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THURSDAY, August 16, 2012
4-H Show and Sale to begin
Proudly serving Williams Lake and the Cariboo-Chilcotin since 1930
VOL. 82. No. 66
Group releases timber report
paper plate puppets
The 54th annual Williams Lake & District 4-H Show and Sale starts tomorrow. It runs from Friday, Aug. 17 to Wednesday, Aug. 22 and will take place at the Williams Lake Stockyards. The 4-H supplement, presented by the Williams Lake Tribune and 100 Mile Free Press, is included in today’s paper and details a schedule of events and some of the projects 4-H kids have been working on. Some livestock projects include beef, sheep, swine, and poultry, as well as other animal projects such as horse and dog. Non-animal projects include clothing, crafts, photography, gardening, and small engines.
Monica Lamb-Yorski Tribune Staff Writer
Inside the Tribune NEWS A3 Internet voting may be an option. SPORTS Rugby due wins bronze.
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COMMUNITY Home-schooling grows.
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Weather outlook: Sunny today, high of 26 C. Sunny Friday, high of 30 C.
Erin Hitchcock photo
Ava Boyd, 5, shows off a stick puppet she made as part of the Boitanio Day Camp’s Ookpik and the Animals activity Tuesday afternoon. The camp’s theme this week is Enchanted Week and Tuesday’s activity was based on a poem by Dennis Lee. PM 0040785583
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A unanimously endorsed report was released by the Special Legislative Committee on Timber Supply Wednesday morning, followed by a press conference with the committee’s chair MLA John Rustad. The report’s 22 recommendations range from ensuring the province meets its legal consultation duty and any required accommodations with First Nations, to the province funding the preparation of a five-year provincial inventory action plan. It also recommends finding ways to grow more fibre and maximize its value by utilizing economic stands and/or investing in fertilization, as well as increasing the type of form of area-based tenures to support enhanced levels of forest stewardship and private sector investment. “We heard very clearly from First Nations that they would like to participate within the forest industry. There seems to be a desire and appreciation for the new woodland forest tenures for First Nations,” Rustad said, adding the committee is not recommending a take-back of tenure from existing companies. “One of the mandates we were given is that we could not have a significant financial impact on the province. A take-back would have had a significant financial impact on the province so it wasn’t a place that we could go, plus the amount of uncertainty that would bring across the area to industry.” Rustad told reporters he believes the largest significant recommendation going forward from the report is around marginally economic stands. See WILLIAMS Page A2