Osisko Development is taking steps to prepare for site construction of the Cariboo Gold Project near Wells.

A spokesperson for the company provided an update saying "that includes commencement of an underground development drift (a tunnel made in rock) from the Cow Mountain Portal into the Lowhee zone, one of five ore zones that comprise the current known Cariboo deposit."

The spokesperson says "this will allow them to optimize the mine plan, ensuring that it is most productive and efficient ahead of full scale mine development."

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They say the second purpose is to continue testing development tunneling using what's called an electric roadheader, which allows for underground development without the use of explosives, where the rock type allows.

Osisko says during the bulk sample program, it will also test long-hole mining methods, confirm drilling, blasting design, grade control, and work towards optimizing the mine design.

The spokesperson says the third purpose of the drift is to allow the company to optimize ore sorting on a larger scale than previously tested on ore rock.

"The ore sorter technology, which uses XRT sensors (a form of x-ray scanning similar to those used in airport security), helps to reduce the amount of tonnage going to the milling complex by separating material that contains gold from barren rock."

The spokesperson says these technologies altogether, along with the electrification of the mining fleet, will make the Cariboo Gold Project cleaner, quieter, and more environmentally sustainable than other mines in Canada.

The permitting process also remains on track and and is expected to be completed by the end of June.

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Libraries that have been closed since May 9^th in the Cariboo and Chilcotin are set to tentatively return to service starting today (May 14).

The Cariboo Regional District said regional libraries in Quesnel, 100 Mile House, and Williams Lake will fully reopen to the public resuming normal operations during regular operating hours, and regularly scheduled library programs will resume.

Rural community branch libraries will be operating on a curbside pickup basis only.

The CRD said library patrons can visit one of their rural locations to pickup an item they have placed on hold and will also be able to place holds through the Cariboo Library Nework's website.

They said patrons should be aware that the BC General Employees Union may set up picket lines without prior notice to the communities impacted or the Regional District.

If picketing begins at any library the Cariboo Regional District said services will become unavailable again at those locations.

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This morning (Monday) at 8, members of the BC General Employees Union set up a picket line at the Cariboo Regional District's office in Williams Lake.

At this time, the CRD says picket lines have only been set up at this location and their offices in Quesnel and 100 Mile House have not been impacted.

On Thursday, (May 9) unionized Cariboo Regional District staff members rejected a proposed 3-year, 11 percent wage increase, 5 percent in 2023 and then 3 percent in each of the next two years.

The BC General Employees Union said members at the CRD are on the picket line in Williams Lake today (May 13) to try and get a fair deal.

Treasurer of the BCGEU, Paul Finch said wages continue to be the sticking point and it's also impacting recruitment and retention.

“Our members are short staffed, they're overworked,they're doing some high risk work in some areas, the Emergency Operations Centre has high risks for the community, they deal with fire and flood season.” Finch said, “And the issue is we need people who can look forward to stay and live in the Cariboo Region.”

Finch said they have seen some dramatic increases in inflation lately and they are simply trying to protect their members from future spikes.

“The union is asking for 12 percent over three years or the consumer price index, whichever is higher,” Finich said.

The CRD said strike action will not impact Fire Departments, their landfills and transfer stations, operations, maintenance, and emergency repairs of their 16 water and sewer systems.

The Regional District's Emergency Operations Centre will still function in the event of an emergency and work will continue to prepare for the upcoming wildfire season and respond to current wildfire activity.

While picket lines have not been set up at any libraries, they have been closed since May 9th.

However, the Cariboo Regional District said today, (May 13) Regional libraries in 100 Mile House, Quesnel, and Williams Lake are set to fully reopen to the public tomorrow.

These libraries will resume normal operations during regular operatings hours and regularly scheduled library porgrams will resume.

The CRD said Rural community branch libraries will be operating on a curbside pickup basis only.

Building permits will be impacted by the picket lines in Williams Lake only but can be submitted digitally (building@cariboord.ca).

Building permit applications and supporting documents can be submitted and processed at CRD offices in 100 Mile House and Quesnel.

