Category Archives: Cariboo Region
Cariboo Memorial Hospital's emergency department experiences fourth temporary closure of the year
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - It's the fourth temporary closure of the emergency department at Cariboo Memorial Hospital in Williams Lake in 2024. From 7:30 p.m. Wednesday (June 5) to 7:30a.m. Thursday, Inter...
Jun 06, 2024
Quesnel mayor files petition with BC Supreme Court to have sanctions dropped
QUESNEL, B.C. - Quesnel Mayor Ron Paull has filed a petition with the BC Supreme Court to have sanctions against him dropped.On April 30, Quesnel city council voted unanimously to censure Paull, remov...
Jun 04, 2024
Two men arrested in separate Quesnel drug busts
QUESNEL, B.C. - Mounties in Quesnel arrested two men in a pair of recent drug busts.The first bust occurred on May 30 after the Quesnel RCMP Crime Reduction Unit executed two search warrants on a resi...
Jun 04, 2024
Williams Lake First Nation plans dig for remains at ex-school, signs deal with RCMP, province
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The British Columbia government says the Williams Lake First Nation is planning to excavate the site of a former residential school to recover possible human remains and has sign...
Jun 03, 2024
Two men arrested, hundreds of grams of drugs seized after two searches in Quesnel
QUESNEL, B.C. - Two men were arrested in Quesnel over a two-day stretch after police seized cash, drugs and illegal cigarettes. On Thursday (May 30), Quesnel RCMP executed two search warrants at home ...
Jun 03, 2024
Strike action begins at Gibraltar Copper Mine
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Workers at Gibraltar Copper Mine near McLeese Lake have begun strike action as of June 1, 2024."A fair collective agreement, with wages and benefits that reflect the significant ...
Jun 01, 2024
Tobiano, Savona and Cherry Creek turn into political battleground with Doerkson's defection
KAMLOOPS - An incumbent BC United MLA has crossed the floor to the BC Conservatives, just months before British Columbians head to the polls this October. Lorne Doerkson, the MLA for the Cariboo-Chilc...
May 31, 2024
Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA Doerkson joins BC Conservatives
VICTORIA - The caucus chair for the BC United party is defecting to the BC Conservatives, adding to the woes of the province's official opposition.Lorne Doerkson, who represents Cariboo-Chilcotin, and...
May 31, 2024
Workers at Cariboo's Gibraltar Mine in strike position as of Friday
McLEESE LAKE, B.C. - The union representing workers at the Gibraltar Mine near McLeese Lake has given mine owner Taseko Mines 72-hour strike notice.In a news release, Unifor Local 3018 says strike act...
May 28, 2024
Emergency department in Williams Lake temporarily closes for third time in 2024
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The emergency department at the largest hospital in the Cariboo was temporarily closed for the third time in 2024 overnight. In a news release Monday (May 27) night, Interior Hea...
May 28, 2024
