Keith McNeill

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Youngsters run across a field as four people on horses chase them. They were taking part in a Mini-Mantracker event hosted by Wells Gray Riders at McNeils’ ranch near Birch Island on Saturday, April 14.Photo byKeith McNeill

PHOTOS: Wells Gray Riders host mini-Mantracker

Event held at McNeils' ranch near Birch Island on Saturday

Youngsters run across a field as four people on horses chase them. They were taking part in a Mini-Mantracker event hosted by Wells Gray Riders at McNeils’ ranch near Birch Island on Saturday, April 14.Photo byKeith McNeill
Members of the Clearwater Secondary School girls soccer team pose for a photograph during a tournament in Hope on Friday, April 13.

Girls start soccer season

Clearwater places ninth in 16-team tournament in Hope

Members of the Clearwater Secondary School girls soccer team pose for a photograph during a tournament in Hope on Friday, April 13.
Mike Rowden (l), recreation services officer for Thompson-Cariboo Region with BC Parks, and Ralph Segreto, a Shuswap Community Foundation director, check out personal floation devices (PFDs) on loan from a kiosk at Shuswap Lake Provincial Park. Willow MacDonald, TNRD director for Area B (Thompson Headwaters) would like to establish a similar kiosk at Lake Eleanor beach in Blue River. Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue has established 37 of the kiosks in B.C. since 2002.Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue photo

PFD loaners coming to Lake Eleanor

Personal floatation devices available for youngsters to borrow are intended to increase safety

Mike Rowden (l), recreation services officer for Thompson-Cariboo Region with BC Parks, and Ralph Segreto, a Shuswap Community Foundation director, check out personal floation devices (PFDs) on loan from a kiosk at Shuswap Lake Provincial Park. Willow MacDonald, TNRD director for Area B (Thompson Headwaters) would like to establish a similar kiosk at Lake Eleanor beach in Blue River. Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue has established 37 of the kiosks in B.C. since 2002.Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue photo
Vavenby resident Chuck Pollard wears a Vancouver Canucks jersey and has a hockey stick hood ornament on his truck on Thursday, April 12. He noted that they are burying the first of the boys in Humboldt today. "I know what those parents are going through. I lost a son of my own, 23 years ago. God bless them all," he said.

Honouring the Humboldt dead

North Thompson residents join Canadians across the country in wearing hockey jerseys

Vavenby resident Chuck Pollard wears a Vancouver Canucks jersey and has a hockey stick hood ornament on his truck on Thursday, April 12. He noted that they are burying the first of the boys in Humboldt today. "I know what those parents are going through. I lost a son of my own, 23 years ago. God bless them all," he said.
Keith McNeill is editor of the Clearwater Times newspaper.

The pipeline and the water-bed

Kinder Morgan's decision, even if it stands, will not have a meaningful effect of climate change

Keith McNeill is editor of the Clearwater Times newspaper.
North Thompson Valley resident Rhiannon Guera holds her falcon Gryla, a gyr-saker hybrid. She is seeking ranchers and farmers who will let her use their property for her to use as a hunting ground for a new hawk she hopes to get and train soon.

Falconer seeks hunting grounds for bird

"You definitely have a different relationship with a bird of prey"

North Thompson Valley resident Rhiannon Guera holds her falcon Gryla, a gyr-saker hybrid. She is seeking ranchers and farmers who will let her use their property for her to use as a hunting ground for a new hawk she hopes to get and train soon.
Drawing shows how residences would appear, with a 2 x 0.75 m corridor on one side of each residence, and a 2 x 1.5 m corridor on the other.

Town council gives first reading to development changes

Borrow Enterprises proposes narrow corridors between residences

Drawing shows how residences would appear, with a 2 x 0.75 m corridor on one side of each residence, and a 2 x 1.5 m corridor on the other.
The chiller at the Sportsplex was replaced last summer, greatly reducing the risk of an ammonia-related accident, says facilities manager Roger Mayer.

Biomass heater installation at Sportsplex resumes

Half-million dollar project delayed due to poor weather last winter

The chiller at the Sportsplex was replaced last summer, greatly reducing the risk of an ammonia-related accident, says facilities manager Roger Mayer.
MLA Peter Milobar talks with John Downey during a meet and greet at Dutch Lake Community Centre on Friday afternoon, April 6. There should be a road into Wells Gray Park from the Cariboo for safety reasons, said Downey, a longtime resident of the North Thompson Valley.

Milobar hears about second road into Wells Gray Park

Last summer's wildfires showed the need for a second road from the Cariboo into Wells Gray Park

MLA Peter Milobar talks with John Downey during a meet and greet at Dutch Lake Community Centre on Friday afternoon, April 6. There should be a road into Wells Gray Park from the Cariboo for safety reasons, said Downey, a longtime resident of the North Thompson Valley.
Representing the Midget Rep team were (back, l-r) coaches Ole Kjenstad, Seppi Wadlegger and Grant Simpson, manager Lisa Rhodes, (front, l-r) coach Jay Meyer, best all round Jaxon Kjenstad, hardest worker Dorian McGill, and most sportsmanlike Gibson Nash.

