Category Archives: Cariboo Region
Wiliams Lake food drive planned
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - It's Christmas in July in Williams Lake. That's how the city's fire department is describing its July 30 Food Bank drive.Fire department personnel will go door to door from 6:00 ...
Jul 24, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Chad Klassen
Cariboo Memorial Hospital re-development one step closer
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The NDP government has given the green light to the business plan for the redeveloped Cariboo Memorial hospital in Williams Lake. B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix was in Williams ...
Jul 24, 2019 Image Credit: Interior Health
VIDEO: Specialists take salmon past Fraser River slide site, blast overhanging rock
BIG BAR, B.C. - New video footage released by the provincial government shows how provincial and federal officials are working together to try to save Fraser River salmon.The fish are being prevented ...
Jul 23, 2019 Image Credit: BC Government
Crews set up to blast away overhanging rock at slide site near Fraser River
BIG BAR, B.C. - Work crews around the site of a massive rock slide in the Fraser River will be blasting away a large overhanging rock in an effort to avoid future slides.A joint information bulletin f...
Jul 22, 2019 Image Credit: BC Government
Cariboo Regional District says 47 properties impacted by flooding
BIG CREEK, B.C. - The Cariboo Regional District says 47 properties have been impacted by flooding. The district says in a news release that the affected properties are in the Big Creek area. Among tho...
Jul 18, 2019 Image Credit: Canadian Press
Severe thunderstorm watch issued for Kamloops area, warning in place for Cariboo
KAMLOOPS - When thunder roars, go indoors. That's the message from Environment Canada as a severe thunderstorm watch is issued for the North Thompson, and continued for the Cariboo. "Conditions are fa...
Jul 17, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Weather looks better, but travel advisories still out around Cache Creek
KAMLOOPS - The forecast is better than yesterday, but travel advisories are still out around Cache Creek because of the potential of heavy rains. A mudslide closed Highway 97 south of Clinton for a ti...
Jul 16, 2019 Image Credit: Drive B.C..
Slide blocks Highway 97 south of Clinton
CLINTON, B.C. - A mudslide has closed Highway 97 south of Clinton.According to Drive BC, the mudslide came down 17 kilometres south of Clinton, about halfway between the community and the Hat Creek ju...
Jul 15, 2019 According to Drive BC, this is the slide's location (Image Credit: Google Maps)
Cariboo Regional District plans flood recovery meeting
WILLIAMS LAKE- The Cariboo Regional District has planned a public meeting as it begins the recovery process from last week's huge flood along the Chilcotin River. The 1-in-200 year flood sent a torren...
Jul 15, 2019 Image Credit: Canadian Press
New data to help determine stability around Fraser River slide
BIG BAR, B.C. - The B.C. government says new data is being processed in relation to the Big Bar landslide that is preventing most salmon from migrating up the Fraser River near Clinton.The government ...
Jul 14, 2019 Image Credit: BC Government
