Category Archives: Cariboo Region
UPDATE: missing man found safe
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Update: Williams Lake RCMP say a man reported to be missing on Saturday, Feb. 17 has been found, and is safe. (Please note, for privacy reasons all previous information pertainin...
Feb 20, 2024
Alexis Creek-area criminal rampage included stolen Jeep, death threats, burning church: RCMP
ALEXIS CREEK, B.C. - A man is in custody and facing a long list of charges after a crime spree in the Alexis Creek area.In a news release, North District RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Madonna Saunderson says...
Feb 12, 2024
Emergency department at Cariboo Memorial Hospital in Williams Lake to close overnight
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The emergency department at the largest hospital in the Cariboo will be closed overnight.In a news release posted on its website, Interior Health says the emergency room at Carib...
Feb 12, 2024
Williams Lake receives clinician-officer team to respond to mental health and substance use crises
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The City of Williams Lake is one of four communities within Interior Health (IH) receiving a new service to improve the response for residents experiencing mental health and subs...
Feb 08, 2024
Tŝilhqot’in monitors to review IIO probe into 2022 death in Williams Lake RCMP cells
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - B.C.'s police watchdog says members of the Tilhqot'in Nation will monitor the investigation into the 2022 death of a man in Williams Lake RCMP cells.Surrance Myers, 21, died earl...
Feb 02, 2024
Man wanted for home invasion and stabbing outside of Williams Lake may be in Merritt area: RCMP
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A wanted man from Williams Lake who is considered dangerous may be in the Merritt area.In a news release issued Thursday (Jan. 25), Williams Lake RCMP say officers have since lea...
Jan 26, 2024
Wanted man from Williams Lake considered dangerous; has ties in Kamloops and Merritt: RCMP
KAMLOOPS - Officers are searching for a wanted man from Williams Lake who has ties in Kamloops, Kelowna and Merritt.In a news release issued Wednesday (Jan. 17) morning, RCMP say 23-year-old Sem Weiss...
Jan 17, 2024
Collision closes Highway 97 south of Hixon
HIXON, B.C. - Update: Quesnel RCMP have provided some details into Tuesday morning's crash.They say it occurred just before 6 a.m. and involved two vehicles in a head-on collision. Police say road con...
Jan 16, 2024
Williams Lake search yields drugs, $16,000 in cash: RCMP
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - RCMP officers in Williams Lake got a big haul from the search of a home last week. In a news release, Staff Sgt. Brad McKinnon says Williams Lake RCMP got help from the Cariboo C...
Jan 16, 2024
Wanted Kamloops man arrested in Alexis Creek area
KAMLOOPS - Several RCMP detachments worked together to collar a wanted Kamloops man over the weekend.In a news release, Staff Sgt. Janelle Shoihet of the Kamloops detachment says 28-year-old Tyler Mel...
Jan 15, 2024
