Category Archives: Cariboo Region
Pair of Williams Lake boys learn hard lesson after sending school shooting threat via social media
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - RCMP in Williams Lake have confirmed a social media message warning of a school shooting in the community was a prank.In a news release, RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Madonna Saunderson...
Nov 24, 2022
Snowfall warning for Coquihalla Highway, North Thompson, and Shuswap: Environment Canada
KAMLOOPS - Heavy snow is forecast for the Coquihalla Highway from Merritt to Hope Tuesday (Nov. 22). In a snowfall warning on its website, Environment Canada says around 15 to 20 centimetres of snow i...
Nov 22, 2022
IIO launches investigation in Williams Lake
SURREY - B.C.'s Independent Investigations Office (IIO) has launched an investigation into a situation in Williams Lake that resulted in a man being taken from police cells to hospital.In a news relea...
Nov 21, 2022
RCMP seize drugs, weapons after raids in Riske Creek and Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Mounties in the Cariboo are showing off the fruits of a pair of October raids.In a news release, Williams Lake RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Brett Squire says the Cariboo Crime Reductio...
Nov 17, 2022
Interior Health COVID-19 outbreak list up to six facilities, including Cariboo Memorial Hospital
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - After several weeks of quiet, the Interior Health COVID-19 outbreak list is growing once again. The IH website shows six healthcare facilities with active COVID-19 outbreaks. Fou...
Nov 14, 2022
Nazko First Nation opens rapid housing complex for vulnerable citizens
CARIBOO REGION - The Nazko First Nation announced the opening of a new nine-unit Rapid Housing Complex which will provide on-reserve housing for the most vulnerable citizens, women & children, tho...
Nov 12, 2022
Dig at B.C. shopping mall reveals Indigenous artifacts, and evolution of archeology
Time changes everything - including the way archeology works. It's a point illustrated by the recent discovery of Indigenous artifacts at the site of a shopping mall renovation in Williams Lake in cen...
Nov 04, 2022
Environment Canada issues snowfall warnings for Coquihalla, Cariboo highway corridors Thursday
KAMLOOPS - As we await a severe weather system expected to move in Thursday (Nov. 3), Environment Canada has issued snowfall warnings for a large portion of the B.C. Interior.Snowfall with poor visibi...
Nov 02, 2022
Environment Canada warns Cariboo communities of heavy and blowing snow Thursday
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Residents in the Cariboo are being warned of poor visibility due to heavy and local blowing snow Thursday (Nov. 3).Environment Canada issued the special weather statements for th...
Nov 02, 2022
Pair arrested for property crime offences in Quesnel
QUESNEL, B.C. - Two people have been arrested for property crime offences in Quesnel.RCMP say on Tuesday (Oct.25), they received a report of a camper parked along Highway 97 that had been broken into ...
Oct 27, 2022
