Quick, important note from the Feb. 3, 2026 Council Meeting

Joni L’Heureux, Chief Financial Officer (she’s back, FYI): “Community charter outlines the District’s requirement for advertising, public notices, rezonings, elections notices, things like that have to be published in the local newspaper two consecutive weeks. Recently, the availability and reliability of the Bridge River Lillooet News has been questionable. So being proactive about this, particularly because we have an election year coming up that will require a lot of public notices. We’ve drafted an alternative public bylaw [#2026-035].”

Alternative means of publications being put forward: REC center notice board and Facebook. Council briefly discussed bringing in a municipal app but the CFO said the cost of doing so would be prohibitive. Another place to post community information ought to be the Post Office. This blog will try to help by posting important information here. There will be more discussion at the next council meeting on Feb. 17th.

Here’s the notification that was inserted into the Jan. 15th, 2026 newspaper.

Notice to Readers and Advertisers

Regretfully, it will be necessary to pause publication of the Bridge River Lillooet News for several weeks while a series of technical issues is attended to. A malware or other hacking incident late last year has triggered cascading system failures and it’s simply no longer possible to find work-arounds while subsequently trying to fix these problems and continue to publish a newspaper every week. 

I don’t take this decision lightly; it’s a tremendous privilege and also responsibility to publish the Bridge River Lillooet News every week. That said, it’s irresponsible, at this point, to try to continue until the situation is properly in hand. It’s simply impossible to provide reliable service to readers and advertisers under these circumstances. 

I apologize for the inconvenience this will cause, and look forward to returning to regular publication as soon as it’s possible to do so. All subscriptions will of course be extended for all missed deliveries, and then some. 

Thanks for your patience and understanding. 

Dennis Stranack, Publisher

Bridge River Lillooet News

January 15,2026