Category Archives: Cariboo Region
Power out for more than 3,000 residents east of Williams Lake
UPDATE (9:50 a.m.): BC Hydro's outage map shows power has been restored.EARLIER: WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Thousands of residents in the Cariboo are without power Tuesday (May 21) morning. BC Hydro says p...
May 21, 2024
BCGEU members set up picket line outside Cariboo Regional District office in Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU) members employed by the Cariboo Regional District (CRD) have hit the picket line. The union says nearly 50 members who work at the CRD's headq...
May 13, 2024
BCGEU members reject Cariboo Regional District's 'final offer,' begin limited job action
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The labour dispute between the Cariboo Regional District (CRD) and its unionized employees is getting nasty.In voting this week, the employees, members of the B.C. General Employ...
May 10, 2024
Williams Lake school evacuated due to bear spray incident
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Columneetza Junior Secondary School in Williams Lake was evacuated Friday morning (May 10) after a bear spray incident.In a news release, Insp. Rob Lake of the Williams Lake RCMP...
May 10, 2024
Unionized Cariboo Regional District employees poised to strike Thursday
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The BC General and Service Employees Union (BCGEU) has served 72-hour strike notice to the Cariboo Regional District (CRD).In a news release, the CRD says the two sides are negot...
May 07, 2024
Williams Lake RCMP say missing man may have been headed to Fort McMurray
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - RCMP in Williams Lake would like you to keep an eye out for a missing man.Eric Edward Shelley, 38, was last in contact on Thursday (May 2). He was reported missing two days later...
May 06, 2024
Wildfire 100 kilometres west of Williams Lake under control at 133 hectares
ALEXIS CREEK, B.C. - A wildfire south of the Cariboo community of Alexis Creek is under control at 133 hectares. In an update Sunday (May 5), the BC Wildfire service says the suspected human-caused wi...
May 06, 2024
Two men arrested and charged two years after fatal stabbing in Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Two men have been arrested and charged with manslaughter two years after the fatal stabbing of a 19-year-old man. In a news release issued Saturday (May 4) afternoon, Williams La...
May 04, 2024
Wildfire 100 kilometres west of Williams Lake grows to more than 100 hectares
ALEXIS CREEK, B.C. - An out-of-control wildfire south of the Cariboo community of Alexis Creek has grown to 101 hectares. The BC Wildfire Service says the fire nearly 100 kilometres west of Williams L...
May 04, 2024
Drug poisoning overdose alert issued for Williams Lake and area
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Interior Health is warning of an uptick in fatal overdoses in Williams Lake. A drug poisoning overdose alert issued Tuesday (April 30) is in effect for Williams Lake and area unt...
Apr 30, 2024
