WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The first round of burning prohibitions will be coming to the Cariboo Fire Centre. As of 12:00 p.m. Wednesday (May 7), the BC Wildfire Service says Category 2 and 3 open fires will be prohibited across the entire Cariboo Fire Centre. Last year, Category 2 open fires were given an earlier prohibiti...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Firefighters have spent Monday afternoon (May 5) trying to extinguish a blaze in a log yard just outside of Williams Lake.The blaze broke out during the noon hour at Pioneer Log Homes on the Williams Lake First Nation reserve just east of the city.On social media, Williams Lake Councillor Scott Ne...

100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - 100 Mile House RCMP are asking for the public's help in finding a 51-year-old woman who's been missing for nearly three months. RCMP say Jennifer Provencal was reported missing on Monday (April 21) after last being seen on Feb. 5, 2025. Provencal is described as standing 5'7" and weighing 17...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Williams Lake RCMP are investigating an assault in Boitanio Park over the weekend. Police say the altercation reportedly occurred between two men from Williams Lake - a 60-year-old and a 37-year-old - where the older man suffered minor injuries. In a news release issued Wednesday (April 23) aftern...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Smoke is expected to be visible from the City of Williams Lake Williams Lake First Nation (WLFN) and along Highway 97 over the next week. The BC Wildfire Service says it will support WLFN with a 100-hectare cultural burn. In a news release issued Tuesday (April 22), the wildfire service says the b...

UPDATE (April 28) WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The 37-year-old man reported missing on April 21, 2025, has been found and is safe. (Please note: for privacy considerations any previous information pertaining to this individual's identity has been removed from the article.)

100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - Hundreds of people are without power between Sheridan Lake and 100 Mile House Thursday afternoon (April 10). BC Hydro says the outage, affecting 1,253 customers, was reported at 2:40 p.m. The utility says the situation was caused by a tree coming down over hydro lines. As of 3:00 p.m. Thursday, a...

100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - Residents in the 100 Mile House area will be without emergency room coverage for much of the day Thursday (April 10).Interior Health says the ER at the 100 Mile District General Hospital will be closed for 13 hours - from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. today.This is the sixth ER closure of the year in...

UPDATE (9:30 a.m.): Four more prescribed burns covering a combined 18 hectares will take place within the City of Williams Lake.The city and Williams Lake First Nation, with support from the BC Wildfire Service, will begin the four ignitions on Saturday, if conditions are safe. The prescribed burns will continue until ...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Parents, grandparents and community members throughout the Cariboo-Chilcotin region are calling for an investigation into bullying, discrimination, harassment and racial violence in schools within School District 27 (SD27). Representatives from Esk'etemc First Nation and the Concerned Parents and ...

100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - Residents of the 100 Mile House area in need of emergency medical care will need to look elsewhere Saturday night (March 29). Interior Health says the emergency department at 100 Mile House District General Hospital will be closed as of 7:00 p.m. Saturday. It is set to reopen at 7:00 a.m. on Sund...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Smoke may be visible in Williams Lake over the next two weeks. The BC Wildfire Service says it's supporting the City of Williams Lake and Williams Lake First Nation with carrying out a 20-hectare prescribed burn northeast of the Westridge Subdivision, between Country Club Boulevard and Westridge S...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A large number of drugs, illicit cigarettes, and ammunition were seized from a home in Williams Lake. In a news release issued Tuesday (March 18), Williams Lake RCMP say they obtained a search warrant for a home on Lakeside Drive where they found and seized more than 100 grams of suspected cocaine...

LILLOOET, B.C. - The emergency department in Lillooet will temporarily close for another two-day stretch. Interior Health says emergency services at Lillooet Hospital and Health Centre will be temporarily unavailable from 7:00 a.m. Wednesday (March 19) to 8:00 a.m. Friday (March 21). It comes following another 49-hour ...

100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - The emergency departments in 100 Mile House and Lillooet will be temporarily closed for most of Monday (March 17). Interior Health says the ER at 100 Mile District General Hospital will be temporarily unavailable from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday, while the closure at the ER at the Lillooet Hosp...

KAMLOOPS - A number of Kamloops-and-Cariboo-area fire departments will be getting provincial funding that the B.C. Government says will help them better prepare and respond to emergencies. The B.C. Emergency Management Ministry says more than 230 fire departments that are wholly or partially staffed by volunteer firefi...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Williams Lake RCMP are asking for the public's help in finding a missing 32-year-old man. Police say Kyle Sellars was reported missing on Thursday (March 13) after last being seen earlier that morning at Xat'súll First Nation health centre. Sellars is described as an Indigenous man standing...

UPDATE (March 13): The truck stolen from the OK Tire location in Williams Lake has been recovered. In an update, Williams Lake RCMP say they found the stolen vehicle near the tire shop on the 600-block of Oliver Street. Additionally, police say they identified two people of interest. "Two people were found in prox...

LYTTON, B.C. - Police are identifying the victim of a homicide in Lytton three years after her death. In an update Wednesday (March 12), the RCMP Southeast District Major Crime Unit (SED MCU) says the investigation into the suspicious death of Shenita Myers continues. Back on Feb. 19, 2022, Lillooet and Lytton RCMP off...

70 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - RCMP say a 64-year-old Vancouver man is facing a second-degree murder charge in connection with the 2021 death of a man in 70 Mile House. In a news release Saturday (March 8), the Southeast District Major Crime Unit says Chinh Duc Vu was arrested on Friday and charged with the death of 52-year-old...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A deal has been reached to keep Atlantic Power's Northwest Energy plant operating in Williams Lake.In recent months, local officials have raised an alarm about the future of the biomass energy producer, saying it needed to secure a new contract with BC Hydro or else it would be forced to close lat...

SHERIDAN LAKE, B.C. - Two social media influencers are among four people facing dozens of illegal hunting charges after a 2023 incident in the South Cariboo.In a social media post Friday (March 7), the BC Conservation Officer Service says its investigation began in the fall of 2023 after a report of shots fired near a ...

100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - A pile burn could get underway in the District of 100 Mile House as early as Wednesday (March 5). The BC Wildfire Service says it's supporting the 100 Mile House Fire Department in a pile burning at Centennial Park. In a news release, the wildfire service says the burning will only proceed if con...

100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - For the second time in three days, the emergency department in 100 Mile House will be temporarily closed. Interior Health says emergency services at 100 Mile District General Hospital will be unavailable from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday (March 3). A reason for the 13-hour closure was not provid...

100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - Interior Health says the emergency department at the 100 Mile District General Hospital will be closed for the next seven hours.In a news release just after 11:15 a.m. Saturday (March 1), Interior Health said the 100 Mile House ER was closed "immediately" with the facility set to reopen...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The B.C. government says a new Urgent and Primary Care Centre (UPCC) has opened in Williams Lake, giving people in the area increased access to primary health care.In a news release Friday (Feb. 28), the province says the facility at 47 Cameron St. opened its doors on Tuesday, Feb. 25. It says whe...

KAMLOOPS - A 45-year-old woman from 100 Mile House was arrested after damaging two police vehicles while trying to evade officers, according to Kamloops RCMP. Cory Leah Maack is charged with flight from police, dangerous driving, possession of stolen property and driving while prohibited. She was released on bail on Mo...

UPDATE (9:50 a.m.): BC Wildfire Service crews will help the Shackan Indian Band carry out a 75-hectare prescribed burn nearly 35 kilometres west of Merritt. The wildfire service says the timing of the burn depends on weather and site conditions, but it could begin as early as Monday. Smoke may be visible to surrounding...