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Wednesday, April 16, 2014
VOL. 100 NO. 65
A tree falls on TELUS
Many cell phone customers were without service after a large tree fell onto a TELUS cable Sunday. “The great news is service is now fully restored and has been since about 4 a.m. this morning,” TELUS media relations officer Liz Sauve said. Sunday early evening the tree crashed into the cable, which disrupted wireless service for some communities in Northern BC – including the Gold Pan City. “We had crews on scene immediately with all the right equipment – the big lights and everything necessary to work through the night,” Sauve said. “We found the cut cable right away, and we were able to very quickly reroute some services through another path and restore service to a number of customers. “Our technicians continued to work through the night to repair the cable the tree damaged, which was a complicated repair, and service was fully restored to all of our customers earlier this morning.”
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Happy sign of spring With the weather turning warmer, bicyclers are showing up more and more to take advantage of the drier conditions and receding snow.
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Public warned to use extreme caution when burning The Cariboo Fire Centre is asking residents to use extreme caution when burning. Since April 1, the centre has responded to seven wildfires that have burned about 20 hectares. All of these fires were human-caused
and the result of careless fire use. Spring burning can present significant fire risks even though it may seem like a safe time to burn. Moisture is present in the soil, but grasses can dry out quickly due to increasing temperatures
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and wind. Fires that start in these fuels can spread very rapidly, especially when driven by wind. Wildfire Management Branch crews have responded to all seven of this week’s incidents and the majority are now in the mop-up or patrol
stage. • Wednesday, 16 fire and first aid personnel were onsite at a 4.2-hectare fire one kilometre east of Lees Corner, near Hanceville. Five personnel returned April 10 to patrol the fire and completely extinguish it.
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• Cariboo Fire Centre personnel responded to a two-hectare fire on the night of April 9 on the Tl’esqox-t’in (Toosey) Indian Reserve. Local RCMP and B.C. Hydro staff also responded and this incident is under investigation.
By this time last year, the Cariboo Fire Centre had responded to three fires that burned a total of 25 hectares. More safe burning practices can be found at http://bcwildfire.ca/ hprScripts/WildfireNews/DisplayArticle. asp?ID=2114
EARLY DEADLINES
Due to the Easter holiday, we have early deadlines for all advertising for the April 23rd Edition. April 23 issue CLASSIFIED DISPLAY, WORD AND RETAIL DISPLAY AD DEADLINE:
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Our office will be CLOSED Friday, April 18, 2014