Category Archives: Cariboo Region
Permanent fishway to be built at Fraser River landslide: Fisheries and Oceans
VANCOUVER - Fisheries and Oceans Canada says it has awarded a contract that would see a permanent fishway built to help fish migrate past a massive landslide on a remote stretch of British Columbia's ...
Dec 09, 2020
Second COVID-19 exposure detected at Lake City Secondary in Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - For the second time in three weeks, a Williams Lake high school has been identified as the site of a COVID-19 exposure.According to Interior Health (IH), a potential COVID-19 exp...
Dec 09, 2020
Police watchdog to probe Anahim Lake-area car crash, RCMP response
ANAHIM LAKE, B.C. - B.C.'s police watchdog will look into a bizarre series of events near Anahim Lake earlier this fall.According to the Independent Investigations Officer, it began October 11 with a ...
Dec 04, 2020
Williams Lake woman's big Lotto 6/49 win leaves her $500,000 richer
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - November 18 was Maureen Fulton's lucky day.The Williams Lake woman matched all four numbers on that day's Lotto 6/49 draw to win $500,000.In a news release, B.C. Lottery Corporat...
Nov 30, 2020
Positive COVID-19 case identified at secondary school in Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE - School District 27 says a member of the Lake City Secondary school community in Williams Lake has tested positive for COVID-19. In a notice posted to its Facebook page, the district sa...
Nov 24, 2020
Missing woman found dead
100 MILE HOUSE - A tragic end in the search for a missing woman.100 Mile House RCMP say that Amber Wuetz, who was last seen last month on Oct. 18, was found dead on Oct. 31."Foul play is not suspected...
Nov 24, 2020
Quesnel woman wins $200K playing Scratch & Win
QUESNEL - A Quesnel woman is $200,000 richer after purchasing a winning Scratch & Win ticket.The BC Lottery Corporation says Patricia Berston bought the ticket after an exhausting day running erra...
Nov 24, 2020
Gang enforcement team seizes drugs, cash and weapons in Prince George and Quesnel
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - The RCMP say a recent visit by the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of B.C.'s Uniform Gang Enforcement Team (UGET) to target and disrupt drug trafficking groups was a suc...
Nov 20, 2020
VIDEO: IIO to probe violent RCMP takedown in Williams Lake after witness video goes viral
KAMLOOPS - The Independent Investigations Office (IIO) has launched a probe into the violent arrest of a suspected dangerous driver in Williams Lake.On October 25, a man was reported driving dangerous...
Nov 20, 2020
West Fraser Timber to acquire Norbord in all-stock deal valued at $4 billion
TORONTO - A $4-billion all-stock deal to take over Norbord Inc. will transform West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. into a "global diversified wood products company," CEO Ray Ferris said Thursday.Norbord, the ...
Nov 19, 2020