The CRD Unionized employees provide services to Quesnel, Williams Lake, 100 Mile House and other surrounding communities.

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Premier David Eby says now is the time for community advocacy groups and the government to come together to support the most vulnerable.

Last month the provincial government announced restriction that would see use of hard drugs once again banned in public areas and give police the power to arrest as a last resort.

Eby says his government is open to working with advocacy groups and even now it is imperative to partner with them to help connect people struggling with the help they need.

“We share a common concern, which is that everyone should feel safe visiting every part of their downtowns,” he says. “I hope these groups, government and community members can all work together to achieve that goal.”

He adds making sure streets are clean, crime is low and businesses are safe is the priority and that is why building a line of communication with community advocacy groups should be fostered with open dialogue.

“When we’re doing things like opening supportive housing for people to respond to encampments, and support for police to do challenging work around public drug use then the whole community needs to pull together,” he says. “This is where these groups can really be helpful.”

Advocacy groups have formed across the province under the Save our Streets Coalition, and other banners.

– with files from Justin Baumgardner, My Cowichan Valley Now staff

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Update at 4:00 PM Sunday:

The Parker Lake Wildfire has grown to more than 4,000 hectares.

According to the BC Wildfire Service, the Parker Lake wildfire experienced reduced fire behavior yesterday (Saturday) due to reduce wind speeds, cooler temperatures, and smoke cover in the area.

They say the fire remains near Fort Nelson, as there was no progression eastward.

Today, crews are anticipating an upper trough from the west, bringing cloudier and windier conditions across the Fort Nelson Zone.

There are currently 70 firefighters battling the blaze, along with 16 helicopters, 17 pieces of heavy equipment, and two structure protection specialists.

On the southeast flank of the fire, heavy equipment completed a containment line from the Muskwa to the road junction of the Alaska Highway and the old Alaska Highway.

Evacuation Orders remain in place in Fort Nelson and the Fort Nelson First Nation.

-files by Darin Bain-MyPGNow

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The North Central Local Government Association (NCLGA) is holding their annual general meeting this week.

Starting today, various local governments will be talking about the issues that need to be raised to help better the area.

Williams Lake Councillor and NCLGA President, Sheila Boehm talks about one of the issues that will be covered.

"One of our biggest asks in the north is for dealing with the opioid crisis as it's a harder hit area, so things like treatment centres, and more health care workers, things like that."

Boehm added that them having a bigger voice at the Union of BC Municipalities, the goal is to advocate, and make sure the north is heard.

The NCLGA annual general meeting will run from today (May 13th) to May 16th in Smithers.

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Quesnel and area golfers will once again be hitting the links for a worthy cause.

The 18^th Annual Quesnel Big Brothers and Big Sisters Golf for Kids Sake Tournament will be happening Saturday June first at the Quesnel Golf Course.

Executive Director Joanie Newman said all money raised from this fun event goes into keeping their free mentoring services available to the community.

Newman said every year there's more interest shown by golfers of all abilities wanting to come out to play and that there's even more fun to be had when the tournament ends.

“We have a dinner, lots of prizes, 50-50 draw, and a pick-a-square for the chance to win a donated 3 night stay at Blackcombe Whistler Suites with golf included for 2 days from the Keen Family.”

Newman added that right now they have 15 teams registered so there are still 3 slots available and the registration deadline is May 30^th.

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The Cariboo region saw its hottest day of the current warm stretch yesterday.

The region has been well above normal being anywhere between six to eight degrees more, making it feel more like summer.

Meteorologist, Dave Wray says the record was just barely missed.

"Williams Lake hit 25.6 yesterday, and the record for that day was 26.9, so about a degree cooler." says Wray.

"Quesnel was 0.3 degrees off the record. They got 26.9 yesterday; old record 27.2, so very close there as well."

As for today, Wray says the records will be around the 26 to 27 degree mark, but will probably be two to three degrees cooler.

The Cariboo will continue to see temperatures go back to around seasonal as we enter next week with potential showers on Wednesday, May 15th.

More information about the forecast can be found on Environment Canada's website here.

