Author Archives: Dave Barry
Pandemic concerns lead to cancellation of Williams Lake Harvest Fair
WILLIAMS LAKE - Organizers of the Williams Lake Harvest Fair have cancelled the planned 2020 celebration. With the uncertainty created by the COVID-19 pandemic, officials say planning of the event wou...
Apr 26, 2020 Image Credit: Williams Lake Harvest Fair
Cariboo Regional District issues evacuation order and alert for Hawks Creek area properties
WILLIAMS LAKE - UPDATED: The Cariboo Regional District has issued an evacuation order for one of the properties that previously received an alert in the Hawk Creek / Likely Road area. The district say...
Apr 26, 2020 CFJC Today file photo
More Evacuation Orders issued in Cariboo Regional District
WILLIAMS LAKE - Flooding has prompted the Cariboo Regional District to issue new evacuation orders Saturday. One home in the Milburn Lake Road area west of Bouchie Lake is affected. Another property i...
Apr 25, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today / File
High water leads to State of Emergency declaration in Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A seven-day State of Local Emergency has been declared in Williams Lake as widespread flooding is being reported across the B.C. Interior. Under the declaration, 11 industrial pr...
Apr 24, 2020 Image Credit: City of Williams Lake
Trudeau promises $9B aid package for students amid COVID-19
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising a new emergency benefit for students whose education and job prospects are disrupted by COVID-19. He says a $1,250 monthly payment is coming for pos...
Apr 22, 2020
17 killed in Nova Scotia shooting rampage
HALIFAX - A tiny community in rural Nova Scotia is reeling after reports of an active shooter turned into a mass shooting. RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki says 17 people are now confirmed dead after a ...
Apr 19, 2020 Image Credit: CP-Web / Tim Krochak
40th anniversary of Marathon of Hope can inspire Canadians during COVID battle
VANCOUVER - Forty years after Terry Fox began his Marathon of Hope, his brother says the message he shared is particularly poignant as Canadians deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. The Port Coquitlam, B....
Apr 12, 2020
Alberta to share surplus ventilators, masks and gloves with Ontario, Quebec and B.C.
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney says Alberta has more than enough protective masks, gloves and ventilators for its own COVID-19 needs, so it's sharing some of its surplus with provinces in more dire n...
Apr 11, 2020
Mounties ask for help from public to identify bank suspect
WILLIAMS LAKE - A search is underway for a man accused of illegally removing $37,000 from a bank account in Williams Lake. RCMP say the man had no legal access to the line of credit the withdrawal was...
Apr 01, 2020
Provincial liquor sales uptick felt by Kamloops retailers
KAMLOOPS - Since COVID-19 entered pandemic status, liquor stores in the Kamloops area have seen a change in how they need to operate, and how much product they've had leaving the shelves. Before liquo...
Apr 01, 2020 (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Adam Donnelly)
