Barbara Roden

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No one has ever looked at Moraine Lake in Banff National Park and thought ‘It would look even better with a big parking lot right beside it.’ (Photo credit: Jaime Reimer/pexels)

The Editor’s Desk: Don’t pave paradise

Building a bigger parking lot is not the way to preserve a much-loved beauty spot

No one has ever looked at Moraine Lake in Banff National Park and thought ‘It would look even better with a big parking lot right beside it.’ (Photo credit: Jaime Reimer/pexels)
A work by Mike Walker in the author’s collection shows a mile board sign on the CP line west of Ashcroft, looking east towards town. Mile board signs like this are a mile out from station name signs on the CP network. (Photo credit: Barbara Roden)

Where and what is Benledi? The stories behind CP station names

The first of two articles exploring the origins of the CP station names from Kamloops to North Bend

A work by Mike Walker in the author’s collection shows a mile board sign on the CP line west of Ashcroft, looking east towards town. Mile board signs like this are a mile out from station name signs on the CP network. (Photo credit: Barbara Roden)
The Osprey Ranch sign, which was swept away by flooding near Spences Bridge in November 2021, takes a well-deserved rest after being found near Gibsons on the Sunhine Coast in January 2023, only a little the worse for wear after its long journey. (Photo credit: Submitted)

Ranch sign swept away near Spences Bridge in 2021 floods found after 350 km journey

Sign lost during November 2021 flooding on Highway 8 recovered on Sunshine Coast 14 months later

The Osprey Ranch sign, which was swept away by flooding near Spences Bridge in November 2021, takes a well-deserved rest after being found near Gibsons on the Sunhine Coast in January 2023, only a little the worse for wear after its long journey. (Photo credit: Submitted)
The Ashcroft ambulance station got more full-time positions in fall 2022. (Photo credit: Journal files)

Year in Review: Ashcroft Urgent and Primary Care Centre opens

Ashcroft also saw new full-time ambulance positions and a virtual doctor pilot program

The Ashcroft ambulance station got more full-time positions in fall 2022. (Photo credit: Journal files)
Detail of an entry in the 2022 Anonymous Art Show. (Photo credit: Barbara Roden)

Anonymous Art Show and auction returning to Ashcroft HUB

Show is open to artists of all ages and ability levels

Detail of an entry in the 2022 Anonymous Art Show. (Photo credit: Barbara Roden)
Power station on the Bonaparte River near Ashcroft, date unknown. (Photo credit: Ashcroft Museum and Archives)

In 1898, work starts on water and power plant for Ashcroft

Project hailed as excellent news: ‘Now look out for Ashcroft to grow’

Power station on the Bonaparte River near Ashcroft, date unknown. (Photo credit: Ashcroft Museum and Archives)
’The Chinese community at Keefers’ is the title of this 1885 photograph by Charles Macmunn. The community has long since vanished, but the station name ‘Keefers’ still exists along the CP line.

The Editor’s Desk: Down the rabbit hole

An innocent conversation leads to hours of fascinating research

’The Chinese community at Keefers’ is the title of this 1885 photograph by Charles Macmunn. The community has long since vanished, but the station name ‘Keefers’ still exists along the CP line.
BCWS woodland firefighters battling the Nohomin Creek wildfire near Lytton got some puppy love from one of Tricia Thorpe and Don Glasgow’s puppies on July 23, 2022. (Photo credit: Jamie von Sacken)

Year in Review 2: A few signs of hope in Lytton one year after fire

Residents still have more questions than answers about when they can return and rebuild

BCWS woodland firefighters battling the Nohomin Creek wildfire near Lytton got some puppy love from one of Tricia Thorpe and Don Glasgow’s puppies on July 23, 2022. (Photo credit: Jamie von Sacken)
Members of the Sage Sound Singers choir during one of their Christmas concerts on Dec. 17. More than 160 people attended the two performances, which also featured the Shine On singers children’s choir. (Photo credit: Barbara Roden)

‘Noah’ on track to be most popular baby name in B.C. in 2022

Benjamin, Charlotte, and Ava set to crack top-10 list of most popular baby names

Members of the Sage Sound Singers choir during one of their Christmas concerts on Dec. 17. More than 160 people attended the two performances, which also featured the Shine On singers children’s choir. (Photo credit: Barbara Roden)
Cache Creek Village office, date unknown. (Photo credit: Wendy Coomber)

Cache Creek council approves ‘modest’ utility rate increases

Water, sewer, and garbage rates will increase by an overall 2.71 per cent for 2023

Cache Creek Village office, date unknown. (Photo credit: Wendy Coomber)
The Ashcroft Methodist church at 3rd and Bancroft Streets, which opened in January 1898, is pictured here in 1925, when it was moved a block down Bancroft to become the hall for what was then the Presbyterian church, and is now Zion United. (Photo credit: Ashcroft Museum and Archives)

In 1898, Ashcroft’s new Methodist Church opens its doors

Church would remain until 1925, when it was moved one block tojoin with what is now Zion United

