Category Archives: Cariboo Region
IH says Cariboo Memorial Hospital operating well despite COVID-19 outbreak
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Interior Health is reporting a COVID-19 outbreak at Cariboo Memorial Hopsital in Williams Lake is up to 11 staff members. According to Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Albert de ...
Jan 20, 2021
RCMP investigates 100 Mile House church gathering weekly in defiance of pandemic restrictions
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - RCMP officers in 100 Mile House say they are keeping an eye on a church that has repeatedly held Sunday morning services in violation of provincial regulations prohibiting publi...
Jan 20, 2021
Power outage spoils COVID-19 vaccine meant for Anaham residents
ALEXIS CREEK, B.C. - A power outage has spoiled a quantity of COVID-19 vaccine doses meant for the Cariboo First Nations community of Anaham, about 100 kilometres west of Williams Lake. The revelation...
Jan 20, 2021
UPDATE: Four more school COVID-19 exposures found in Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - UPDATE: After this story was published, Interior Health added Nesika Elementary School to its exposure list. The exposure date is January 11. EARLIER: Interior Health has reporte...
Jan 20, 2021
COVID-19 rapid response team sent to Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - B.C. Emergency Health Services has deployed a rapid response team to Williams Lake.It says the deployment is to help support the community and local paramedics.The team was sent ...
Jan 18, 2021
Lost Cariboo snowmobiler praised for ‘spot-on’ survival response
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - A 17-year old snowmobiler in the South Cariboo is being commended by search and rescue crews who found him after he became separated from his group this weekend. Saturday night,...
Jan 18, 2021 Image Credit: Facebook / South Cariboo Search and Rescue
COVID-19 exposures recorded at rural schools in Horsefly, Alkali Lake
HORSEFLY AND ALKALI LAKE, B.C. - There are a pair of newly-reported COVID-19 exposures at schools in the Cariboo.A COVID-19-positive individual was present at Horsefly Elementary School in Horsefly th...
Jan 15, 2021
New school exposures in Cariboo, Shuswap
WILLIAMS LAKE AND CANOE, B.C. - Schools in the Cariboo and Shuswap are reporting new COVID-19 exposures.According to the Interior Health school exposure website, a new exposure was found at Lake City ...
Jan 14, 2021
COVID-19 outbreak declared at Cariboo Memorial Hospital in Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Interior Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Cariboo Memorial Hospital in Williams Lake.In a news release, IH says there is no evidence of patient exposure, but four staff...
Jan 13, 2021
Pedestrian struck and killed on Barkerville Highway
QUESNEL, B.C. - Tragedy on the Barkerville Highway Tuesday night (Jan. 12).The Quesnel RCMP say a pedestrian was struck and killed by a privately owned sand truck on the highway near Drummond Road. A ...
Jan 13, 2021
