My Account
Mayor’s Report
Mayor’s Report – April 17, 2023
Mayor attended Council of Forest Industries on April 12, 13 & 14 2023. The Minister of Forests Bruce Ralston was in attendance. I/ Mayor Courtoreille had an opportunity to speak with him, I made it clear to the Minister how devastating the closure of any Sawmill is in our community and the effects of such…
Mayors Report – June 20, 2022
The month of May was very busy, and this is continuing into June. On May 26, I attended Doig Days at the Doig River First Nation Cultural Grounds. Some of the activities they arranged included beaver skinning, moose hide scraping and getting the hide prepared for tanning, and preparing moose meat for drying. All of…
Mayor’s Report – April 19, 2022
Steve Dowling is now the new Northern Lights Campus Administrator here in Chetwynd and Tumbler Ridge. Steve reached out to me and the District’s CAO. We scheduled to meet the morning of April 4, 2022 just to make introductions. Steve is new to this sector of business/education but does come from the office of Minister…
January 12, 2021 Mayor’s Column – Freedom From Covid
I will cherish the day when we can gather and enjoy a handshake, an embrace, sing and dance together, and once more express our friendship and love for one another face to face with a heartfelt hug. 2020 has been a year of uncertainty and we all made enormous sacrifices. It has been painfully hard…
November 16, 2020 Mayor’s Column – COVID 19 (submitted by Coun. Bassendowski)
The Covid-19 pandemic has been center of our thinking for months. I’m certain that everyone is familiar with it’s challenges. In fact, I would be so bold as to say that most people reading this, have been negatively affected in some way. I’m also sure that most are aware that infections are on the rise…
September 24, 2020 Mayor’s Column
September, 2020 Here we are in September already! Below are a few things the District of Chetwynd has been up to, with Covid-19 precautions carefully in place: The first skaters hit the ice this week at the Rec Centre. Public skating is scheduled to start near the end of September. The pool and gym are…
Mayor’s Column – September 14, 2018
September 14, 2018 Chetwynd and Tumbler Ridge have just completed hosting the 2018 Coal and Energy Forum and I want thank those who brought it together and ensured a successful conference. It is no small task to assemble such a diverse group of representatives from industry, First Nations, Local Government, and Provincial Government and,…
Mayor’s Column – August 29, 2018
August 29, 2018 It promotes in me the wonder and even gives me an urge to wander – happily, of course, always with the intent and hope to return. We plant flowers; we sweep our sidewalks; we pick up garbage; we paint lines on streets. In fact, we as a community of northern dwellers,…
Mayor’s Column – August 22, 2018
August 22, 2018 All day they’ve faced the barren waste without a taste of water, cool, clear water. In this wide and wonderful world 2.1 billion people lack safe drinking water. More than twice that number do not have access to safe sanitation. The leading killer world-wide is unsafe drinking water – not guns…
Mayor’s Column – July 4, 2018
July 4, 2018 Oh Canada! Seven reasons why we should be grateful, happy, content, even delighted to live in Canada and be proud Canadians. One. Canada is not El Salvador. Don’t get me wrong. There are several things I like very much about El Salvador not the least of which is the sun that…
