Category Archives: Cariboo Region
Man charged with second degree murder in death of seven-week-old infant near Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A man has been charged in the death of a seven-week-old infant near Williams Lake. Williams Lake RCMP say the BC Prosecution Service approved second degree murder charges against...
May 27, 2025
100 Mile House emergency room to close for 10th time in 2025
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - People in the 100 Mile House area will be without emergency room coverage for 13 hours Saturday (May 24) evening.Interior Health says the ER at the 100 Mile District General Hos...
May 24, 2025
IH alerts drug users in Williams Lake after spike in overdoses
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Details are few, but Interior Health has issued an overdose alert for the city of Williams Lake. The alert was published Friday afternoon (May 23) and will remain in effect for o...
May 23, 2025
Candidates announced for Cariboo Chilcotin School District byelection
After administrative mishaps forced a cancellation the first time, a School District 27's (SD 27) board of education trustee byelection is again underway.With general voting set to take place on June ...
May 17, 2025
A 'foot in the door': BC First Nations buy into Enbridge pipeline
For decades, a natural gas pipeline has cut through the territories of dozens of First Nations in BC - moving billions of dollars' worth of gas with zero ownership and little return to the communities...
May 17, 2025
Lengthy wildfire risk reduction project to begin north of Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Cariboo residents are being informed of a 10-month wildfire risk reduction project about to start near Williams Lake this week. The project is being coordinated by the Cariboo Ch...
May 13, 2025
Williams Lake First Nation, Knucwentwecw Society break ground on new child and family services building
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The Williams Lake First Nation (WLFN) has broken ground at the site of a new Indigenous-led child and family services building within the Coyote Rock subdivision.In a statement, ...
May 11, 2025
Tŝilhqot'in National Government to provide child and family services to its community
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A First Nation near Williams Lake has reached a landmark deal with the federal government to take over providing child and family services to its community. The Tilhqot'in Nation...
May 09, 2025
Category 2 and 3 open burning ban to begin for Cariboo Fire Centre
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 wi...
May 06, 2025
Fire breaks out at Pioneer Log Homes near Williams Lake
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 ...
May 05, 2025