The Ashcroft Methodist church at 3rd and Bancroft Streets, which opened in January 1898, is pictured here in 1925, when it was moved a block down Bancroft to become the hall for what was then the Presbyterian church, and is now Zion United. (Photo credit: Ashcroft Museum and Archives)
Flying the unfriendly skies: tens of thousands of flights were cancelled over the Christmas period in 2022, with passengers left largely in the dark. (Photo credit: PxHere)

The Editor’s Desk: Fly the unfriendly skies

When it comes to communicating, the airline industry seems unable to learn from past mistakes

Flying the unfriendly skies: tens of thousands of flights were cancelled over the Christmas period in 2022, with passengers left largely in the dark. (Photo credit: PxHere)
A chart from BC Assessment shows the average increase in the value of a single family home in communities throughout the Thompson-Okanagan region, based on data collected on July 1, 2022. (Photo credit: BC Assessment Authority)

Property assessments up sharply in many areas around Kamloops

One Clinton homeowner shocked by 140 per cent increase in property assessment

A chart from BC Assessment shows the average increase in the value of a single family home in communities throughout the Thompson-Okanagan region, based on data collected on July 1, 2022. (Photo credit: BC Assessment Authority)
Ashcroft c. 1906, showing the CP yard and station with Railway Avenue behind it; the Ashcroft Hotel is at centre to the right of the steam engine. In 1897 a chop house called The Welcome had opened along Railway, although its precise location is not known. (Photo credit: Ashcroft Museum and Archives)

In 1897, arrival of a woman mining expert creates a sensation

‘Miss Gire is a thorough mineralogist, and has a most pleasing manner with strangers’

Ashcroft c. 1906, showing the CP yard and station with Railway Avenue behind it; the Ashcroft Hotel is at centre to the right of the steam engine. In 1897 a chop house called The Welcome had opened along Railway, although its precise location is not known. (Photo credit: Ashcroft Museum and Archives)
Members of the Ashcroft and District Lions Club were at the Ashcroft Community Hall on Dec. 17, to lend their annual helping hand with the Christmas Hampers. (from l) Lions Jackie Berkey, Darlene Daily, Vivian Edwards, and Gordon Daily; Christmas hamper organizer extraordinaire Esther Lang; and Lions Club president Sue Peters. Not pictured are Lions Nick Lebedoff, Joe Weremchuk, Glen Foster, George Stringer, and Deborah Wilson-Green, who were out delivering hampers or picking up buggies, or who had helped with the hamper packing. (Photo credit: Submitted)

Ring in the New Year in Spences Bridge, Ashcroft, or Clinton

Music, munchies, prizes, fireworks, and more at three different events

Members of the Ashcroft and District Lions Club were at the Ashcroft Community Hall on Dec. 17, to lend their annual helping hand with the Christmas Hampers. (from l) Lions Jackie Berkey, Darlene Daily, Vivian Edwards, and Gordon Daily; Christmas hamper organizer extraordinaire Esther Lang; and Lions Club president Sue Peters. Not pictured are Lions Nick Lebedoff, Joe Weremchuk, Glen Foster, George Stringer, and Deborah Wilson-Green, who were out delivering hampers or picking up buggies, or who had helped with the hamper packing. (Photo credit: Submitted)
Editor's desk stock photo.

The Editor’s Desk: A very easy resolution

Looking for an easy New Year’s resolution to keep? Look no further

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Esther Lang (seated at centre) at the Summer English Institute in Dnipro, Ukraine in 2019, where she taught English for 11 years. (Photo credit: Submitted)

Year in Review 1: Medal of Good Citizenship for Ashcroft resident

Esther Lang was one of the recipients of provincial award for her community work

Esther Lang (seated at centre) at the Summer English Institute in Dnipro, Ukraine in 2019, where she taught English for 11 years. (Photo credit: Submitted)
On Dec. 8, residents of Spences Bridge gathered at the Lookout for the lighting of the community’s Christmas tree. (Photo credit: Mavourneen Varcoe-Ryan)

Christmas Day lunch at The Equality Project is open to all

Plus New Year’s Eve events are coming up in Ashcroft and Spences Bridge

On Dec. 8, residents of Spences Bridge gathered at the Lookout for the lighting of the community’s Christmas tree. (Photo credit: Mavourneen Varcoe-Ryan)
The Thompson-Nicola Regional Library, in partnership with Riversong Guitars of Kamloops, has launched a free Ukulele Lending Program through all its branches. (Photo credit: TNRL file photo)

Free Ukulele Lending Program now available at all Thompson-Nicola libraries

Program is similar to wildly successful Guitar Lending Program launched earlier this year

The Thompson-Nicola Regional Library, in partnership with Riversong Guitars of Kamloops, has launched a free Ukulele Lending Program through all its branches. (Photo credit: TNRL file photo)
The historic 83 Mile House, a landmark on the Cariboo Road, pictured around 1920. It was completely destroyed by fire in December 1922.

In 1922, fire destroys historic gold rush roadhouse at 83 Mile

125 YEARS AGO: DEC. 25, 1897 New Church: The Methodist church, which…

The historic 83 Mile House, a landmark on the Cariboo Road, pictured around 1920. It was completely destroyed by fire in December 1922.
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