As part of the Quesnel Transportation Plan study, which is assessing highway safety and traffic flow through the community, summary results of two public consultation sessions and online feedback are now available at: www.gov.bc.ca/quesneltransportationstudy

Due to the snowstorm last week, the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure is giving the public another opportunity to provide feedback on short-, medium- and long-term options to improve the Highway 97 corridor through Quesnel at an additional open house.

The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure is inviting the public to provide feedback on short-, medium- and long-term options to improve the Highway 97 corridor through Quesnel.

A community meeting for B.C.’s first Poverty Reduction Strategy will take place in Quesnel on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018.

Quesnel’s grade 8 and 9 students will soon be learning in a safer, more secure environment by moving to Maple Drive Junior school.

Local governments in Quesnel and Wells are receiving federal-provincial investments in critical clean water and wastewater infrastructure, announced MLA Coralee Oakes for Cariboo North on behalf of Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development Peter Fassbender.

Forty-three job seekers, including former employees who were affected by sawmill closures in Quesnel and surrounding areas, are receiving training for jobs in their communities, thanks to support from the federal and provincial governments.

Building on the economic benefits and jobs created by getting to yes on major projects and provincial investments in infrastructure, Cariboo North MLA Coralee Oakes announced immediate investments and a long-term action plan outlined in B.C.’s rural economic development strategy that will create jobs and economic opportunities in Cariboo North.

Work clothes? Check. Books? Check. Tools? Check. A place to stay? Check. Students in the Quesnel School District are packing their bags and traveling to other B.C. communities for enhanced skills, technical, and trades training opportunities thanks to $5,000 for the school district from the Province’s Skills Training Access Grant.