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Steve Forseth @sforseth000.bsky.social · 12h

New Blog Post: Committee of the Whole Session (Williams Lake Council) -- Oct 14, 2025 mtg. View at cariboopolitics.blogspot.com/2025/10/comm... #cariboopoli #bcmuni #cdnmuni #BCLocalGov #LocalGov #WilliamsLake #CommitteeOfTheWhole

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Steve Forseth @sforseth000.bsky.social · 18h

#CaribooRD #BCLocalGovJobs #BCLocalGov #LocalGov #RuralBC

Courtesy of Cariboo RD :

Now Hiring: Senior Planning Officer

The Cariboo Regional District is seeking a qualified candidate for a permanent, full-time Senior Planning Officer based in Williams Lake, BC.

cariboord.ca/careers

Steve Forseth @sforseth000.bsky.social · 19h

Great work on this, Dale!! :)

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Steve Forseth @sforseth000.bsky.social · 19h

#BCForestry #cariboopoli #bcpoli #cdnpoli

British Columbia, unions calling on feds support after additional 10% tariff on lumber from US -- www.100milefreepress.net/news/bc-unio...

B.C., unions calling on feds support after additional 10% tariff on lumber

Tariffs now up to 45%, says Forests Minister Ravi Parmar

www.100milefreepress.net

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Steve Forseth @sforseth000.bsky.social · 19h

New Blog Post: Prescribed burn planned for Siwash, near Hanceville, BC (about 100 kms west of Williams Lake). View at cariboopolitics.blogspot.com/2025/10/pres... #cariboopoli #bcpoli #BCWS #BCWildfireService #PrescribedBurn #CaribooRD(Area K) #EastChilcotin

Prescribed burn planned for Siwash, near Hanceville, BC (about 100 kms west of Williams Lake)

Courtesy of the BC Wildfire Service: To help restore natural forest health and encourage a properly functioning ecosystem, we will be suppor...

cariboopolitics.blogspot.com

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Steve Forseth @sforseth000.bsky.social · 1d

New Blog Post: Williams Lake Community Forest Now Accepting 2026 Grant Applications. View at cariboopolitics.blogspot.com/2025/10/will... #cariboopoli #bcpoli #BCLocalGov #LocalGov #bcmuni #WilliamsLakeCommunityForest #WilliamsLake #WilliamsLakeFirstNation #CaribooRD(Areas D,E,F)

Williams Lake Community Forest Now Accepting 2026 Grant Applications

Joint Release from the City of Williams Lake and Williams Lake First Nation: The Williams Lake Community Forests' (WLCF) 2025 Granting Appli...

cariboopolitics.blogspot.com

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Steve Forseth @sforseth000.bsky.social · 1d

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Steve Forseth @sforseth000.bsky.social · 2d

#ThanksgivingDayCanada2025

Happy Thanksgiving Day to all!! (Although you may have celebrated yesterday as well) ….

Hope you are able to have time with your family/friends….

Thanksgiving Day (Canada) goes back to 1879 - more from Wikipedia at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksg...

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Steve Forseth @sforseth000.bsky.social · 2d

#NatureRX #SundayFunday #SodaCreek #ScoutIslandBC #CaribooRD(Area D) #WilliamsLake

Always good for a Sunday drive:

* Soda Creek Rd
* Williams Lake Cutoff Rd
* Beautiful Soda Creek Valley
* Scout Island (where the deer came up nice and close on foot and were not able to get to my vehicle lol)

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Steve Forseth @sforseth000.bsky.social · 3d

* HAPPENING NOW ** — Bewitching Market in a very full Thompson Rivers University - Williams Lake campus gym until 9 PM this evening ….

A number of vendors are from my Electoral Area and I purchased a new mug from one of those vendors!

~SF

Steve Forseth @sforseth000.bsky.social · 3d

#CaribooRD #BCLocalGov #LocalGov #FeasibilityStudy #MultiPlex #CentralCaribooRecreation #WilliamsLake

*Clarification Video* regarding Feasibility Study for a Sports Multi-Plex in Williams Lake

Full background: www.facebook.com/share/v/19pj...

Steve Forseth @sforseth000.bsky.social · 4d

New Blog Post: Cariboo-Chilcotin Local Government or Board of Education Meetings | Week of October 14-17, 2025. View at cariboopolitics.blogspot.com/2025/10/cari... #cariboopoli #bcmuni #cdnmuni #bced #BCLocalGov #LocalGov #Quesnel #SD28 #WilliamsLake #100MileHouse #CaribooRD

Cariboo-Chilcotin Local Government or Board of Education Meetings | Week of October 14-17, 2025

Following the Thanksgiving Long Weekend -- the following Cariboo-Chilcotin Local Governments or Boards' of Education will be holding meeting...

cariboopolitics.blogspot.com

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Steve Forseth @sforseth000.bsky.social · 4d

#Quesnel #100MileHouse #SaturdayFarmersMarkets #RuralBC

A couple of events going on in Quesnel/Williams Lake on this Saturday, going into the Thanksgiving Long Weekend...

