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Events and Sports in the Cariboo This Weekend : My Cariboo Now

Events and Sports in the Cariboo This Weekend : My Cariboo Now

Thunder Mountain Speedway will be having a race taking place later today (August 26th).

This comes as the City of Williams Lake did patch work on the track last week. Now, the races can continue with its Friday Under The Lights Night. Qualifiers will begin at 6:00pm, and racing starting at 7:00pm.

Staying on the topic of racing, the Quesnel Goldpan Speedway will be hosting a race on Saturday. Qualifiers will begin at 4:00pm, with the race starting at 5:00pm.

The Williams Lake First Nation are hosting a block party today.

The block party is open to everyone, and is being held at the WLFN baseball diamond. The event started at 11:00am, and will go until 7:00pm.

The South Cariboo Garlic Festival will be taking place in Lac La Hache after its two year hiatus due to covid.

The event will have various vendors, entertainment, and food to try. The garlic festival will be taking place on Saturday and Sunday.

For more information on the festival, you can find their website here.

 

 

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A Food Tasting Event is in the Cariboo, Themed Towards The 1860’s : My Cariboo Now

A Food Tasting Event is in the Cariboo, Themed Towards The 1860’s : My Cariboo Now

The Clinton Museum will be hosting their Food Tasting event, which will consist of different foods from the past.

During previous food tasting events, foods were themed from the 1920’s, up until the 1940’s. However, this Saturday will have foods based from the 1860’s, with eight different categories.

Nicholas Kosovic, Manager at the Clinton Museum said that “the museum staff and volunteers will be cooking up selections from the Clinton Hotel lunch menu, several years before it burned down in 1958.”

The different foods that will be included at the event is mutton soup with barley, creamed sockeye salmon on toast, and boiled brisket beef topped with Spanish sauce.

The food is first come first serve, and will begin serving at 12pm in the Clinton Museum backyard, and will go until 1pm, with entry by donation.

You can find more information on the Clinton Museum Facebook page here.

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Local cowboy leads in two events after opening performance of Quesnel Rodeo : My Cariboo Now

Local cowboy leads in two events after opening performance of Quesnel Rodeo : My Cariboo Now

   A local cowboy has a share of the lead in two events after last (Friday) night’s opening performance of the 55th annual Quesnel Rodeo.

   Dyson LeNeve and Gracie Antoine from Cache Creek are first in the #8 Team Roping with a time of 7.9 seconds, and LeNeve and John Hancock of Quesnel are number one in the Open Team Roping with a time of 7 and 5.

   Other Cariboo leaders after performance number one include Dustin Nicholson of Quesnel in the Steer Wrestling with a 6 and 5, Cody Braaten from 150-Mile has a share of the lead in the Tie Down Roping, and Jordyn Farmer from Quesnel is leading the Junior Breakaway roping.

   Some other results of note include the Al Puhallo team from Quesnel winning the Wild Horse Race on opening night.

   Dariene Andros from Williams Lake is sitting in second place in the Open Barrel Racing, Reese Colgate from the Lake City is currently number two in the Junior Barrels, Williams Lake’s Briana Billy is second in the Open Breakaway Roping, Julia Bowden from Quesnel and Chad Braaten from 150 Mile are second in the #8 Team Roping, and Brandon Loring from Riske Creek is sitting in second in the Steer Riding.

   There is a slack performance this (Saturday) morning at Alex Fraser Park.

   Performance number two starts at 2 o’clock this afternoon.

   After today, the top 10 in each of the major events and the top 6 in the junior and pee wee events will qualify for the finals on Championship Sunday.

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Some Events Happening This Weekend in the Cariboo : My Cariboo Now

Some Events Happening This Weekend in the Cariboo : My Cariboo Now

Quesnel is having its Billy Barker Days, which started yesterday with its 2022 crash to pass, and more.

Today, the event will have its rodeo, which goes until Sunday, and the kids day in the park that’ll have activities and games.

Tomorrow, the Billy Barker Days parade will take place in downtown Quesnel at 10:00am, along with stock car racing at 5:00pm, and the rodeo.

Sunday will have laser shows, and the 2nd annual Billy Barker Days pickleball tournament. Sunday will also be the final day for the Quesnel rodeo.

In Williams Lake, Park Play Days will be taking place in Kiwanis Park. The first session began at 10:00am and will conclude at 12:00pm. The second session will go from 12:30 until 2:30.

Park Play Days will be held across the Cariboo region all week, from Monday to Friday until the end of August.

The Cariboo Motorcycle Association is hosting its 2022 Toy Run this Saturday. The run will start at the Williams Lake Visitor Centre, and will conclude at the Wildwood Fire Hall. A barbecue will also be at the finish as well.

The event will go from 2:00pm until 4:00pm.

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Plenty of Activities and Events Happening in The Cariboo : My Cariboo Now

Plenty of Activities and Events Happening in The Cariboo : My Cariboo Now

The Williams Lake Stampede, and Canada Day events are back in full swing this year after the events have been held off due to the pandemic.

Today (June 30th), the Stampede will be having its first rodeo which will be at 6:45. There will be different presentations and an opening ceremony to kick things off. Once those have concluded, there will be professional rodeo events, mountain race, wild horse race, and wild cowgirls race. From 9:30pm-2:00am, there will be performances from Chad Brownlee, and Karen Lee Batten.

On to Friday, Canada Day events will be taking place at Kiwanis Park, where the City will be teaming up with the Williams Lake Farmers Market. The story with what will be taking place at the event, can be found here.

