Category Archives: Cariboo Region
More long-term care residents moved out of 100 Mile House and Ashcroft
KAMLOOPS - Long-term care residents in 100 Mile House and Ashcroft are being moved to safe locations while the two communities face Evacuation Alerts.Yesterday more than a dozen long-term care residen...
Jul 15, 2021
Highway 97 reopens but 100 Mile House Evacuation Alert remains in place
WILLIAMS LAKE - The Flat Lake wildfire has grown to 8,725 hectares and is continuing to move east towards Highway 97 in the Cariboo. Despite the growth, officials have reopened the main highway throug...
Jul 15, 2021
With 100 Mile House on alert, Interior Health begins clearing patients out of local hospital
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - Interior Health says it is conducting a partial evacuation of its hospital in 100 Mile House.In an email to CFJC Today, IH says six long-term care residents, two community care ...
Jul 14, 2021
District of 100 Mile House on evacuation alert
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - The District of 100 Mile House is now under evacuation alert due to the encroaching Flat Lake wildfire. Mayor Mitch Campsall announced the alert late Wednesday morning (July 14)...
Jul 14, 2021
More than 1,500 properties evacuated in South Cariboo near Flat Lake, Canim Lake fires
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - UPDATE: The District of 100 Mile House is now on evacuation alert. EARLIER: The Cariboo Regional District is announcing a pair of large evacuations of properties in the path of ...
Jul 14, 2021
Williams Lake First Nation stages blessing ceremony as preparations for Cariboo Memorial Hospital redevelopment continue
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The impending construction work to renovate and expand Cariboo Memorial Hospital were welcomed this week by a smudging ceremony held by Williams Lake Fire Nations (WLFN). Approxi...
Jul 14, 2021
Wildfire causes Highway 97 closure in South Cariboo
70 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - Motorists beware: a wildfire has closed Highway 97 in both directions near 70 Mile House.According to Drive BC, the highway is closed between North Bonaparte Road and 94 Mile for...
Jul 14, 2021
Evacuation order and alert expanded for Big Stick area, alert expanded for Flat Lake
KAMLOOPS - The evacuation order for the Big Stick area issued by the Cariboo Regional District was expanded Thursday (July 13) evening.The order was initially issued July 10.Due to immediate life dang...
Jul 13, 2021
Missing 100 Mile House woman may be travelling to Vancouver Island
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - 100 Mile House RCMP are requesting the public's help in locating a missing person that has not been seen since Sunday (July 11).Danessa Dunphy was last known to be within the 10...
Jul 13, 2021
South Cariboo man killed when pickup collides with fire truck
70 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - A South Cariboo resident is dead after a collision with a fire truck Monday afternoon (July 12). In a news release, RCMP say the crash took place at about 4:00 p.m. Monday, on 83...
Jul 13, 2021