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Limited-entry hunting regulation updates have been made by the Province, which includes the Cariboo region.

The changes will manage wildlife, respect First Nations' hunting rights and give diversity of recreational and economic opportunities to hunters.

The Province said the recent changes would affect the hunting of moose, caribou elk, bighorn sheep, thinhorn sheep, mountain goats, white-tailed deer and mule deer.

For the Cariboo, the changes include the Oct 1-14 bull moose limited-entry hunting regulation in parts of the Chilcotin, increase hunting opportunity for white-tailed deer in the Cariboo, and closed antlerless mule deer limited-entry hunting in parts of the Cariboo.

The Province, First Nations and affected stakeholders will continue to work together to develop an approach to wildlife co-management to improve shared understanding and stewardship of wildlife.

Hunting regulations are reviewed every two years by the Province and are amended when necessary.

More information about the changes can be found on their website here.

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BC Government Employment Union employees voted against accepting the Cariboo Regional District's last contract offer.

“It really came down to a wage matter,” CRD Chief Administrative Officer Murray Daly said, “we think we've negotiated through all the other standards for the bargaining issues and it really just came down to wages. We offered them (BCGEU) 5 percent in the first year retroactive to the end of the last contract which was in November, and then 3 percent for each of the following two years.”

The Cariboo Regional District said changes to other provisions of the collective agreement which had already been agreed upon at the bargaining table were also included as part of the last offer vote.

Daly said the CRD is disappointed with the result of the vote.

“We want a fair deal for our employees but we also have to balance with the fact that we are negotiating with tax payers dollars so when we come to the table and make an offer, we have to be able to reconcile that with what our tax base can manage.” Daly said, “We're trying to bring a good balance to that, we want to be fair to our employees, we value our employees, they're all really good staff members. They are dedicated, hard working folks that want the best for the regional district and we do too.”

Daly noted the CRD is more than willing to come back to the negotiation table whenever the Union is prepared to come back and negotiate a fair deal.

The BC General Employees Union said local employees blocked the CRD's attempts to ram through a deal that would have threatened the worker's financial security and risked exacerbating recruitment and retention issues.

The Union said in bargaining the CRD workers have been fighting for critical language that would help offset financial pressures if the Region's cost of living skyrockets again, reducing the risk of high staff turn over.

Yesterday (May 9) workers started limited job actions with an overtime ban as a first step in actioning their strike vote.

The Union said despite employees showing up to work, the Regional District forced staff to close libraries to the public.

The CRD Unionized employees provide services to Quesnel, Williams Lake, 100 Mile House and other surrounding communities.

BCGEU members will continue to try and bargain again with the CRD but if the CRD is unwilling to offer a fair deal, the Union said members may choose to advance their strike action with picketing in the future.

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Tsilhqot'in Nation representatives were in Ottawa to accept the "Building Sovereignty/Nation Building" Award.

The award was received yesterday at the Fulbright Canada/Honouring Nations Canada National Indigenous Good Governance Awards.

The Nation said the award was in recognition of their work for strong national governance for the Tsilhqot'in people and the six communities, honouring the coordination of leadership and nation building efforts for the people.

Tsilhqot'in National Government Vice Chair, Otis Guichon said "Our Nation has worked hard to reclaim jurisdiction of our lands, communities, and people."

"A key part of this work is to involve our youth and empower them to be leaders in all that they choose to pursue."

The TNG, in partnership with Fulbright Canada and University Canada West, developed training and practicum for Tsilhqot'in youth to learn international human rights mechanisms and participate in the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues back in April.

More information can be found on the Tsilhqot'in National Government's website here.

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The Quesnel Volunteer Fire Department was called out to a structure fire last (Thursday) night.

Fire Chief Ron Richert says they were already on the scene of another fire in that area.

"At approximately 12 o'clock, midnight, we were called to a small wildland fire in behind West Park Mall. As we were on scene there, we got another page out for a structure fire in the Short Avenue/Red Bluff area. We quickly dispatched to that scene. Upon arrival we had a residential mobile home with heavy smoke and flames coming from the roof area on that trailer."

