcase the music they have prepared for their European tour

LCSS band students practice Monday, Feb. 28 in preparation for an upcoming concert and band tour. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
Brent Morton, left, and Pharis Romero, second from left, work with some Cariboo youth on a music video project, in which the youth wrote a song and performed in a video as part of climate change awareness. (Shannon O’Donovan photo)
Brent Morton, left, and Pharis Romero, second from left, work with some Cariboo youth on a music video project, in which the youth wrote a song and performed in a video as part of climate change awareness. (Shannon O’Donovan photo)

Video and song by Cariboo youth to go live March 3

Song and video aim at raising awareness around climate change

Brent Morton, left, and Pharis Romero, second from left, work with some Cariboo youth on a music video project, in which the youth wrote a song and performed in a video as part of climate change awareness. (Shannon O’Donovan photo)
Brent Morton, left, and Pharis Romero, second from left, work with some Cariboo youth on a music video project, in which the youth wrote a song and performed in a video as part of climate change awareness. (Shannon O’Donovan photo)
Williams Lake Stampede poster creator Tiffany Jorgensen, left, poses with Mickey Crosina. The poster represents the generational nature of the rodeo, and two longtime Stampede supporters, Wilf Smith and Willie Crosina, who passed away in 2022. (Williams Lake Stampede image)
Williams Lake Stampede poster creator Tiffany Jorgensen, left, poses with Mickey Crosina. The poster represents the generational nature of the rodeo, and two longtime Stampede supporters, Wilf Smith and Willie Crosina, who passed away in 2022. (Williams Lake Stampede image)
Youth play their fiddles during the recording of a song and music video project. (Shannon O’Donovan photo)

Cariboo youth, musicians, to release music video with positive message around climate change

Song, video, meant to inspire action, share experiences

Youth play their fiddles during the recording of a song and music video project. (Shannon O’Donovan photo)
Sage Birchwater, left, a Cariboo author, teamed up with George Atamanenko, to raise funds for Ukraine by selling books translated by George’s late wife, Gloria Atamanenko. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

Cariboo-Chilcotin men team up to raise funds for Ukraine through book sales

Local author helps widower sell books written by Ukrainian scientist, translated by local woman

Sage Birchwater, left, a Cariboo author, teamed up with George Atamanenko, to raise funds for Ukraine by selling books translated by George’s late wife, Gloria Atamanenko. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
Tim Philpott, left, and Emma Swabey were helping out with the Soils to Cellars event. Swabey came up with the idea of screening the film First We Eat to generate discussion around food security in our area. The food in front of them was the door prize, all locally grown food. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

Central Cariboo Community Food Hub project screens First We Eat

Documentary helps engage community around food security

Tim Philpott, left, and Emma Swabey were helping out with the Soils to Cellars event. Swabey came up with the idea of screening the film First We Eat to generate discussion around food security in our area. The food in front of them was the door prize, all locally grown food. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
On a stormy day in St. John’s, Newfoundland, a person won’t see many drivers on the roads, but you might be lucky enough to spot a skier. To read the column: Storm chips and splitting rocks, adventures in Newfoundland weather, go to www.wltribune.com. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

COLUMN: Storm chips and splitting rocks – adventures in Newfoundland weather

People in the Cariboo like to think there are wild swings in the weather in our region - try Newfoundland

On a stormy day in St. John’s, Newfoundland, a person won’t see many drivers on the roads, but you might be lucky enough to spot a skier. To read the column: Storm chips and splitting rocks, adventures in Newfoundland weather, go to www.wltribune.com. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
Annual illicit drug toxicity deaths in B.C. from 1996 until 2022, according to the BC Coroners’ Service. (BC Coroners’ Service)

Encouraged but not required: overdose prevention site doesn’t need Williams Lake city permission

Staff report indicates land use bylaws do not apply due to BC Minister of Health Order

