Global BC Small Town Feature

That's right - Quesnel - our great community - is being featured this weekend (June 25) on Global BC's Small Town Feature. Please send your photos to weekendnews@globaltv.com (one photo per person) about the Quesnel community. If you want to do two jobs at the same time - you could also email us and we will showcase them on our blog! (quesnelinfo@gmail.com)

Go Quesnel Go!

Chicken

The Cariboo Central Interior Poultry Producer's Association Annual General Meeting is today in 100 Mile House. They will be touring the mobile poultry unit in the parking lot between Tim Hortons and the Red Coach in from 10-12 and then the AGM kicks off at 1:30 at the Red Coach.

Smoky in town

As you may have noticed in Quesnel today there seems to be a lot of smoke in the area. Turns out that the smoke is from the fires north of Fort McMurray in Alberta. Visit the BC Air Quality website for a great animated map that shows the smoke moving across Canada.

http://www.bcairquality.ca/bluesky/index.html

Thank you Ministry of Environment!

activity on Two Mile Flat

There has been a lot of activity on Two Mile Flat this week. Super Save Gas is repaving their lot, plus they put up hanging baskets - it looks great!

In addition to this beautification just across the highway at the Old Petro Can site there is construction!

Thank you to all the businesses in Quesnel! We greatly appreciate your hardwork and dedication to our community.

Boil Water Notice Lifted

June 10, 2011

Quesnel precautionary boil water notice lifted

Northern Health and the City of Quesnel have cancelled a precautionary boil water notice after follow up testing showed no sign of Cryptosporidium in Well #9 in the Quesnel Water System.

An earlier, positive sample which prompted the June 3rd advisory was the result of proactive tests being done by the City, and was considered to be an isolated finding.

The risk of Cryptosporidium has been, and remains low in Quesnel. Over the past decade, the BC Centre for Disease Control has had an average of just 130 reports of the illness across the province each year. There were no cases reported in the Northern Interior of BC in 2009 (the last year for which full statistics are available) and it is not believed there have been any cases in the region since then.

Cryptosporidium parvum and Cryptosoridium hominis are parasites that infect the intestinal tract. Symptoms can include diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, stomach cramps, mild fever and dehydration. People with poorly functioning immune systems are at risk of more serious illness when they get cryptosporidiosis. For that reason, the targeted precautionary BWN is for the people with weakened immune systems.

For more information on Cryptosporidium, and general drinking water safety, go to:

http://www.bccdc.ca/dis-cond/a-z/_c/Cryptosporidium/overview/Cryptosporidium.htm

http://northernhealth.ca/Your_Health/Programs/Public_Health_Protection/DrinkingWaterSafety

http://northernhealth.ca/Disinfectingdrinkingwater.asp

Health - Active living

Living in Quesnel affords you the opportunity to have a healthy lifestyle. There are many walking/hiking/cycling trails found throughout the community along with more than 15 municipal parks, plus all the great parks that are in the regional district! One of the newest additions to the community is an outdoor fitness area located in West Fraser Timber Park. We tested it out last night and just have to say that it is a great addition to the park! We all got in a great work out and our kids got a chance to play and run and unwind from the day.

Why have a healthy lifestyle... we found this interesting article on the hazards of having desk jobs and sitting too much -

Via: Medical Billing And Coding

Community Futures

Community Futures is attempting to determine what the key support needs are for the Quesnel business community. The data collected in this survey will help shape what programs and services Community Futures will offer to our business community. This is your opportunity to share your input about the types of programs, services and support your business requires.

To start the survey go to www.cfquesnel.com to the survey link.

Public Health Advisory

Northern Health and City Of Quesnel issue precautionary boil water notice

Northern Health and the City of Quesnel are advising the public of one isolated finding of Cryptosporidium in Well #9 in the Quesnel Water System and have issued a Boil Water Notice (BWN) for the City of Quesnel’s water distribution system.

Follow-up testing is underway, and results could take up to six weeks. The boil water notice will remain in effect until the results are known and the City and NH can advise the public on next steps.

Cryptosporidium parvum is a parasite that infects the intestinal tract. Symptoms can include diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, stomach cramps, mild fever and dehydration. People with poorly functioning immune systems are at risk of more serious illness when they get cryptosporidiosis. For that reason, the targeted precautionary BWN is for the people with weakened immune systems, young children and the elderly.

Until further notice, these people are advised to consider boiling any water that will be used for human consumption (drinking, cooking, brushing teeth) for at least two minutes. Showering and bathing is fine as long as no water is swallowed. Water from the City’s bulk water station, which provides water for many residents not on the City’s water system, is included in the notice.

Well #9 is one of six wells providing water to the Quesnel water system. The positive sample was the result of extensive, proactive sampling the City was doing on its wells to further evaluate the water system. These tests were over and above the testing the City does on a regular basis to ensure water safety.

The risk of Cryptosporidium has been and remains low in Quesnel.

Northern Health also advises rigorous hand-washing for residents on the City of Quesnel water system, and generally as one of the best ways to keep from getting sick.

For more information on Cryptosporidium, and general drinking water safety, go to:

http://www.bccdc.ca/dis-cond/a-z/_c/Cryptosporidium/overview/Cryptosporidium.htm

http://northernhealth.ca/Your_Health/Programs/Public_Health_Protection/DrinkingWaterSafety

http://northernhealth.ca/Disinfectingdrinkingwater.asp

Or visit the City of Quesnel website at www.quesnel.ca.

To aid in getting the word out about this public health advisory we ask that you please share this email with your friends and family and email groups that may be effected by the advisory.

Thank you.

conference and training

Our grant writer/marketing assistant (Erin) and project manager (Charlene) are heading on the road tomorrow to attend the Western Canada Economic Development Course in Richmond BC.

We look forward to them returning next week with training in: community branding, strategic planning, ROI and economic analysis, investment readiness, grant writing, political process, and business retention and expansion.

The Economic Development Association of BC has their annual conference that kicks off this weekend and our economic development officer (April) will be attending where QCEDC is up for a marketing award for the Gold Rush Living magazine and partnership with the District of Lillooet, visit www.goldrushliving.ca for more information.