Richert says the home was occupied at the time.

"There was one occupant home at the time. They were able to get out. No injuries. There was severe damage to the trailer though, where we had to get a hold of ESS (Emergency Support Services) for that resident because they definitely couldn't stay there last night."

Richert says they were on scene for about an hour and a half to two hours, and they were also called back this (Friday) morning.

"We did get called back at 8 o'clock this morning. There was a little bit of rekindlement in the roof line area, some minor smoke."

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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The unemployment rate in the Cariboo region was down substantially in April compared to a year ago.

Vincent Ferrao, a Labour Market Analyst with Stats Canada, says it was down more two percent.

"For April the unemployment rate came in at 5.5 percent for the Cariboo, and that compares with 7.6 percent a year ago."

Ferrao says there were also a lot more people working in the region.

"This April we had 86,900 people working and in April of last year there were 81,900. The level of unemployment came down as well. We're at 5,100. A year ago there were 6,700 people looking for work."

Ferrao says most of the gains were in the service sector.

"For example educational services, healthcare and social assistance, accommodation and food. There were about 4,400 more people working in the services sector.'

Ferrao says construction was also up a bit.

He says there was a decline of about 2,000 in natural resources, things like forestry and mining.

April was also a good month for BC as our province once again has the lowest unemployment rate in the country at an even 5 percent.

That is down from 5.5 in March.

Manitoba and Quebec are next at 5.1 percent.

The national jobless rate is at 6.1 percent.

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Drought continues to be a concern for the Cariboo this spring and summer.

Dave Campbell, the Head of the BC River Forecast Centre, says some areas don't even have snow.

"We look at the plateau areas around Quesnel, Williams Lake, up to Prince George, we're seeing that snow is gone. It was gone early, and there wasn't a lot to start with, so we're starting to see that pressure from the lack of runoff into the rivers that stream flow is getting quite low."

Campbell says the concern for drought is more elevated in the plateau area.

He says the Quesnel Snow Basin Index is at 52 percent of normal.

That compares to 100 percent of normal at the same time last year.

"It's I would say quite concerning. We're starting to see that pickup in the stream flow itself. We know that the region generally is really part of a bullseye of persisted dry conditions that we've seen extending back a couple of years now, and that's starting to play a roll in terms of the recharge in terms of groundwater, the base flow in the rivers has really dropped and with the low snow pack I think we really are setting up, it's a fairly big concern through the Cariboo for drought as we come into the summer."

Campbell says the province has launched a new web portal, droughtportal.gov.bc.ca, which provides all sorts of drought information, including the provincial drought levels and what people can do to prepare for drought.

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Update 5:30 p.m.

Canfor has announced the permanent closure of its Polar sawmill in Bear Lake and the suspension of its planned reinvestment in Houston.

This follows the announcement by its subsidiary company, Canfor Pulp, that one line of production will be indefinitely curtailed at the Northwood Pulp Mill.

The Polar sawmill, with a production capacity of about 300 million board feet annually, has been curtailed since January.

The permanent closure will impact approximately 180 employees, bringing today's total to 400.

The news release is here.

Earlier story:

Canfor has announced its latest curtailment, this time at the Northwood facility in Prince George.

One pulp production line at Northwood will be shut down indefinitely due to a decline in available economic fibre in the region.

This will impact 220 jobs across Canfor Pulp and cut an estimated 300,000 tonnes of market kraft pulp annually.

“While the region has a substantive supply of sustainably grown timber, harvest levels are well below the Allowable Annual Cut partly due to natural disturbances, but increasingly because of the impact of a range of policy choices and regulatory complexity,” said Kevin Edgson, President and CEO of Canfor Pulp, in a news release.

“The persistent shortage of economic fibre, particularly in the Prince George region, has led to the closure or curtailment of a number of sawmills, which in turn has dramatically reduced the volume of chips available to meet the needs of our pulp operations. Despite exhaustive efforts, including expanding well beyond our traditional operating region, there is simply not enough residual fibre to supply the current production capacity of all our operations.”

