The late Ethel Gabriel at the Rochester Presbyterian Home. A handful of framed gold records lined the otherwise mundane hallway of the Rochester Presbyterian Home, and then on to the walls of the one-room apartment of Ethel Gabriel. She was 91 years old then, but she remembered. “How could I forget Elvis?” she said. “I made him famous.” That was eight years ago, before dementia swept away so many memories of Elvis Presley and of the estimated 2,500-plus albums that she produced over the course of her career in the recording industry. Gabriel’s impact on the music business has not been forgotten. In 2014, she was honored with a Special Merit Award by the Rochester Music Hall of Fame. And when Gabriel passed away quietly on March 23 at Highland Hospital with the music of Frank Sinatra playing in the room The New York Times and The Washington Post ran obituaries. The latter publication’s headline read, “Ethel Gabriel, trailblazing producer and execu
Quesnel will soon have a rainbow crosswalk.
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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 couple of features. One that was on the table for them was a crosswalk feature, and then another feature that had been discussed and is actually exciting is a mural.”
Union leaders and NDP politicians blasted the provincial government for its handling of the forest industry during a rally in Mackenzie on Friday.
Approximately 800 people turned out to the Save our Community Rally, which took place during the B.C. forestry roundtable meeting in the town. Over 1,000 workers have been laid off by Canfor, Pope & Talbot and AbitibiBowater in the town of 4,500 people.
B.C. NDP leader Carole James said exporting raw logs to mills outside B.C. needs to stop.
“These resources from your community belong in the province and they should stay in the province,” James said.
The forest sector and rural communities like Mackenzie have helped build this province and bankroll government infrastructure, she said.
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President Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan would enhance the wellness for thousands of homes across the country, advancing the availability of safe and healthy homes, says Forbes. Affordable housing would be given the chance to offer quality indoor air and water, plumbing, HVAC, and more, says Bob Simpson of the Center for Active Design. Although the plan does not explicitly state that funding will go toward improving ventilation in residential buildings, Simpson says it s not out of the question. Building and rehabbing homes for low- and middle-income families would alleviate the issue of overcrowding in low-income housing, which is a health risk in itself, says Forbes.
Airport money provides City of Quesnel with some much needed funding flexibility
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Quesnel Mayor Bob Simpson says the provincial government’s announcement that the City will get 360 thousand dollars in funding for the airport allows Council to spend some of their COVID Restart money elsewhere.
Simpson says that is about the same amount that they used for the airport out of the original 2.5 million dollars in COVID Restart money…
“So now our Finance Committee, because there is a direct grant for those kinds of things that are occurring at municipal airports all over the country, that will now allow us to take a look at what we did using the 2.5 million differently, and there is lots of needs that we didn’t meet with that original 2.5 million. So this grant is specific for the airport, addresses some of the revenue shortfalls and expenses at the airport, and allows us to use some of the 2.5 money differently than