Mid-Week News - May 25th edition

In 100 Mile:

* Rising waters at Canim Lk left a resort owner scrambling for sandbags - see here
* 99 Mile Hill project on time despite major setback - see here
* Cariboo Family Enrichment Centre Society has their AGM on June 8th - more details here
* CRD has success on its' resolutions at the NCLGA AGM - see here
* A Victora-based company praises the HST - see here
* Rural Crime Watch express its' support for public use of their website (http://www.ruralcrimewatch.com) - see more here

In Williams Lake:

* WL Stampede to go ahead late June-early July, even though rodeos in 100 Mile/Quesnel were cancelled last week - see here
* Welcome to Williams Lake has two stories from last night's WL Council Meeting - see here & here
* Britco, a portable building making company near Langley, is donating one of its' professional commentators' buildings for a library at Toosey, west of Williams Lake - see here

In Quesnel:

* Continued work for residents' displaced due to Cottonwood River flooding - see here

* Although not posted at the Rush's website yet (http://www.therushfm.ca) - they ran a story this morning where Quesnel Mayor Mary Sjostrom and Quesnel Councillor Sushil Thapar locked horns over the minutes of the May 16th Committee of the Whole Meeting  (Quesnel Council) where Councillor Thapar objected to how a couple of motions were recorded to which Mayor Sjostrom responded with:

"Councillor Thapar, that is a serious charge that you are levelling"

Mayor Sjostrom was absolutely right to call Councillor Thapar on his questioning of how the minutes were recorded.  If Councillor Thapar had any concerns about how minutes were recorded, the appropriate action would have been to request a meeting with Quesnel's Mayor & City Manager and express his concerns that way and not on the floor of a Council meeting and knowing Quesnel's Mayor like I do - she would have been open to such a meeting and addressed any and all of Councillor Thapar's concerns

In Provincial News:

* Vancouver Sun political columnist Vaughn Palmer says BC Premier Christy Clark's fix for the HST may involve the corporate sector - see here

* In the Twitter universe - Victoria says to save the HST means, pending a vote in July:

a) HST to 10%
b) $175 per child under 18
c) 2% hike in corporate taxes

Stories from Times Colonist and Globe & Mail on this - see here and here
Also see a story from Black Press here and the official Gov't of BC Press Release here