1) WL City Staff - spend $1,400,000 on roads and not $300,000 - read here
2) WL Tribune gives a wrap on City of WL Council Budget Mtg #3 - read here
3) Bob Simpson: Good to see more investments in BC bio-economy - read here. As well, Mr. Simpson says Let's debate the prohibition of marijuana - read here
4) Kim Carter (BC Ombudsperson) makes recommendations on how to move forward on seniors' file in BC - read here. Meanwhile - read Ms. Carter's report here. Audrey MacLise speaks out on this item here
5) Auditor-General releases report on Victoria's handling of forests in BC - read article from Black Press here and read the Auditor-General's report here
6) Tolko - Creekside Division shut down for 3 years this week but it is, in no way, a done deal- read here
7) Dog Park in WL moves forward to Boitanio Park near Skate Park - read here
8) CRD Chair Al Richmond, 100 Mile Mayor Mitch Campsall & WL Mayor Kerry Cook all speak out in favour of Victoria's "Auditor-General for Local Government" - read here
9) Woodland Dr water project moves forward - read here
Editor's Note - I understand that Council will propose that Woodland Dr would get water only for now at a rough cost of $2 million and put sewer services in at a future time. There is also no word on the type of public assent process to be used (counter-petition vs referendum), but given the cost of conducting a referendum... Watch for Council to use counter-petition to get the public's permission to borrow the necessary funds
10) WL Mayor Kerry Cook looks at dealership expansion, the recently held Cariboo Cattlemen Association's AGM and the White Cane event in her weekly column - read here
11) Cariboo-North MLA Bob Simpson looks at the next 100 years of the BC Forest Service - read here
12) Doug Wilson: DriveABLE tests unfair to seniors' - read here
13) Don Leung: Safety needs to be improved on BC Highways, in light of McLeese Lake tragedy - read here
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