Category Archives: Cariboo Region
Social media influencers charged in 2023 South Cariboo illegal hunting investigation
SHERIDAN LAKE, B.C. - Two social media influencers are among four people facing dozens of illegal hunting charges after a 2023 incident in the South Cariboo.In a social media post Friday (March 7), th...
Mar 07, 2025
Pile burning to take place at Centennial Park in 100 Mile
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - A pile burn could get underway in the District of 100 Mile House as early as Wednesday (March 5). The BC Wildfire Service says it's supporting the 100 Mile House Fire Department...
Mar 05, 2025
100 Mile House emergency department to be closed most of Monday
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - For the second time in three days, the emergency department in 100 Mile House will be temporarily closed. Interior Health says emergency services at 100 Mile District General Ho...
Mar 03, 2025
100 Mile House emergency room to be closed for seven hours Saturday
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - Interior Health says the emergency department at the 100 Mile District General Hospital will be closed for the next seven hours.In a news release just after 11:15 a.m. Saturday ...
Mar 01, 2025
New Urgent and Primary Care Centre opens in Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The B.C. government says a new Urgent and Primary Care Centre (UPCC) has opened in Williams Lake, giving people in the area increased access to primary health care.In a news rele...
Feb 28, 2025
100 Mile woman charged after escape attempt in stolen Jeep results in 2 damaged Kamloops RCMP vehicles
KAMLOOPS - A 45-year-old woman from 100 Mile House was arrested after damaging two police vehicles while trying to evade officers, according to Kamloops RCMP. Cory Leah Maack is charged with flight fr...
Feb 28, 2025
Prescribed burns planned for Salmon Arm base and Williams Lake Community Forest
UPDATE (9:50 a.m.): BC Wildfire Service crews will help the Shackan Indian Band carry out a 75-hectare prescribed burn nearly 35 kilometres west of Merritt. The wildfire service says the timing of the...
Feb 26, 2025
First Nation report says communication shortfalls hampered B.C. landslide response
A report from a First Nation says the massive Chilcotin River landslide in the B.C. Interior last year revealed shortfalls in communication and co-ordination of the emergency response from provincial ...
Feb 24, 2025
RCMP say 100 Mile House man killed in fatal crash west of Savona Thursday
SAVONA, B.C. - The Tkemlups Rural RCMP say a man in his 50s from 100 Mile House was killed in a fatal head-on crash on the Trans-Canada Highway near Savona Thursday night (Feb. 20).They also say two o...
Feb 21, 2025
RCMP officers facing off against firefighters in charity hockey game for KidSport Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - First responders in Williams Lake will drop the puck so local kids have the chance to do the same. Williams Lake RCMP and Williams Lake Fire Department will play a charity hockey...
Feb 20, 2025