The Williams Lake Rustlers will have there rugby games start at 9:30 am, and will go until 4:00pm.

There will also be racing at Thunder Mountain Speedway. Gates will open at 2:00pm, with the races starting at 6:00pm.

For the Stampede, the Grandstand gates will open at 12:00pm, with the second rodeo performance happening at 1:45pm. At 9:00pm, Karen Lee Batten, The Tumblin’ Dice, and Dakota Pearl will be performing. That’ll go until 2:00am.

Looking into Saturday, The third rodeo performance will be happening at 1:15pm. The 2020-2022 BC Cowboy Hall of Fame Recipients will be presented, with the rodeo events and races happening after. The Musical performances will be the same as Friday.

It’ll be day two for the Williams Lake Rustlers, which will be going from 9:30am-4:00pm.

Thunder Mountain Speedway will have more races that will have qualifiers at 5:00pm, and the race starting at 6:00pm

For Sunday, at 1:45pm, the BRC bull riding will be taking place, along with the mountain race finals, and wild cowgirls race final buckle. Musical performances will be the same as Friday and Saturday.

Thunder Mountain Speedway will have their Qualifiers begin at 12:00pm, with the races starting at 1:00pm.

You can find the full list of Stampede events and times on their website here.

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Quesnel to team up with Williams Lake and 100 Mile on future extreme heat events : My Cariboo Now

Quesnel to team up with Williams Lake and 100 Mile on future extreme heat events : My Cariboo Now

Quesnel City Council has directed staff to submit a joint application to the Union of BC Municipalities Community Emergency Preparedness Fund.

City Manager Byron Johnson said it made sense to work with the City of Williams Lake and the District of 100 Mile House.

“The thought process is if we’re going to get a consultant into help us it makes sense to amalgamate the three communities and do one larger project, although it will be looking at each community specifically, so its not a generic type of a solution.”

Johnson said the money would be used for a variety of things.

“The grant will fund a project which will help us to map extreme heat and understand our community risks more accurately between now and the 2080’s, including mapping areas, population, structures or assets at risk.  It will also complete a risk assessment of the social, economic and environmental impacts of extreme heat events, and create a plan for response and risk reduction for future heat events.”

Councillor Ron Paull questioned why the Cariboo Regional District wasn’t included.

Mayor Bob Simpson responded.

“I believe the kinds of things you are planning for is sheltering in place, how are you dealing with seniors, it’s more of an urban oriented phenomenon.  And the answer for the CRD for example, would be bringing people into the urban centres or a local solution of some kind, so I believe this is more of an urban oriented grant.”

The City of Williams Lake would administer the project if the grant application is successful.

It would be 100 percent funded.

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Events Happening in the Cariboo For Father’s Day Weekend : My Cariboo Now

Events Happening in the Cariboo For Father’s Day Weekend : My Cariboo Now

During the weekend there will be a Family Fishing Weekend where fishing license requirements are void for Canadian citizens.

The first Event has started today at 7:00am at McLeese Lake, with the next event being tomorrow at Biffs Pond from 10:00am to 4:00pm.

Fishing equipment can be found at the Williams Lake Discovery Centre. Be sure to call ahead to make sure they have fishing gear in stock.

You can find the original story here.

The Cariboo Raceway Park will be hosting races this weekend.

The Q Karting season began in mid May, with it now having just three more weekends of racing to go. The dates for this weekend are both Saturday and Sunday.

Lastly, on Tuesday it’s National Indigenous People’s Day. Different activities will be held at Boitanio Park, along with a parade beforehand.

The Parade will start at 10:00am and end at 11:00am with the activities at Boitanio ending at 3:00pm.

You can find the original story here.

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Family Fishing Weekend to Kick Off Summer With Events : My Cariboo Now

Family Fishing Weekend to Kick Off Summer With Events : My Cariboo Now

For families looking to get outdoors during Father’s Day, they can now go to fishing events all weekend.

Fishing license requirements will be waived for all Canadian citizens that weekend, making it an affordable activity for all families.

“For the license, all of those are waived, unless you are fishing in classified waters or if you are fishing for species that require a surcharge, so something like sturgeon, or salmon, or Shuswap trout.” says Jessica Yarwood, Marketing Coordinator for the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC.

“Something like that, you do still require the stamp.”

The fishing events will be taking place in Williams Lake on McLeese Lake on June 18th, starting at 7:00am, then Biffs Pond on June 19th, from 10:00am to 4:00pm.

Each place will have different events and activities for people to participate in.

Yarwood says, if you don’t have any fishing equipment, then you can go to the Williams Lake Tourism Discovery Centre to borrow gear, but to call ahead to make sure they have stock.

For more information on fishing, you can visit the BC Family Fishing website here.

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Some Sports and Events in the Cariboo This Weekend : My Cariboo Now

Some Sports and Events in the Cariboo This Weekend : My Cariboo Now

High School Graduates in Williams Lake can look forward to their grad night starting tonight at 5:00pm. There will be a grad parade that will be going through Oliver Street, up to the Stampede grounds, where the grad event “Starry Night” will begin.

The BC High School Rodeo provincial finals are this weekend. The rodeo is being held at Alex Fraser Park in Quesnel. The first go was yesterday, with the finals continuing today, and into Sunday.

After Quesnels U-16 Lacrosse team played in Vernon for a tournament last weekend, they’ll now be making a trip up to Prince George. The games will be taking place on Saturday and Sunday at Kin Centre Arenas. A schedule can be found here.