Category Archives: Cariboo Region
BC Wildfire Service readies prescribed burns in Siwash area west of Williams Lake
ALEXIS CREEK, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) is preparing for a pair of prescribed burns west of Williams Lake.The burns could begin as soon as Tuesday (Oct. 14) near the community of Yunisit'i...
Oct 13, 2025
UNBC announces signing of Williams Lake soccer player Mion Kinugasa
PRINCE GEORGE - Mion Kinugasa of Williams Lake has committed to play university soccer at the University of Northern British Columbia in Prince George.The 2007-born midfielder/winger is pursuing a Bac...
Oct 11, 2025
100 Mile House ER to close for 13 hours on first day of Thanksgiving long weekend
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - Residents in the 100 Mile House area will be without emergency coverage for the majority of the first day of the Thanksgiving long weekend.Interior Health says the ER at the 100...
Oct 11, 2025
Husband of missing Forest Grove mother denies any involvement in her disappearance
FOREST GROVE, B.C. - Eight months after Jennifer Provencal vanished from her rural home in the South Cariboo under suspicious circumstances, her husband denies he had anything to do with his wife's di...
Oct 10, 2025
Death of Indigenous man in Williams Lake RCMP cells blamed on understaffing, inaction of jail guard
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - B.C.'s police watchdog says understaffing of the Williams Lake RCMP detachment and the inaction of a civilian jail guard each played a part in the death of a young Indigenous man...
Oct 09, 2025
Williams Lake RCMP looking for man wanted on slew of charges
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - UPDATE (Oct. 17): Williams Lake RCMP say Travis Storoschuk has been located. EARLIER: Police in Williams Lake are asking for help in locating a man who is wanted on a slew of cha...
Oct 09, 2025
Traffic stop leads to another drug seizure in Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Another patrol led to another drug seizure in Williams Lake. RCMP in Williams Lake say officers carried out a traffic stop on Oliver Street on Monday (Oct. 6) at around 11:30 a.m...
Oct 09, 2025
Williams Lake RCMP seize knives and suspected drugs during arrest
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A patrol in Williams Lake led to a drug seizure and investigation into drug trafficking. After stopping a vehicle for a motor vehicle act infraction on Sept. 25, Williams Lake RC...
Oct 08, 2025
Williams Lake emergency room closed for second time this weekend
WILLIAMS LAKE - Residents in the Williams Lake area are without emergency room coverage for the second time this weekend.Interior Health says the ER at the Cariboo Memorial Hospital will be closed unt...
Oct 05, 2025
Williams Lake emergency room to close for 12 hours Saturday
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The emergency department at Cariboo Memorial Hospital in Williams Lake will be closed for most of the day Saturday (Oct. 4).In a statement issued just after 8:20 a.m., Interior H...
Oct 04, 2025
