QUESNEL, B.C. - British Columbia's Environment Ministry says a 2.5-million-litre effluent spill from a fibreboard factory in Quesnel doesn't pose any immediate risk to public safety. It says in a statement that Monday's spill from the WestPine Medium-Density Fibreboard plant into a gravel pit has been assessed and no w...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - RCMP are asking for the public's help in identifying two suspects in an attempted vehicle theft in Williams Lake.In a news release issued Thursday (April 4), Williams Lake RCMP say officers were called to the 1100-block of South Lakeside Drive at around 10:00 p.m. Monday (April 1) where two suspec...

QUESNEL, B.C. - Armstrong's junior hockey club is moving to B.C.'s Cariboo region.The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League announced Thursday that the North Okanagan Knights franchise has been sold and relocated to Quesnel, where they will be known as the River Rush.The sale and move was approved unanimously by ...

UPDATE (8:00 a.m.): Interior Health told CFJC Today additional staff were able to take on the shifts, and the closure is no longer in effect.EARLIER: 100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - Emergency services will be unavailable in 100 Mile House for most of the day. In a notice Thursday (March 28) morning, Interior Health says the eme...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A prescribed burn within the Williams Lake Community Forest is expected to begin over the long weekend. Starting Saturday (March 30) and continuing periodically until April 4, the BC Wildfire Service says 40 hectares in total will be burned in the forest nearly 10 kilometres west of Williams Lake ...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A toxic drug poisonings alert is in effect for Williams Lake throughout the rest of the week. In a news release issued Monday (March 25), Interior Health states there have been multiple overdoses, including fatalities, in Williams Lake related to down or fentanyl use. To prevent overdose, Interior...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A child died after going through the ice at a lake in the Cariboo over the weekend. Williams Lake RCMP say officers were called to Tyee Lake at 5:19 p.m. Saturday (March 23) where a UTV travelling on the lake reportedly went through the ice. Police say a young child died following the incident. &q...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Hockey fans in Williams Lake get to saddle up and support a new local junior hockey team. In a news release issued Friday (March 22), the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) announced the Summerland Steam Junior A Hockey Club has been sold, relocated to Williams Lake, and rebranded...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - More than 600 grams of suspected illicit fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine and crack were seized near Williams Lake earlier this month. In a news release issued Thursday (March 21), BC Highway Patrol says an officer stopped a vehicle speeding on Highway 97 in 141 Mile House then arrested the driv...

McLEESE LAKE, B.C. - One man is dead following a vehicle fire north of McLeese Lake in the Cariboo Tuesday (March 19) morning. Willams Lake RCMP responded to a single-vehicle accident on Gibraltar Mine Road at around 4:00 a.m. Tuesday where a tanker truck carrying high grade explosives had gone off the road and was eng...

MCLEESE LAKE, B.C. - The RCMP's bomb squad was called out to McLeese Lake today (Mar. 19) for a tanker truck hauling explosive material that caught on fire. Williams Lake RCMP officers were called out around 4 a.m Tuesday morning for a report of a vehicle fire along Gibraltar Mines Road in McLeese Lake. The tanker truc...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Residents in the Cariboo Fire Centre have been given two weeks' notice to get their open burning done. In a news release issued Thursday (March 14), the BC Wildfire Service says Category 2 and 3 open fires will be prohibited across the entire Cariboo Fire Centre effective 12:00 noon on Thursday, M...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Two prescribed burns are set to take place within city limits in Williams Lake next week. In a news release, the BC Wildfire Service says the prescribed burns will cover a combined 10 hectares in the Stampede Park Grounds, Hillside Park behind Lake City Secondary and Gibbon Street park near the wa...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A British Columbia First Nation says racism in the health-care system persists despite efforts by the government and industry to combat the problem. The Tsilhqot'in National Government says in a statement that it met with officials from Interior Health, the Cariboo Regional District and the City ...

KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University has announced the appointment of DeDe DeRose as the next chancellor of the university, with her term beginning on March 1, 2024. She succeeds outgoing chancellor Nathan Matthew.DeRose was born in Williams Lake and is a member of the Esk'etemc First Nation. She served as the first s...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Update: Williams Lake RCMP say a man reported to be missing on Saturday, Feb. 17 has been found, and is safe. (Please note, for privacy reasons all previous information pertaining to this individual's identity has been removed.)

ALEXIS CREEK, B.C. - A man is in custody and facing a long list of charges after a crime spree in the Alexis Creek area.In a news release, North District RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Madonna Saunderson says police were called to the report of a stolen vehicle at about 10:00 p.m. Friday (Feb. 9). The owner gave investigators ...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The emergency department at the largest hospital in the Cariboo will be closed overnight.In a news release posted on its website, Interior Health says the emergency room at Cariboo Memorial Hospital in Williams Lake will close at 8:00 p.m. Monday (Feb. 12) due to limited physician availability.It ...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The City of Williams Lake is one of four communities within Interior Health (IH) receiving a new service to improve the response for residents experiencing mental health and substance use-related calls.In a news release issued Wednesday (Feb. 7), IH announced it added a new outreach liaison mental...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - B.C.'s police watchdog says members of the Tŝilhqot'in Nation will monitor the investigation into the 2022 death of a man in Williams Lake RCMP cells.Surrance Myers, 21, died early on the morning of October 1, 2022, hours after RCMP arrested him after stopping a man and woman riding a moped.Sigur...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A wanted man from Williams Lake who is considered dangerous may be in the Merritt area.In a news release issued Thursday (Jan. 25), Williams Lake RCMP say officers have since learned 23-year-old Sem Weiss may be in the Merritt area, and is renewing a call for information from the public.Police say...

KAMLOOPS - Officers are searching for a wanted man from Williams Lake who has ties in Kamloops, Kelowna and Merritt.In a news release issued Wednesday (Jan. 17) morning, RCMP say 23-year-old Sem Weiss is wanted on an unendorsed warrant. He's accused of assault, aggravated assault and break and enter stemming from an in...

HIXON, B.C. - Update: Quesnel RCMP have provided some details into Tuesday morning's crash.They say it occurred just before 6 a.m. and involved two vehicles in a head-on collision. Police say road conditions were "horrendous" at the time of the crash due to heavy snow and doesn't expect the highway to re-open...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - RCMP officers in Williams Lake got a big haul from the search of a home last week. In a news release, Staff Sgt. Brad McKinnon says Williams Lake RCMP got help from the Cariboo Chilcotin Crime Reduction Unit and B.C. Highway Patrol members in searching a local home last Wednesday (Jan. 10). The se...

KAMLOOPS - Several RCMP detachments worked together to collar a wanted Kamloops man over the weekend.In a news release, Staff Sgt. Janelle Shoihet of the Kamloops detachment says 28-year-old Tyler Meldrum was wanted on 12 warrants - two out of Kamloops, nine out of Alexis Creek and one from Williams Lake - before he wa...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A 31-year-old man was sentenced to three years in jail after a drive-by shooting in Williams Lake in 2022.In a news release issued Friday (Jan. 12) morning, Williams Lake RCMP say Trevor Lyndon Alexis pleaded guilty to multiple charges in a Prince George courtroom on Wednesday. He was sentenced to...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - An extreme cold warning has been issued for the Cariboo region.Starting Wednesday (Jan. 10) night and lasting until Saturday morning, Environment Canada says wind chill values will be near minus 40 to minus 45.It's due to an arctic airmass over Northern B.C. that will bring temperatures between ne...

ASHCROFT, B.C. - A woman in Ashcroft and a woman in 100 Mile House were one of 21 British Columbians honoured by the provincial government for community service.In a news release issued Wednesday (Jan. 3), the B.C. government announced Vivian Edwards of Ashcroft and Joyce Bueckert of 100 Mile House received the Medal o...