The second production line at Northwood and the one production line at Intercon will carry on as normal.

A wind-down of the second pulp line will occur in two weeks at the beginning of the third quarter.

“We are frustrated and disheartened to have to make this decision and know it has a significant impact on our employees, their families, local businesses and the community," Edgson continued. "We have set up a transition team and will work with our union to support our employees as we plan an orderly winddown."

After the reduction, Canfor Pulp will have an annual capacity of 480,000 tonnes of market pulp.

The news release is here.

- Files from Will Peters and Hartley Miller, My PG Now

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The Save Our Streets Coalition is calling on the senior governments to take action in the wake of a survey that shows more than half (51%) of British Columbians fear they will be a victim of a crime.

Jess Ketchum, co-founder of SOS, says the survey also showed that more than half of the respondents felt that crime had gotten worse in the past four years and 56 percent blamed addiction and mental health issues for the dire circumstances being experienced in their communities.

Ketchum says drug addiction and mental health issues are health issues, and people need to be provided with the very best opportunity to rid themselves of those ailments.

"They need to be able to get into treatment right away and carry on into recovery right away, and it needs to be available to them when they need it and wherever they are in the province of BC. So it's not just the downtown east side, it's in communities like Quesnel, as far as you want to go north, south and to the island. We don't have enough facilities, services, to treat people with those illnesses, as you would people with heart disease or cancer, this is another illness just like that, and where those patients get treated well and get treated almost immediately, somebody who is addicted and on the streets doesn't have that ability."

Ketchum says they are also calling on the federal and provincial governments to broker the necessary agreements and bring about the necessary reforms to stop the revolving door for chronic repeat violent offenders.

"They're picked up by the police, put into custody and the next day they're out. The public is very worked up by that and it's a real problem because these people are just going out again and committing crimes again, and not only can those crimes become violent crimes and people get injured, but we're not doing anything to resolve that."

Ketchum says it's not just disheartening to the public either.

"It's certainly disheartening to our police forces who get so frustrated that they're picking up the same people day after day after day, and I can tell you that from some of the retailers with Save Our Streets, they see the same people committing these crimes in their locations, in their stores day after day after day, so it has to stop."

Ketchum says governments also need to invoke policies that make gangs fear for their futures as much as citizens across B.C. fear for their lives.

He says the criminal element preying on marginalized people, perpetuating addictions and encouraging crimes to support those addictions are the same people that are shooting up our streets and endangering everyone near them.

"In addition, there are near daily reports of drug dealers and producers exporting drugs to other countries from B.C. People in B.C. are dying, communities are deteriorating, businesses are closing, family supporting jobs are being lost, and community services are evaporating. It's time for the public to demand real change."

Save Our Streets is a coalition of 100 community and business organizations representing every region of B.C., which is committed to seeing governments bring order and public safety back to communities across the province.

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The North Cariboo Joint Advisory Committee supports a funding application to expand the concession at the West Fraser Centre in Quesnel.

The request is to the Northern Development Initiative Trust for 100 thousand dollars.

Jeff Norburn, the Director of Community Services, also provided the committee with a couple of potential options for expansion at Tuesday night's meeting.

"We did hire a design consultant to provide drawings for two options to expand the concession, one into the Dunkley room and one into the upstairs lobby."

Norburn noted that the first option into the Dunkley Room would be more expensive as it would require moving a couple of doors and some electrical.

Richard Gauthier, the Recreation Manager, addressed concerns about the option of potentially pushing the concession into the lobby.

"I know concern here is pushing out into the lobby area. but I think we could kind of figure that out or taking care of that lining people up better. It's like the bank teller, you're going up one row and coming down another. I think we could have them starting maybe more at the top and then you come down and kind of weave their way through so to speak."

Staff will be bringing back the cost estimates of both options at a future meeting.

The reason that expansion is on the table is that there was a fire in the concession back on February 27th.

Norburn said that they were still waiting for the amount that will be getting in an insurance claim.

