Three Rivers Community Forest (Delegation)
Nick Pickles, TRCF General Manager provided Council with a comprehensive overview of a community forest and the specifics of the Three Rivers Community Forest which was formed by Agreement signed October, 2024, bringing together Esdilagh, Lhtako Dene, Nazko and City of Quesnel as shareholders.
The Community Forest is governed by a Board of Directors whose mandate is stewardship, ecological resilience and community benefit.
The area encompasses 38,223 ha and the Annual Allowable Cut is 42,850m3 of Conifer and 10,500m3 of Deciduous trees.
Secure Care Psychiatric Services (Delegation)
As the Northern Health, Mental Health Medical Lead, Dr. Kane is responsible for establishing a quality agenda and framework in order to implement leading practices.
Through her work, Dr. Kane has seen the gaps in service since B.C. closed Riverview Hospital in 2012; now the only province in Canada without long-term secure care psychiatric services. The patients requiring long-term care and those with violent tendencies are either housed in a hospital which was not intended for this purpose or, they are released.
Northern Health and the Provincial Health Services Authority have identified a former youth retention centre in Prince George that has the amenities to support a secure care facility for the north.
Dr. Kane is looking for municipal support to lobby the provincial government to repurpose this facility, creating the first Secure Care Psychiatric facility in northern B.C.
Development Services
Council approved:
- DVP2025-81 - Development Variance Permit - 383 Reid Street - Granville's (vehicular roof sign)
- DP2023-57 and DVP2024-72 - Development Variance Permit - 405 Elliott Street (Additions to two existing structures)
Council was provided the following updates:
- Land use bylaw updates: Consultants are currently reviewing the Official Community Plan and Zoning Bylaw, a second round of public consultations will be held in October, with the OCP and Zoning bylaws adopted in December.
- Cold weather plan update: $30,000.00 of grant funding was obtained from SparcBC to hire a consultant for the development of a plan for extreme cold events. An advisory committee is being formed to provide input to the work.
Shiraoi
Mayor Paull and Councillors Vik and Runge visited Shiraoi Japan as part of a private cultural learning tour this summer. During the tour, informal impromptu meetings occurred with Shiraoi city officials prompting discussion to reaffirm the twinning relationship and look at proactive and alternate means to support international trade between us.
McLean Street residents petition Council - Road Repairs
As per standard practice, Council decided to reserve discussion on this matter for annual capital budget discussions in the fall, to allow staff an opportunity to assess all identified priority areas.
Announcements
- August 28, 2025, at noon - Category 1 (campfires) banned in the Cariboo Fire Centre.
- August 23, 2025 - A wood deck fire broke out on Two Mile Flat - Thank you to all of the Quesnel & area fire departments coming together to fight this fire and to the support organizations that helped during a very long day.
- August 22, 2025 - Summer's Last Slide, a back-to-school party hosted by Foundry Quesnel.
- September, 2025 – UBCM Convention - Council’s request to meet with the Ministry of Transportation to discuss the North-South Interconnector at ths year's Union of BC Municipalities convention was denied. Quesnel's resolution was relegated to the Referred Resolutions section (not admitted for debate), as it was improperly categorized as a regional, not provincial, issue. Council carried a resolution to challenge the classification.