Full background: www.facebook.com/steve.forset...

~Steve

Steve Forseth @sforseth000.bsky.social · 4d

#EndOfDayPicture #ReservoirLakeBC #Cariboo #CaribooRD(Area D)

No matter how many times I visit Reservoir Lake -- it's always a beautiful location in my Electoral Area to get away from the world, even temporarily, and to be in nature... ❤️🥰

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Steve Forseth @sforseth000.bsky.social · 4d

New Blog Post: New meeting rules will strengthen Indigenous and local government relations. View at cariboopolitics.blogspot.com/2025/10/new-... #cariboopoli #bcpoli #bcmuni #cdnmuni #BCLocalGov #LocalGov #IndigenousRelationships #BCLocalGovernments

New meeting rules will strengthen Indigenous and local government relations

Courtesy of the Government of BC: The Province is proposing legislative amendments in response to the desire of First Nations and local gove...

cariboopolitics.blogspot.com

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Steve Forseth @sforseth000.bsky.social · 4d

#BCLocalGov #LocalGov #bcmuni

Castanet Kamloops @castanetkamloops.net · 4d

B.C. has tabled a new law that opens the door on closed meeting with First Nations (BC)

B.C. has tabled a new law that opens the door on closed meeting with First Nations - BC News

The president of the group representing local governments in British Columbia welcomes proposed changes that would make it easier for First Nations and municipalities to meet behind closed doors.

www.castanetkamloops.net

Steve Forseth @sforseth000.bsky.social · 5d

#FridayFarmersMarkets #WilliamsLake #100MileHouse

Last days of the seasonal Farmers Markets in both Williams Lake and 100 Mile House

Steve Forseth @sforseth000.bsky.social · 5d

#EndOfDayPicture #McLeeseLake #CaribooRD(Area D) #Moon

A lovely picture of the moon over McLeese Lake (over the hayfields across from the intersection of Forglen Rd/Highway 97 North)

Steve Forseth @sforseth000.bsky.social · 5d

#McLeeseLake #CaribooRD(Area D) #RuralBC

Always happy to attend the monthly meetings of the McLeese Lake Recreation Commission to hear about their plan to "build community" at the McLeese Lake Community Hall... as well as providing a monthly update as to my #CaribooRD activities

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Steve Forseth @sforseth000.bsky.social · 5d

#FoodWaste #CaribooRD(Areas D,E,F) #WilliamsLake

New food scrap bins at transfer stations expands composting in Cariboo -- www.wltribune.com/local-news/n...

New food scrap bins at transfer stations expands composting in Cariboo

About 30 per cent of municipal solid waste are items which could be composted

www.wltribune.com

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Steve Forseth @sforseth000.bsky.social · 6d

#WilliamsLake #Historian #Cariboo-#Chilcotin #RuralBC

Diana French is a Cariboo-Chilcotin treasure

www.wltribune.com/community/ca...

CASUAL COUNTRY: Diana French is a Cariboo-Chilcotin treasure

French has been helping to tell the stories of the Cariboo-Chilcotin for decades, giving readers a range of things to think about, from funny anecdotes to her take on today's politics

www.wltribune.com

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Steve Forseth @sforseth000.bsky.social · 6d

#WilliamsLake #CaribooRD(Areas D,E,F,J,K) #CaribooMemorialHospital #RuralBC #cariboopoli #bcpoli #BCHealth

Recent ER closures at Cariboo Memorial Hospital a 'perfect storm': Interior Health

www.wltribune.com/local-news/e...

ER closures at Cariboo Memorial Hospital a 'perfect storm': IH

Interior Health says emergency department closures a case of exceptional circumstances

www.wltribune.com

Steve Forseth @sforseth000.bsky.social · 7d

#EndOfDayPicture #FoxMountainBC #CaribooRD(Area D) #RuralBC

A wonderful capture of a lovely sunset from Fox Mountain (Mason Rd) in my Electoral Area (and I see more beautiful sunset pictures were taken at McLeese Lake earlier this evening as well)....

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Steve Forseth @sforseth000.bsky.social · 7d

New Blog Post: Williams Lake Council Highlights - Oct 7, 2025 mtg. View at cariboopolitics.blogspot.com/2025/10/will... #cariboopoli #bcmuni #cdnmuni #BCLocalGov #LocalGov #WilliamsLake

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Steve Forseth @sforseth000.bsky.social · 8d

#Grateful #PublicService #CaribooRD(Area D) #BCLocalGov #LocalGov