100 Mile House News

Police say a two-year-old missing person case in the B.C. Interior is now being investigated as a homicide.

Mayor Mitch Campsall's review of the past year's highlights at the final District of 100 Mile House council meeting.

It could have been disastrous for local employment programs when the provincial government recently ran out of funds for the Skills Development Employment Benefits program, but then Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA Donna Barnett saved the day.

The job opportunity program, which started in the summer, has displaced resource workers clearing brush from the sides of roads.

Mike Hopcraft's living room is actually a "living" room. Its walls are lined with terrariums, aquariums, and caged enclosures which house a veritable cornucopia of animals.

Joan Danby is retiring after 27 years from conducting and singing with the Rainbow Choir, which is made up of seniors from Langley-Aldergrove area.

Obstetric service at 100 Mile District General Hospital is back after almost one year's absence.

If you wish, you may print the following email message that was sent to Honorable Shirley Bond, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure .

The applause for the Rainbow Choir was dying down as the Langley singers prepared for their next number at a home for seniors in 100 Mile House.

The joys of a small town My brother, who lives in Boundary Bay, asked me recently how I liked the birthday card and $5 cash he sent my way last June.

An artist's sketch showing the suspected Highway of Tears killer and his hitchhiking victim.

Mistakes are the bane of every newspaper, magazine and TV newscast. In Peter Stone's case, a journalist's error led to the love of his life, Edmonton singer-songwriter Denise MacKay, and their folk-pop project, 100 Mile House.

Last week, we learned the District of 100 Mile House had to back out on its commitment to host the Northern BC Winter Games in 2011.

Happy Creek trenches 4 metres of 2.0 g/t gold on its Hen property, B.C. December 2, 2009 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Happy Creek Minerals Ltd.

The White Ribbon Campaign officially kicked off in 100 Mile on Nov. 25, and area men can show they dona t support violence against women and children by wearing a white ribbon.

The Federation of BC Woodlot Associa-tionsa new coffee table book, titled Forest Life - British Columbia Woodlots, showcases woodlot licences throughout the province.

Last week was a busy one for 100 Mile House Fire-Rescue chief Darrell Blades as firefighters were called to a blaze that destroyed a mobile home on Kennedy Road on Nov.

The B.C. government is reminding residents who own an exotic animal, or are thinking of purchasing one, that they should be applying for a permit in order to keep that animal.

Remembering lost loved ones can be especially poignant during the holidays. An annual ceremony in 100 Mile House provides a special way to honour and commemorate those people who are gone from our lives, but never forgotten.

Adult day services in 100 Mile House are being reduced. Peter Swann, one of the workers in that program, says therea s a 30 per cent cut in the program, which has gone from five employees to two since Interior Health took over hospital administration.