5 YEARS AGO (2019): 100 Mile House was to be debt-free by July - according to Mayor Mitch Campsall. In a meeting with the Cariboo Regional District, Campsall said that the town was paying off the intersection ten years early. As a result, Campsall said that taxes could go down, but he did not know by how much. Campsall said that despite recent increases in property values, the town would collect the same amount of taxes as last year. Finally, Campsall claimed that 100 Mile House was doing a better job than many other municipalities in BC thanks to “hard work”.
10 YEARS AGO (2014): A proposed zoning bylaw amendment that would prohibit medical marijuana production facilities in the 100 Mile House area was discussed in a public hearing. A source of controversy was that the amendment would have also prohibited farm-gate sales as it included “processing and retail sales of farm products.” Mayor Mitch Campsall stated that changes would be made to the bylaw at a later date. The bylaw received no comments from anyone, and no one outside of councillors showed up for the public hearing over the bylaw.
25 YEARS AGO (1999): South Cariboo MLA David Zirnhelt proposed that the intersection between Highway 97 and Exeter Road be reconstructed to include traffic lights. This came as parents and school bus drivers voiced concerns over congestion around 100 Mile Elementary School. Zirnhelt met with school officials and village representatives to discuss the proposals - which also included traffic lights at the intersection of First Street and Highway 97, as well as extensions for Birch Avenue and Aspen Street.
50 YEARS AGO (1974): The fate of a proposed library service for the Cariboo region was put to a referendum in 1974. The directors decided if the library proposals put forward by the Library Development Commission should be put to a vote. If such a decision was not in favour, the Cariboo could lose out on opting in with the Cariboo-Thompson-Nicola library system - not to mention, risk losing funding from the provincial government. The proposals included a community library with 8,000 books in 100 Mile House.