â–º Listen Live
â–º Listen Live
â–º Listen Live

City crews are working to get rid of the dust in Quesnel.

It was lifted on Friday. but the City of Quesnel has been under a Dust Advisory for much of the past couple of weeks due to all of the fine particulate in the air, and traction material laid down over the winter is the main reason for that.

Matt Thomas is the Director of Public Works Operations with the City.

“It’s sort of a three week process to get through everything once, we typically go through everything twice as the material is heavy to start and as it gets sort of less we run through again, so typically it’s a 6-week sweeping period for us.”

A for when they start this process, Thomas says it is always dependent on the weather…

“All of our sweepers have water on board so anything below freezing of course becomes an issue for us, so we typically start our sweeping as soon as the weather sort of hovers around zero, and we always have extra water trucks out on the road as well to try and keep the dust down.”

He says Work to get the dust of the sidewalks is being done at the same time…

“It goes on simultaneously. We have other pieces of equipment that have brooms on them, so we’re sweeping sidewalks at the same time, again also using water trucks to try and keep the dust down at this time of year.”

Thomas says they put down the same amount of traction material this year as in years in the past.

Something going on in the Cariboo you think people should know about?
Send us a news tip by emailing [email protected].

Continue Reading

ckbx Now playing play

cffm Now playing play

ckcq Now playing play

- Advertisement -

Related Articles

- Advertisement -

Latest News

Quesnel Ambassadors Showcase for Crowning Ceremony Tonight

The showcase for the 2025 Quesnel Ambassador Leadership Program was held last night. The four candidates gave speeches and presentations on their skills and lives. The event was MC'd by the previous years Quesnel Ambassadors winners. The final decision on who will be the 2025 Quesnel Ambassador will be made tonight at 7 pm at Echen Hall.

Big Donation Gives a Big Step for Quesnel Search and Rescue

The Quesnel Search and Rescue received a $5,000 donation from the Quesnel Elks Lodge #298. The Director of Quesnel Search and Rescue says donation will be going towards advancing the Search and Rescue's technical rope rescue kit.

B.C. adds 5k jobs in June, led by gains in part-time work

British Columbia added 5,000 jobs in June but saw a dip in full-time employment, according to the latest jobs report from Statistics Canada. 

Missing Woman Last Seen in Quesnel Found Deceased

RCMP report on July 11, 2025, they have found Alice Chingee deceased. Chingee was reported missing on July 18, 2024.

B.C. maintains decision to end drug coverage for girl with rare, fatal disease

B.C. is standing by the decision not to continue drug coverage for a Vancouver Island girl with a rare, fatal disease. 
- Advertisement -