Category Archives: Cariboo Region
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
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
