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Rooms packed, crowds positive at conference
to the party, were invited to come and ask questions at a meeting on Oct. 26, she notes. The atmosphere was “very Called an accountabilpositive” at the Oct. 26-27 ity session, the local MLA BC Liberal Party conven- says it had all the cabinet tion in Whistler attended by members up on the podium about 1,000 delegates, says and anyone could ask them Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA questions. Donna Barnett. “I thought it was very “I’ve been to many con- good. When the questions ventions. I’ve been to the were posed to [the minisSocred [former ters], they answered Social Credit party’s] them directly. I conventions when it didn’t see anybody was passing on – and skirting around the it was not good – but question.” this was positive the Barnett also whole way.” attended a sold-out She was at the breakfast meeting conference from hosted by the BC Thursday night to Donna Barnett Liberals Women’s noon on Saturday, Network, along with Barnett explains, as she many other women, and a returned to 100 Mile House few men, she notes. early for a good friend’s Again, all the female memorial tea. MLAs fielded question, and While she was unable to together with the networkparticipate in many of the ing experiences, she says it policy and resolution ses- was “very interesting.” sions held after that, Barnett Barnett adds many meetdid attend some. ing rooms were full at this “One very interesting res- year’s convention. olution was ... the vote was “A lot of people sometimes about 80 per cent to con- don’t go to the sessions ... tinue with the carbon tax.” People, who didn’t belong Continued on A4 Carole Rooney Free Press
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Royal Canadian Legion Branch 260 - 100 Mile House member Gary McTague posed with some of the many poppies that are being sold and distributed throughout the community in the days leading up to Remembrance Day on Nov. 11. Look for more special Remembrance Day photos and stories throughout this edition of the 100 Mile House Free Press.
Adrian Dix dished up local dinner
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A flight turned around at a foggy airport didn’t stop British Columbia NDP Leader Adrian Dix from visiting with local party members in the South Cariboo on Oct. 27. He was the special guest when the CaribooChilcotin NDP Constituency Association hosted its annual Fall Supper at the 100 Mile Curling Rink. The sold-out event saw about 100 local residents pack the rink lounge for a dinner prepared with locally grown food catered by the Horse Lake
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Community Farm Co-op. After his plane was sent back to Vancouver when dense fog prevented its landing in Williams Lake that morning, Dix flew to Kamloops later in the day, then drove to 100 Mile House. “The food was fantastic from the co-op. It was probably the best food I’ve had at a party event all year. It was a really great night.” The NDP leader addressed the group for about
40 minutes, and then fielded questions for about another hour. Some of the key issues he talked about was jobs and the economy, Dix says, and skills training in particular. “Our [province’s] apprenticeship program currently has a completion rate of 37 per cent.” He adds in a “general sense,” there is a shortage of more than 100,000 skilled workers for the next five years. There are insufficient training offerings in the North, Dix says, adding his party wants to ensure Continued on A3