"The city and CRD staff have been in contact with the insurance company and their representatives. However, we do not yet have confirmation of the scope of work that will be covered by the claim, or the estimated cost to repair the damage. That's something we're hoping to get this week. Discussion with the insurance company indicates that they are receptive to providing a cash payout for the value of the repairs, which may be advantageous for the city and the CRD to consider if we plan to proceed with expansion of the concession because we won't have to divvy it up the same way, we'll just get a lump sum of money and we can put it towards an expansion."

The rough estimated cost of an expansion would be in the 200 to 250 thousand dollar range, minus the insurance claim and potentially a grant.

No matter what the committee decides to do in the end, the concession is not expected to be ready for the start of the ice season and alternative options to provide concession services are now being looked at.

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The City of Quesnel has received 200 thousand dollars worth of funding from the Northern Development Initiative Trust.

It comes out of their Northern Housing Incentive program and is for a new 57-unit apartment building in downtown Quesnel beside City Hall on Kinchant Street.

Tanya Turner, the Director of Development Services with the city, says it is the first time that Quesnel has been able to utilize this program.

"It's a program where we're able to apply, when we're in the process with the developer, to incentivize that developer to actually finalize and get that project on the ground. As you know it can be difficult in our area in terms of developing marketing housing, especially multi-unit market housing, so this really gives us just an added incentive to really encourage developers to come in and build these units."

Turner says essentially the developer gets the money once the building is up.

She says the amount of money that you get under the program depends on the number of units.

"It's a dollars per door program, we can incentivize up to 10 thousand dollars per door for up to 20, so 200 thousand dollars is the total incentive that can be applied here."

This facility will include 42 one-bedroom apartments and there will be 15 with two bedrooms.

Turner says the city hopes to utilize this program again in the future.

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ICBC will be providing eligible drivers with a $110 rebate “through prudent financial management and better-than-expected investment income.”

They have also announced that basic rates will remain flat until March 31st, 2026, which will mark six years since the last rate increase.

“Six years of stable rates and the fourth rebate for drivers comes as a result of years of work turning ICBC around so that it actually works for people,” said Premier David Eby. “On average, drivers have saved $2,000 in rebates and lower rates since our reforms to ensure that when auto insurance is properly managed, people in B.C. benefit.”

Each $110 rebate payment in the province totals $400-million, a substantial slice of ICBC’s $1.5 billion net income in 2023-24.

“ICBC is able to return $400 million to drivers because of prudent fiscal management that puts people first, and our commitment in law that ICBC’s surplus should go toward benefiting drivers instead of going to government coffers,” said Mike Farnworth, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General. “This rebate, alongside the decision to not increase basic rates for six years in a row, underscores the benefit of a public auto insurer. When private insurance companies make a profit, it’s at the expense of, not for the benefit of drivers.”

ICBC says people will receive their rebates depending on how they paid for insurance.

Those that payed by credit card will have it refunded to their card, people on a payment plan will have the rebate go straight into an upcoming payment, and anyone who payed via cash, cheque or debit can sign up for direct deposit or will get a cheque in the mail.

The rebate payments will be made between now and the end of July.

You can learn more about the rebate here.

-files by Will Peters-MyPGNow

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It's going to feel more like Summer than Spring as we head into the weekend in the Cariboo.

Environment Canada Meteorologist Brian Proctor said the region will experience well above normal temperatures for this time of year.

“Starting off on Thursday (May 9) are normal temperatures are about the 18 degree mark and the overnight lows of plus 3 and our record temperature for that day is 25 so we're not looking for Thursday to be record temperatures. For Friday we're looking at a forecast high of 27 and the record is 22.8 for Williams Lake and Quesnel.”

For Saturday Proctor noted records are more likely to be broken as the forecast high, at the present time, for Williams Lake and Quesnel is 26.

The previous record high in Quesnel was 20.7 in 2009 and Williams Lake 22.8 in 1969.

100 Mile House should just set a record on Saturday as the previous high in 2013 was 27.1 and the high is expected to reach 28.

Proctor added for Sunday and Monday the Cariboo will be just above normal and by the time we get to Tuesday and Wednesday temperatures will be back to where they should be.

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