Category Archives: Cariboo Region
High water leads to washouts, road closures through the Cariboo
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - High water has led to washouts and road closures throughout the Cariboo.According to Drive BC, there is a series of washouts centering on the Highway 97 corridor.The most notewor...
Apr 24, 2020 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Highway 97 closed in the Cariboo
70 MILE HOUSE - Motorists beware: a vehicle incident has closed Highway 97 in both directions just north of 70 Mile House.According to Drive BC the incident occurred at Cunningham Road, two kilometres...
Apr 23, 2020 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
High water washes out Pigeon Road near Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A major washout has closed Pigeon Road outside of Williams Lake in both directions.According to DriveBC the washout is at Borland Creek and as of this moment there is no estimate...
Apr 23, 2020 Image Credit: Drive BC
Evacuation Alert issued for properties near 150 Mile House
WILLIAMS LAKE - 29 properties in the Borland Creek area near 150 Mile House, have been placed under an Evacuation Alert. The measure was put in place Wednesday afternoon by the Cariboo Regional Distri...
Apr 22, 2020 Image Credit: CRD Emerg. Op. Centre
Province issues flood warning for Cariboo, Chilcotin including Cache Creek
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - The entire Cariboo and Chilcotin regions are now subject to a flood warning.The B.C. River Forecast Centre instituted the warning Tuesday morning (Apr. 21), and maintained an earli...
Apr 21, 2020 The fast-flowing Cache Creek (Image Credit: Dylana Kneeshaw / CFJC Today)
Third man arrested in 2019 Williams Lake murder
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A third man has been arrested and charged in an August, 2019 Williams Lake murder. According to an RCMP news release, Merritt frontline members and the Kamloops-based canine serv...
Apr 20, 2020
Flood watch in place for Bonaparte at Cache Creek, much of Cariboo and Chilcotin
VICTORIA - The Province of B.C. is keeping flood watches in place for a large portion of the B.C. Interior, and has instituted warnings further north. According to an update issued at 9:00 a.m. on Mon...
Apr 20, 2020 Flood warnings are in red, watches in yellow (Image Credit: BC River Forecast Centre)
Flooding leads to the activation of the Cariboo Regional District's Emergency Operations Centre
WILLIAMS LAKE - The Cariboo Regional District (CRD) activated its Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) Friday as flooding struck the Wildwood area, just north of Williams Lake.The Regional District says ...
Apr 17, 2020
Cariboo Regional District warns residents to get ready for flooding
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The Cariboo Regional District (CRD) is asking residents to prepare their properties for flooding, and says high water is already taking a toll on some areas.In a news release, th...
Apr 16, 2020 FIle Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
B.C., Alberta health ministers urge citizens to avoid Easter travel temptations
VICTORIA/EDMONTON - The governments of British Columbia and Alberta have released a joint statement urging residents of the two provinces to stay home over the Easter long weekend."Albertans and Briti...
Apr 09, 2020 Image Credit: Wellesenterprises / Dreamstime.com
