Category Archives: Cariboo Region
Environment Canada warns Williams Lake of poor air quality due to ‘stagnant winter weather conditions’
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Environment Canada and Northern Health have issued a dust advisory for Williams Lake.In an online weather statement Tuesday (March 21), Environment Canada says it's due to what i...
Mar 22, 2023
CRD names Murray Dale new CAO
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The Cariboo Regional District has chosen its new Chief Administrative Officer.Murray Dale will move into the role as of May 15, 2023.Originally from the southern part of Vancouve...
Mar 20, 2023
Police renew call for information in 2019 100 Mile House homicide
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - RCMP are still looking to the public for help in solving a homicide that took place four years ago in 100 Mile House.In a news release, 100 Mile House RCMP say Danny McCollom wa...
Mar 10, 2023
Police seize 480 grams of suspected fentanyl in Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The Cariboo Chilcotin Crime Reduction Unit seized 480 grams of suspected fentanyl in Williams Lake. In a news release, Williams Lake RCMP say officers found a vehicle at a locati...
Mar 07, 2023
Tolko's Soda Creek, Armstrong operations will rumble back to life Monday
VERNON, B.C. - Tolko says operations at its Soda Creek and Armstrong lumber mills will resume on Monday (Mar. 6). The Vernon-based forestry company first enacted downtime at all of its B.C. operations...
Mar 03, 2023
Williams Lake nurse suspended for professional misconduct
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A nurse in Williams Lake has been suspended for inappropriate conduct in the workplace.In a notice published to its website Wednesday (Mar. 1), the B.C. College of Nurses and Mid...
Mar 01, 2023
B.C. police watchdog investigating two-vehicle crash near Clinton
CLINTON, B.C. - B.C.'s police watchdog is investigating a two-vehicle incident near Clinton that left one man and one woman injured.In a news release, the Independent Investigations Office (IIO) of BC...
Feb 23, 2023
Cocaine and pot seized in two Highway 97 drug busts
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A pair of drug busts along Highway 97 in the Cariboo last Thursday (Feb.16).BC Highway Patrol says the first occurred following a traffic stop on Highway 97 between 100 Mile Hous...
Feb 21, 2023
Calgary-based firm picked to head up $366M Williams Lake hospital redevelopment
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Interior Health has chosen the contractor who will lead the $366-million redevelopment of Cariboo Memorial Hospital in Williams Lake. In a news release issued Wednesday (Feb. 15)...
Feb 15, 2023
One dead, one seriously injured after Cariboo Highway crash south of 150 Mile House: RCMP
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Police say one person is dead and another is seriously injured in hospital following a two-vehicle collision on the Cariboo Highway near Williams Lake Friday (Feb. 10) afternoon....
Feb 13, 2023