Annual illicit drug toxicity deaths in B.C. from 1996 until 2022, according to the BC Coroners’ Service. (BC Coroners’ Service)
Rafael Ortega, Lorena Vergara, and Mariale Orteg of Venezuela were three of the participants in the Community Connections Program. (Angelika Sellick photo)

PHOTOS: New Canadians play on snow for their first time, at Bull Mountain in Williams Lake

Cariboo Chilcotin Partners for Literacy and Williams Lake Cross Country Ski Club partnered on event

Rafael Ortega, Lorena Vergara, and Mariale Orteg of Venezuela were three of the participants in the Community Connections Program. (Angelika Sellick photo)
Strathcona Beer Company’s Adrian McInnes and Nick Nazarac were serving at a booth at the Williams Lake Craft Beer Festival on Feb. 11, 2023 at Thompson Rivers University. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

Craft Beer festival returns to Williams Lake

Event draws a crowd to taste beer and raise funds for Cariboo Chilcotin Child Development Centre

Strathcona Beer Company’s Adrian McInnes and Nick Nazarac were serving at a booth at the Williams Lake Craft Beer Festival on Feb. 11, 2023 at Thompson Rivers University. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
Interior Crisis Line Network is looking for volunteers to take training and help answer phone lines. (Pixabay photo)

Interior Crisis Line training coming up in Williams Lake or online

Volunteers are needed to support those in crisis

Interior Crisis Line Network is looking for volunteers to take training and help answer phone lines. (Pixabay photo)
Nurse practitioners are helping bridge gaps in primary health care in the Cariboo. (Adobe Stock image)

100 Mile House nurse practitioners helping address shortage of primary care access in Cariboo

Appointments available for virtual appointments for regional patients without family doctor

Nurse practitioners are helping bridge gaps in primary health care in the Cariboo. (Adobe Stock image)
Williams Lake Pickleball Club hosted a tournament Feb. 5, 2023 at the Thompson Rivers University in Williams Lake. (Photo submitted)

Williams Lake Pickleball Club hosts 28 players for local tournament

Players converged on the Thompson Rivers University for the event on Feb. 5

Williams Lake Pickleball Club hosted a tournament Feb. 5, 2023 at the Thompson Rivers University in Williams Lake. (Photo submitted)
Climate strike action was taking place on the streets of Williams Lake, Toronto, Vancouver and other cities across Canada on Friday, March 25, 2022 to draw attention to the role of Canadian financial institutions in funding fossil fuel companies. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

UPDATE: Youth across Cariboo region can apply for climate action grants

Grants and training offer youth a chance to transform climate grief into action

Climate strike action was taking place on the streets of Williams Lake, Toronto, Vancouver and other cities across Canada on Friday, March 25, 2022 to draw attention to the role of Canadian financial institutions in funding fossil fuel companies. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
Sandra Campbell, president of the Cariboo Chilcotin Orienteering Club snowshoed for the club event on Fox Mountain. (Cariboo Chilcotin Orienteering Club photo)

PHOTOS: Cariboo Chilcotin orienteers find their way at UBC Research Forest property

Event offers orienteers a chance to snowshoe, ski a winter course

Sandra Campbell, president of the Cariboo Chilcotin Orienteering Club snowshoed for the club event on Fox Mountain. (Cariboo Chilcotin Orienteering Club photo)
Michael Mylonas, from left, Jimmy Lulua, Nelson William and Brian Finnie stand next to a cairn atop a mountain they climbed during their trip across the Coast Mountains from Nemiah Valley to the coast. (Jimmie Lulua photo)

Xeni Gwet’in Bute Inlet hikers converge on Whistler for film premiere

Hikers who participated in historic hike to Bute Inlet to attend film premiere in Whistler tonight

Michael Mylonas, from left, Jimmy Lulua, Nelson William and Brian Finnie stand next to a cairn atop a mountain they climbed during their trip across the Coast Mountains from Nemiah Valley to the coast. (Jimmie Lulua photo)
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