Frank Peebles

Apr 20, 2024 | coastmountainnews.com | Frank Peebles

A local eagle has been reunited with its riverside friend in Quesnel after suffering a gunshot wound. “It had lead shot in its wing,” said Steve Smith from Q-Birds, a local photography and appreciation group focused on our aviation friends. A local resident named Lyndsay and four kids noticed the injured eagle on January 9. The bird was in such an immobilized state of distress that they were able to take it into their custody and get it to Smith.

Apr 19, 2024 | nelsonstar.com | Frank Peebles

No waterways have been impacted from a spill at a West Fraser Timber-owned factory in Quesnel early this week. The B.C. Ministry of Environment was on-scene at the WestPine Medium-Density Fibreboard plant on Carradice Road on April 15 at 4:30 p.m to investigate after they were notified of a 2.5-million litre effluent spill. The liquid substance that spilled was being piped between that operation and a nearby pulp mill.

Apr 19, 2024 | treefrogcreative.ca | Frank Peebles |Alice Palmer |Kevin Mason |David Elstone

West Fraser describes spilled effluent as a water softener backwash By Frank Peebles The Quesnel Cariboo Observer April 18, 2024 Category: Business & Politics Region: Canada, Canada West QUESNEL, BC — The 2.5-million litres of liquid substance that spilled at WestPine MFD factory in Quesnel was being piped between that operation and a nearby pulp mill. According to the factory’s owner, West Fraser Timber, it was the company’s own system that made the discovery. “On Monday, April 15, West...

Apr 16, 2024 | coastmountainnews.com | Frank Peebles

An incident during Quesnel’s morning commute brought Quesnel Fire Department, BC Ambulance Service and the RCMP to the intersection of Dragon Lake Road and Highway 97. A pickup and an SUV were involved in a collision just before 7:30 a.m. Tuesday (April 16). Reports from the scene indicated one patient taken to hospital. There was no indication on the total number of people involved or what caused the crash. (Karen Powell photo) Frank Peebles Staff writer Collision at Dragon Lake Road and Highway 97

Apr 12, 2024 | coastmountainnews.com | Frank Peebles

In a province enduring a drought from top to bottom, few places are drier than the Cariboo. When the B.C. snowpack assessment was calculated at the start of April, officials at the Ministry of Water and Land discovered the Quesnel area in particular was one of the lowest in the province. The snowpack around the Quesnel region is 52 per cent of normal, which means the snow volume is almost exactly half of what it usually is.