The Peace River Regional District office in Dawson Creek. (PRRD)
DAWSON CREEK, B.C – The Peace River Regional District board has rejected a request from the Nor’ Pioneer Women’s Institute to hold a plant sale next month.
The WI wanted to hold the 10-day sale in mid to-late May at the Cecil Lake transfer station as part of its ongoing fundraising for a community emergency fund, the Cecil Lake Cemetery, and the Women’s Resource Society.
Electoral Area B Director Karen Goodings said the organization was also considering the Cecil Lake Store as a venue, and wanted the group to be able to use the station as a second option. Both said they would take precautions and follow current COVID-19 public health rules, which currently limit outdoor events to 10.
Tumbler Ridge Museum Manager Zena Conlin holds a casting of a partial T-Rex jaw imprint. (Tom Summer)
TUMBLER RIDGE, B.C – Two Tumbler Ridge organizations will be holding off on amalgamation plans after a report on amalgamating Tumbler Ridge’s geopark and museum was received for discussion at the Peace River Regional District’s April 15 board meeting.
Last summer, the Tumbler Ridge Global Geopark Society (TRGGS) and Tumbler Ridge Museum Foundation (TRMF) began exploring the possibility of combining the two organizations into one, streamlining history and tourism for the region.
“They’re working pretty hard on this, the letter from them is a little bit silent in respect to where they are, outlines moving forward with this. But I think COVID has put all of us a little bit back,” said Taylor Mayor Rob Fraser, referencing a letter to the PRRD board.
“Nowhere else has our timestamp. If you look at Drumheller, for example, it’s just one level. What really makes us unique is that we have 450 million years to today,” said Conlin. Mayor Keith Bertrand says British Columbia would greatly benefit from legislation to protect prehistoric finds, strengthening the work done by paleontologists. “There is no provincial legislation which protects those fossils. Every year they go out and have to uncover what they’ve accomplished last year and start the work again. It’s quite a delaying process,” Betrand said, noting Tumbler Ridge has independently stored fossils on behalf of the province for 20 years.