Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Local/Provincial News - Tues April 12th edition

In the Tribune:

* Review of last Wednesday's CRD Wildfire Meeting in Williams Lake - see here
* Renovations to Deni House set to start next month (May) - see here
* Local Federal Election Candidate List grows to seven with a "All-Candidates" forum to be scheduled on Thursday, April 21st at 7:00pm at Wildwood Elementary - see here
* Letter writer Richard Taylor pleads for the "New World Cafe" Road-side patio not to go up this year - see here

In your Vancouver Sun/Province:

* Political columnist Mike Smyth reviews the voting intrigue that could spell out the winner of the BC NDP Leadership race - see here
* Political columnist Vaughn Palmer reviews why Kash Heed is done politically - see here

From the City of Quesnel:

The popular Heritage Speaker Series organized by the Quesnel & District Museum and Archives begins Wednesday April 27 at 7 p.m. in Quesnel City Hall Council Chambers. Bill Quackenbush, curator at Barkerville Historic Town will present the talk From Barkerville to China: Hands across the Pacific.

Quackenbush traveled to China in 2009 to establish contacts to continue his research on the Chinese people who came to the Cariboo. He will discuss what he learned of the Siyi County district people - the four counties where almost all of the people of Chinese heritage in North America came from - as well as what life was like for these people in the 19th and early 20th century. He will also speak about contemporary efforts to memorialize the contributions of the Overseas Chinese to China's development in their museums and about Barkerville's plan to create an exhibition in China intended to cement relationships with the people of Siyi and encourage visitation to British Columbia.

The Chinese from the Siyi county area represent the largest ethnic group to come to the Cariboo prior to the 1960s. During the 1880s they comprised approximately half of the total population.
Barkerville's Chinatown was originally developed as an interpreted heritage area aided by Bill Hong, Eric Joe and others in the late 1950s. Over the years they have continued to research the Chinese heritage of the area. A notable example is the work done on the C.D. Hoy photograph collection which is now on exhibit at the Quesnel Museum.

Admission is by donation. For more information contact the museum at 250-992-9580 or via e-mail at ehunter@quesnel.ca.

The Quesnel and District Museum and Archives is funded by the City of Quesnel and offers a growing range of programming and exhibits.

For further information contact:

Elizabeth Hunter
Museum and Heritage Manager
Quesnel & District Museum and Archives
(250) 992-9580

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