Category Archives: Cariboo Region
Gibraltar Mine workers vote to strike if new collective bargaining agreement can't be reached by end of May
McLEESE LAKE, B.C. - Workers at a copper mine in the Cariboo voted overwhelmingly in favour of taking legal strike action. In a news release issued Tuesday (April 30) morning, Unifor Local 3018 - the ...
Apr 30, 2024
Cariboo Memorial Hospital closed early Tuesday morning due to 'limited nursing availability'
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Emergency services will be unavailable in Williams Lake to start Tuesday (April 30) morning. In a notice late Monday (April 29) afternoon, Interior Health says the emergency depa...
Apr 30, 2024
Quesnel RCMP search for missing woman
QUESNEL, B.C. - Quesnel RCMP are asking for your help in locating Haley Reimer, who was reported missing on April 18, 2024. Haley was believed to be seen in early April but her family has not heard fr...
Apr 25, 2024
UPDATE: Missing Williams Lake men found safe
UPDATE (Wednesday): Williams Lake RCMP say the 47-year-old man reported missing on Monday, April 22, 2024 has been found and is safe. UPDATE (Tuesday): Williams Lake RCMP say the 82-year-old man repor...
Apr 22, 2024
First major wildfire of 2024 grows to 1,600 ha south of Quesnel
UPDATE (Monday): The Cariboo Regional District (CRD) issued an evacuation alert for six rural properties south of Quesnel at 7:45 p.m. Sunday.The CRD states an evacuation alert is issued to give resid...
Apr 21, 2024
'No immediate risk' from 2.5-million-litre effluent spill from B.C. fibreboard plant
QUESNEL, B.C. - British Columbia's Environment Ministry says a 2.5-million-litre effluent spill from a fibreboard factory in Quesnel doesn't pose any immediate risk to public safety. It says in a stat...
Apr 18, 2024
RCMP searching for two suspects in attempted vehicle theft in Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - RCMP are asking for the public's help in identifying two suspects in an attempted vehicle theft in Williams Lake.In a news release issued Thursday (April 4), Williams Lake RCMP s...
Apr 05, 2024
North Okanagan Knights sold and moving to Quesnel
QUESNEL, B.C. - Armstrong's junior hockey club is moving to B.C.'s Cariboo region.The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League announced Thursday that the North Okanagan Knights franchise has been ...
Apr 04, 2024
Emergency department in 100 Mile House temporarily closed due to 'limited nursing availability'
UPDATE (8:00 a.m.): Interior Health told CFJC Today additional staff were able to take on the shifts, and the closure is no longer in effect.EARLIER: 100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - Emergency services will be ...
Mar 28, 2024
Prescribed burn expected to start in Williams Lake Community Forest over the weekend
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A prescribed burn within the Williams Lake Community Forest is expected to begin over the long weekend. Starting Saturday (March 30) and continuing periodically until April 4, th...
Mar 28, 2024
