Clearwater Times

The Clearwater Farmer’s Market recently started the Grower’s Collective and is looking for backyard growers, gardeners and hobby farmers who might want to sell some of their produce at the Grower’s Collective table each weekend, said Yellowhead Community Servies Food Security Program coordinator, Joanna Hurst. Pictured (l-r) Hurst, Keiran Jones, former farmer’s market manager and volunteer, and Kerry Milner Cairns, food program and YCS manager, head to the first Clearwater Farmer’s Market of the year on May 2. Photo submitted

Clearwater Farmer’s Market calls on small-time growers

More produce needed for Grower's Collective table

  • Jun 19, 2020
The Clearwater Farmer’s Market recently started the Grower’s Collective and is looking for backyard growers, gardeners and hobby farmers who might want to sell some of their produce at the Grower’s Collective table each weekend, said Yellowhead Community Servies Food Security Program coordinator, Joanna Hurst. Pictured (l-r) Hurst, Keiran Jones, former farmer’s market manager and volunteer, and Kerry Milner Cairns, food program and YCS manager, head to the first Clearwater Farmer’s Market of the year on May 2. Photo submitted
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Clearwater RCMP police report

Clearwater RCMP responded to 25 calls this past week

  • Jun 18, 2020
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Clearwater RCMP police report

Clearwater RCMP responded to 25 calls this past week

  • Jun 18, 2020
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Clearwater Secondary School (CSS) was successful in gaining a grant from Outride’s Ride for Focus program, which will provide 31 new bicycles, equipment and training to the school. Principal Darren Coates, pictured above, is an avid cyclist himself and said the program will be a great opportunity for his students. Photo submitted

Clearwater Secondary School to receive 31 new bicycles

The school is among 44 recipients receiving a grant from the Riding for Focus program

  • Jun 18, 2020
Clearwater Secondary School (CSS) was successful in gaining a grant from Outride’s Ride for Focus program, which will provide 31 new bicycles, equipment and training to the school. Principal Darren Coates, pictured above, is an avid cyclist himself and said the program will be a great opportunity for his students. Photo submitted
Local senior Turid Milton has been resilient during the social isolation that came with COVID-19 precautions and has been enjoying the new freedoms resulting from the loosening of restirctions, though she said she wonders if things will ever go back to the old normal. Photo by Jaime Polmateer

Clearwater seniors cope with COVID-19

Dealing with issues from self-isolation to caring for a parent who's a senior as well

  • Jun 17, 2020
Local senior Turid Milton has been resilient during the social isolation that came with COVID-19 precautions and has been enjoying the new freedoms resulting from the loosening of restirctions, though she said she wonders if things will ever go back to the old normal. Photo by Jaime Polmateer
Practical strategies that can be used to respond to delusions and hallucinations caused by dementia are available by attending online webinars provided by the Alzheimer Society of B.C. (Alzheimer Society of B.C. photo)

Webinars offer North Thompson residents practical dementia strategies

Practical strategies that can be used to respond to delusions and hallucinations caused by dementia

  • Jun 17, 2020
Practical strategies that can be used to respond to delusions and hallucinations caused by dementia are available by attending online webinars provided by the Alzheimer Society of B.C. (Alzheimer Society of B.C. photo)
Tom Dickinson, Dean of Science at Thompson Rivers University, stands at the school's research and education centre in Wells Gray Park. After getting a funding boost from Wells Gray Community Forest, long-awaited upgrades at the facility are now being completed. Photo submitted

TRU’s Wells Gray research centre upgrades facilities

Donation from Wells Gray Community Forest completes needed funding for project

  • Jun 16, 2020
Tom Dickinson, Dean of Science at Thompson Rivers University, stands at the school's research and education centre in Wells Gray Park. After getting a funding boost from Wells Gray Community Forest, long-awaited upgrades at the facility are now being completed. Photo submitted
Clearwater resident Robson Beaudry throws his graduation cap in celebration of completing an Education Technolgy program through Harvard University. Beaudry completed his studies on May 28. Photo submitted

Clearwater resident graduates from Harvard University program

Robson Beaudry graduated in May and is now looking for jobs in his field amid COVID-19

  • Jun 15, 2020
Clearwater resident Robson Beaudry throws his graduation cap in celebration of completing an Education Technolgy program through Harvard University. Beaudry completed his studies on May 28. Photo submitted
Jack Gregson was Canada’s leading expert on ticks and tick-borne diseases. He published more than 100 scientific papers, identified and named three species of western ticks, and had an eastern boreal forest tick named for him as a tribute to his 40 years of contributions to understanding the complex world of tick physiology. Photo by Nick Morant

Jack Gregson – A man attached to ticks

Gregson was Canada's leading expert on ticks and tick-borne diseases

  • Jun 15, 2020
Jack Gregson was Canada’s leading expert on ticks and tick-borne diseases. He published more than 100 scientific papers, identified and named three species of western ticks, and had an eastern boreal forest tick named for him as a tribute to his 40 years of contributions to understanding the complex world of tick physiology. Photo by Nick Morant
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Back in Time

