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North Cariboo residents will be asked to borrow 20-million dollars to renovate the Quesnel Rec Centre. SHARE ON: -Photo: MyCaribooNow The North Cariboo Joint Advisory Committee approved a referendum date of June 19th at Tuesday night’s meeting. Only Mary Sjostrom, the CRD Director for Area A, was opposed to the date as she wanted a fall vote (Nov 6) to give them more time to communicate the project to residents. Others expressed concern that delaying the vote could add to the cost of the project. Quesnel Mayor Bob Simpson also expressed concern that staff could get busy during the wildfire season. ....
SHARE ON: -Photo: Quesnel Community Foundation North Cariboo residents gave like they’ve never given before this year when it comes to the Quesnel Community Foundation’s annual fundraising campaign. President Mary Sjostrom confirms that they went well beyond their target this year… “With the contribution of our anonymous donor, we are just slightly short of 155 thousand dollars, so that is remarkable. I stand to be corrected but I think this is the most that we’ve ever raised, so it is extremely exciting.” An anonymous donor offered to match the community dollar for dollar up to 50 thousand dollars. Sjostrom says they started the campaign three or four weeks earlier this year… ....