Strawberry Festival Salutes Pioneers in Hudson's Hope
The annual Strawberry Festival, held indoors at the school due to weather, drew a large crowd for a day of music crafts plants raffles and a visit by author Shirlee Smith Matheson who read from Keeper of the Mountains. The 1958 caravan organized by the Hudson's Hope Board of Trade showcased road passability as residents recalled town history with old photos and a video of the first rodeo.
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Hudson’s Hope
Shirlee Smith Matheson
Matheson
Beattie Park to be spruced up with BG 2000 grant
Hudson's Hope earns a 29200 BC 2000 Community Spirit Grant to renovate Beattie Park with a gazebo new lighting and signs beside the Visitor Info Centre and museum The mayor Lenore Harwood says the project will memorialize the Millennium and boost tourism for the community.
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Beattie Park
Hudson’s Hope
Lenore Harwood
BC 2000
Solutions beyond money to fix Prince George health care
The HEU argues long term health care fixes in the north require more than doctor pay. The Northern Medical Society seeks 30 million in incentives, but Allnutt says these funds could back broader measures such as reducing workplace injuries, expanding nurse first responders and LPN use, training LPNs locally, increasing seven day community health centres, and addressing social determinants like poverty and housing.
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Prince George
Hospital Employees’ Union
HEU
North
Northern Medical Society
Chris Allnutt
Allnutt
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