Historical Perspective

  • Jun 14, 2020
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Deanna Wood of Dee's Florals had to close her business to focus on her son Reggie's recent Perthes diagnoses and after announcing the closure of her shop to clients, her family's received an outpouring of community support. (L-r) Jed, Reggie, Luke, Deanna, and Claire Wood. Photo submitted

Florist overwhelmed by support for son’s medical expenses

Local charity raises more than $6,000 for the cause

  • Jun 12, 2020
Deanna Wood of Dee's Florals had to close her business to focus on her son Reggie's recent Perthes diagnoses and after announcing the closure of her shop to clients, her family's received an outpouring of community support. (L-r) Jed, Reggie, Luke, Deanna, and Claire Wood. Photo submitted
Stephen Quinn, TNRD director for Electoral Area “B” (Thompson Headwaters). File Photo

TNRD director pens letter to MP and MLAs about Blue River protesters

Director Quinn said complaints have been made for a year, though results have been limited

  • Jun 11, 2020
Stephen Quinn, TNRD director for Electoral Area “B” (Thompson Headwaters). File Photo
Adam Kingsmill lost his lower leg to a lawn mower when only two-years-old. (War Amps Photo)

Lawn mowers are “mean machines”

Young amputee warns of lawn mower dangers

  • Jun 8, 2020
Adam Kingsmill lost his lower leg to a lawn mower when only two-years-old. (War Amps Photo)
Adam Kingsmill lost his lower leg to a lawn mower when only two-years-old. (War Amps Photo)

Lawn mowers are “mean machines”

Young amputee warns of lawn mower dangers

  • Jun 8, 2020
Adam Kingsmill lost his lower leg to a lawn mower when only two-years-old. (War Amps Photo)
National Indigenous Peoples Day will be celebrated with an online contest this year giving participants a chance to win hundreds of dollars worth of prizes. North Thompson Aboriginal Cultural Centre Society members Cheryl Thomas, (left) secretary, and Cindy Wilgosh, executive director, show off reusable produce bags that come as part of the secondary prize packs. Photo by Jaime Polmateer

Indigenous Peoples Day goes online

Social media contest offers hundreds of dollars worth of prizes

  • Jun 7, 2020
National Indigenous Peoples Day will be celebrated with an online contest this year giving participants a chance to win hundreds of dollars worth of prizes. North Thompson Aboriginal Cultural Centre Society members Cheryl Thomas, (left) secretary, and Cindy Wilgosh, executive director, show off reusable produce bags that come as part of the secondary prize packs. Photo by Jaime Polmateer
Kyle Carr of Kyle Carr Visual Arts has many striking paintings for sale at the Clearwater Outdoor Market on June 6. Photo by Jaime Polmateer

New outdoor market sets up in Clearwater

Vendor fees to be donated to Clearwater and District Food Bank

  • Jun 6, 2020
Kyle Carr of Kyle Carr Visual Arts has many striking paintings for sale at the Clearwater Outdoor Market on June 6. Photo by Jaime Polmateer
North Thompson Communities Foundation board of directors: back row (l-r) Louise Lodge (director), Antoon Houben (vice chair), Gilles Leger (director), Rick Pesklevits (director), Franz Friesinger (chair) Front row: Cheryl Thomas (treasurer), Sandy Wetterstrom (grant chair), Lisa Leger (communications). Photo submitted

North Thompson Community foundation spreads the wealth

Funds will be used by recipients for various operations and programs

  • Jun 5, 2020
North Thompson Communities Foundation board of directors: back row (l-r) Louise Lodge (director), Antoon Houben (vice chair), Gilles Leger (director), Rick Pesklevits (director), Franz Friesinger (chair) Front row: Cheryl Thomas (treasurer), Sandy Wetterstrom (grant chair), Lisa Leger (communications). Photo submitted
Longtime Clearwater resident and avid volunteer, Hazel Wadlegger, has been lending her time to help others since she was young, growing up on a farm in Upper Clearwater. She said she continued to help out around the community because communities can’t survive without volunteers. Photo submitted

Volunteering helps communities function

"You need to be at the table and help make decisions, but also do the work. Put your money where your mouth is."

  • Jun 5, 2020
Longtime Clearwater resident and avid volunteer, Hazel Wadlegger, has been lending her time to help others since she was young, growing up on a farm in Upper Clearwater. She said she continued to help out around the community because communities can’t survive without volunteers. Photo submitted
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Back in Time

Historical Perspective

  • Jun 4, 2020
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Chair of the Clearwater and District Food Bank, Harry James, receives a donation from Dynamic Reforestation president, Miles Sanoy. Dynamic Reforestation has tree planting camps in the area and plans to put a total of 19 million trees in the ground this year. Photo by Jaime Polmateer

Clearwater food bank receives donation from tree planting group

Dynamic Reforestation out of Williams Lake donated $1,400 in light of International Hunger Day

  • Jun 4, 2020
Chair of the Clearwater and District Food Bank, Harry James, receives a donation from Dynamic Reforestation president, Miles Sanoy. Dynamic Reforestation has tree planting camps in the area and plans to put a total of 19 million trees in the ground this year. Photo by Jaime Polmateer