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Quesnel Council to pay more for road repairs as winter takes its toll on City roads SHARE ON: Flamingo Street (Photo provided by the City) Quesnel City Council will dip into its Capital Reinvestment Fund to pay for some unexpected repairs to four local roads. Matt Thomas is the Director of Public Works. “Abbott Drive, Flamingo/Perry Street, Wilkinson Avenue, Tingley Drive and Twan Avenue.   After the winter season the above mentioned roads have broken down to a point where driver safety is...

Quesnel will soon have a rainbow crosswalk. SHARE ON: Quesnel City Council unanimously approved the installation on Tuesday night at the request of the Pride Society. It will cross St Laurent Avenue from Spirit Square to the Royal Bank. Councillor Mitch Vik is the Chair of the Executive Committee… “We’re very pleased that we put some work in to try and assist the Pride Society in realizing a dream or an ambition to have a pride feature in the community.   It got narrowed down to a coupl...

Quesnel bid to host 2024 BC Winter Games may not be dead yet SHARE ON: Quesnel City Hall (G Henderson, MyCaribooNow.com staff) Quesnel City Council’s bid to host the 2024 BC Winter Games has been granted a stay of execution. City Councillor Mitch Vik, the Chair of the Executive Committee, says the city has been given some more time to iron out a few of the necessary details. “The Society, after learning about the challenges the city had faced obtaining the necessary support, generously agr...

SHARE ON: Quesnel City Hall (G Henderson, MyCaribooNow.com staff) The City of Quesnel will no longer be making a bid to host the 2024 BC Winter Games. While Council received a resolution of partnership from the Lhtako Dene First Nation and letters of support from both the Cariboo Regional District and Quesnel’s Board of Education among others, it didn’t get the necessary endorsement from the School District’s partners, namely from CUPE and the Teachers Association. Many on Council, inclu...

Quesnel City Council supports feasibility study on District Heating System SHARE ON: Quesnel City Council meeting (GHenderson-MyCaribooNow-staff) Quesnel City Council has given staff the green light to submit a grant application to assist in funding a Thermal Energy System feasibility study. Kyle Aben is the city’s Carbon Review Coordinator. “Currently funding is available through the Federation of Canadian Municipalities for up to 50 percent of the feasibility cost.   Our partner, West ...