Minor Hockey hosts awards banquet

Exceptional efforts recognized by Clearwater and District Minor Hockey Association

Representing the Midget Rep team were (back, l-r) coaches Ole Kjenstad, Seppi Wadlegger and Grant Simpson, manager Lisa Rhodes, (front, l-r) coach Jay Meyer, best all round Jaxon Kjenstad, hardest worker Dorian McGill, and most sportsmanlike Gibson Nash.
District of Clearwater chief administrative officer Leslie Groulx and Mayor John Harwood hold an award the district received from Emergency Management BC.

PHOTO: Clearwater gets wildfire award

Efforts during last year's emergencies recognized by Emergency Management BC

District of Clearwater chief administrative officer Leslie Groulx and Mayor John Harwood hold an award the district received from Emergency Management BC.
Willow MacDonald is TNRD director for Area B (Thompson Headwaters).

MacDonald plans mosquito control meeting

Do Blue River ratepayers want to pay for mosquito control?

Willow MacDonald is TNRD director for Area B (Thompson Headwaters).
The body of former Clearwater resident Thelma Vaughn has been found in the South Thompson River. Her vehicle had been found abandoned east of the city in February.

Thelma Vaughn found

A passerby found her body in the South Thompson River on Wednesday morning

The body of former Clearwater resident Thelma Vaughn has been found in the South Thompson River. Her vehicle had been found abandoned east of the city in February.
A rescue volunteer approaches a wrecked car following a rollover near Avola in 2017. Two females in the car were taken to hospital with possible serious injuries.

Province reviewing road rescue system

Letter to TNRD asks input from elected officials

A rescue volunteer approaches a wrecked car following a rollover near Avola in 2017. Two females in the car were taken to hospital with possible serious injuries.
Ryoko Whitney took over as vice-principal of Raft River Elementary School in September of 2016. She is about to become the principal of a secondary school in Japan that teaches the B.C. school curriculum.Photo by Keith McNeill

Raft River teacher going to Japan

Vice-principal Ryoko Whitney to become principal of a secondary school

Ryoko Whitney took over as vice-principal of Raft River Elementary School in September of 2016. She is about to become the principal of a secondary school in Japan that teaches the B.C. school curriculum.Photo by Keith McNeill
Kieran Jones rides a snowmobile while Chris Priede and Georgia Lamond push as they pull dummies up Clearwater ski hill for a dummy race. They were taking part in a Family Fun Day held to end the season on Sunday, March 25. Clearwater Ski Club estimates over 450 people participated in the event.

Ski hill ends season with a blast

More than 450 people take part in Fun Day at ski hill

Kieran Jones rides a snowmobile while Chris Priede and Georgia Lamond push as they pull dummies up Clearwater ski hill for a dummy race. They were taking part in a Family Fun Day held to end the season on Sunday, March 25. Clearwater Ski Club estimates over 450 people participated in the event.
VIDEO: Fun Day at Clearwater Ski Hill 2018

VIDEO: Fun Day at Clearwater Ski Hill 2018

Several hundred people help the ski club celebrate the end of a successful season

VIDEO: Fun Day at Clearwater Ski Hill 2018
(L-r) Clearwater and District Citizens of the Year are Jean and Lloyd Strickland. Congratulating them are Mayor John Harwood and Peter Milobar, MLA for Kamloops-North Thompson. They were taking part in Clearwater and District Chamber of Commerce’s annual awards banquet held Friday evening, March 23 in Clearwater Legion Hall.

UPDATE: Jean and Lloyd Strickland are Citizens of the Year

Over 60 individuals, organizations and businesses nominated in eight different categories

(L-r) Clearwater and District Citizens of the Year are Jean and Lloyd Strickland. Congratulating them are Mayor John Harwood and Peter Milobar, MLA for Kamloops-North Thompson. They were taking part in Clearwater and District Chamber of Commerce’s annual awards banquet held Friday evening, March 23 in Clearwater Legion Hall.
Clearwater Peewee #12 John Wiunig takes the puck past a Lumby opponent during a game on Sunday afternoon, March 18. Lumby won the game and went onto win the Okanagan championship tournament. Clearwater placed fourth.

Peewees place fourth in Okanagan championships

Clearwater Peewee team hosts five-team tournament at the Sportsplex

Clearwater Peewee #12 John Wiunig takes the puck past a Lumby opponent during a game on Sunday afternoon, March 18. Lumby won the game and went onto win the Okanagan championship tournament. Clearwater placed fourth.
Flames shoot out of gap in the door of a workshop on fire near Grier subdivision on Sunday evening, March 11. Although a final tally has not yet been done, the value of the loss, including tools and equipment, has been estimated at several hundred thousand dollars.

Couple grateful in aftermath of fire

Workshop fire destroyed tools and equipment but nobody was injured in blaze

Flames shoot out of gap in the door of a workshop on fire near Grier subdivision on Sunday evening, March 11. Although a final tally has not yet been done, the value of the loss, including tools and equipment, has been estimated at several hundred thousand dollars.