PRINCE GEORGE - BC Hydro says its crews continue to make progress restoring power to thousands of customers impacted by Friday's (Nov. 6) windstorm. However, thousands of residents remain without power in Northern B.C. and the Central Interior. With some customers in rural areas north and east of Prince George expected...

KAMLOOPS - About 135,000 BC Hydro customers were left in the dark overnight across B.C., including the Thompson and Cariboo regions, as fierce storms continue to batter the province. According to BC Hydro, the peak of the widespread outages came at 1 a.m. on Sunday, amid a second bout of the damaging weekend storms. Pr...

KAMLOOPS - A wind storm left about 80,000 BC Hydro customers without power across the province at its peak on Friday (Nov. 6), including the Thompson and Cariboo regions, and officials expect more to come.The power company said the storm blew down trees and branches, damaging infrastructure and causing widespread outag...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Contractors with the City of Williams Lake have begun pile burning in the Airport Road area, and will continue until the end of December.The city said this a continuation of previously completed fuel management activities aimed at reducing wildfire risk in areas surrounding the community.The proje...

KAMLOOPS - A special weather statement for the Kamloops area has been expanded with even stronger wind gusts expected. Environment Canada issued a special weather statement for the Nicola region, the Coquihalla Highway from Kamloops to Hope and the Okanagan Connector from Merritt to Kelowna. A strong, low-pressure syst...

100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - RCMP in 100 Mile House are investigating a trio of break-ins that took place on Monday (Nov. 2). RCMP say officers responded to a business on the 200-block of Seventh Street where it was determined that several storage lockers had been entered, and unknown items were taken. Surveillance pictures ...

100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - A pair of prescribed burns are on the horizon for the 100 Mile area. First up, the BC Wildfire Service says crews will burn nearly three hectares of woody debris near Watch Lake south of 100 Mile House. It's part of a project that covers a total of 39.4 hectares, adjacent to properties in the Gre...

FOREST GROVE, B.C. - It has been a year and nine months since a mother of three vanished from her rural home near 100 Mile House. Jennifer Provencal was last seen on Feb. 5, 2025, by her husband, Tom Boulding, who said they had an argument at home. He said he left and returned to the rural Forest Grove property where t...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Williams Lake RCMP have launched an investigation into four dumpster fires that were lit in different parts of the city within 45 minutes of each other on Monday afternoon (Nov. 2).The City of Williams Lake said the fire department responded to each incident quickly and were able to snuff out the ...

100 MILE HOUSE - The BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) said it and the 100 Mile House Natural Resource District will work with the Stswecem'c Xgat'tem First Nation in the creation of a large fire break along the Enterprise Forest Service Road (FSR).The 120 hectare burn is set to take place between kilometre 11 and 45 of Enter...

100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - A man from the Cariboo region has been charged following a search warrant that was prompted by his alleged threats.RCMP in 100 Mile House said the detachment and Cariboo Crime Reduction Unit executed a search warrant at a home along the 5400-block of Canim Hendrix Lake Road on Wednesday (Oct. 28)...

100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) will support the 100 Mile House Natural Resource District to create a wildfire fuel break near Pressy Lake.BCWS officials said work on the 10.7-hectare interface fuel break is expected to start as early as mid November and could continue until March 31, 2027.The tar...

VICTORIA - B.C. Premier-designate Lorne Doerkson says he is committed to keeping every campaign promise he made leading up to his party's provincial election victory.In a one-on-one interview with Global News, Doerkson said that he wants to be clear about this issue."We're really committed to everything that I pro...

100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - One man was arrested after a reported stabbing in the Cariboo. 100 Mile House RCMP say officers responded to a property on Bakken Road in Forest Grove Monday (Oct. 26) where a man was found with stab wounds. Police say he was sent to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. RCMP s...

100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - 100 Mile House RCMP recovered several tools and equipment they suspected as being stolen after arresting a pair of alleged squatters. On Oct. 14, RCMP say they arrested a 46-year-old man and 32-year-old woman at a property on the 8000-block of Highway 24 after determining they had been unlawfully...

KAMLOOPS - The Cariboo-Chilcotin riding stretches from Williams Lake, 100 Mile House and Clinton all the way down to the west of Kamloops past Tobiano. It's considered a safe Conservative riding and could be home to the premier if the Tories are successful on Saturday (Oct. 24) night with incumbent and interim leader L...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Mining's role in supporting Cariboo jobs and businesses, and what it will take to sustain the industry, were the focus of a recent discussion in Williams Lake. A luncheon hosted by the Mining Association of B.C.(MABC) in partnership with the Williams Lake & District of Commerce as part of its...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A prescribed burn project south of the City of Williams Lake could begin as early as next week. The BC Wildfire Service says its crews will be working with Williams Lake First Nation and the Cariboo Chilcotin Natural Resource District on carrying out a 10-hectare prescribed burn in the Esler Road ...

QUESNEL - A Quesnel man is planning a trip to see the pyramids after winning a life-changing $46-million Lotto 6/49 jackpot.Richard Z. learned he held the winning ticket from the December 20, 2025 Gold Ball draw after hearing the jackpot-winning ticket had been purchased in Quesnel.That prompted him to check his ticket...

CLINTON, B.C. - There was no election in the Village of Clinton Saturday (Oct. 17) night, as the mayor and all four councillors were acclaimed to office.Roland Stanke will return for his fifth term as mayor of Clinton. A long-time resident of the village, Stanke was mayor for three terms between 2002 and 2011 and was t...

100 MILE HOUSE - 100 Mile House RCMP are looking into a theft of a trailer, two car batteries and a pickup truck, which was later found engulfed in flames.Police officials said the detachment received a call regarding a reported theft of a trailer from a business from a business along the 900-block of Exeter Mckinley R...

100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - A political newcomer has been elected as the mayor of 100 Mile House.David Jurek, a real estate agent who has lived in 100 Mile House for the past 10 years, received 408 votes. He finished ahead of incumbent mayor Maureen Pinkney, who finished with 228 votes.Pinkney was acclaimed as mayor of 100 ...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The rubber match between Williams Lake Mayor Surinderpal Rathor and former mayor Walt Cobb went to the incumbent.Rathor won re-election Saturday (Oct. 17) with nearly 67 per cent of the vote. The former longtime city councillor dethroned Cobb for the mayor's seat in Williams Lake in the 2022 munic...

100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - A 44-year-old 100 Mile House man was arrested after a pair of home invasions and assaults in a single day.100 Mile House RCMP said the detachment received a report of a home invasion on the 6000-block of Bryce Road, Thursday, October 8.At the scene, investigators learned that the suspect entered ...

CLINTON, B.C. - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) will extend support services at the Clinton Resiliency Drop-in Centre into November to support those who were impacted by the devastating Pear Lake wildfire.The TNRD said while supports are still available for Clinton residents and those in the surrounding ru...

When interim B.C. Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson received a phone call from one of his daughters just two days after David Eby called a snap provincial election, he didn't have time for a conversation. In the whirlwind of activity he'd "kind of for...

100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - One person was hospitalized with undetermined injuries following a head-on collision along Highway 97, south of 100 Mile House.On Sunday, 100 Mile House RCMP officials said officers were dispatched with B.C. Emergency Health Services to the scene along the highway near Keene Road.Once on the scen...

100 MILE HOUSE - 100 Mile House RCMP say officers attended two separate vehicle collisions on Tuesday (Sept. 29), with three people being hospitalized.RCMP officials said the detachment received a report of a cell phone crash notification along Watch Lake Road, south of 100 Mile House.Once on the scene, officers found ...