WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Two men have been arrested and charged with manslaughter two years after the fatal stabbing of a 19-year-old man. In a news release issued Saturday (May 4) afternoon, Williams Lake RCMP say 26-year-old Michael Bauer and 25-year-old Garrett Shirey were arrested in Williams Lake and Houston, B.C. re...

ALEXIS CREEK, B.C. - An out-of-control wildfire south of the Cariboo community of Alexis Creek has grown to 101 hectares. The BC Wildfire Service says the fire nearly 100 kilometres west of Williams Lake was discovered shortly after 3:00 p.m. Friday (May 3). Its approximate location is one kilometre northwest of Zenzac...

QUESNEL - Quesnel City Council moved to sanction and censure Mayor Ron Paull at Tuesday's council meeting for what the city calls "jeopardizing Indigenous relations with the Lhtako Dene Nation and surrounding Indigenous communities".Censure and sanctions were taken by council in response to the Mayor taking a...

WILLIAMS LAKE - Update: The highway has reopened to single-lane alternating traffic.Earlier:Two people were injured - one critically - in a two-vehicle collision on Highway 97 at Lynes Creek Road, about 10 kilometres north of Wildwood.North District RCMP say the crash occurred shortly after 9 a.m. on Tuesday April 30.&...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Emergency services will be unavailable in Williams Lake to start Tuesday (April 30) morning. In a notice late Monday (April 29) afternoon, Interior Health says the emergency department at Cariboo Memorial Hospital would be closed from 6:30 p.m. Monday to 7:30 a.m. due to "limited nursing avai...

CARIBOO-Update: Mounties say Haley Reimer has been located and is safe and sound.The RCMP thanks the media and public for their assistance.Earlier: Quesnel RCMP are asking for your help in locating Haley Reimer, who was reported missing on April 18, 2024. Haley was believed to be seen in early April but her family has ...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. -Update: RCMP say that 82-year-old Tony Ayres has been located and is safe.The RCMP thanks the media and public for their assistance.Earlier: Williams Lake RCMP are requesting the public's help in locating Jackie Ray Siemens, who was last seen on Thursday (April 18) .Siemens, 48, was last seen at th...

PRINCE GEORGE- The BC WIldfire Service says four fires that sparked over the weekend in the central Interior are suspected to be human-caused. That includes the two fires out in the Vanderhoof and Fort St James area, the fire on Chief Lake Road near Ness Lake and the Burgess Creek wildfire between Williams Lake and Que...

QUESNEL - Quesnel RCMP responded to a two-vehicle collision on Highway 97 at Dragon Lake Road Tuesday morning (April 16).Officers arrived on scene at 7:30 a.m. to find a collision involving a pickup truck and an SUV."The SUV was attempting to cross Highway 97 from Dragon Lake Road when it was struck by the pickup ...

WILLIAMS LAKE - A reminder from Mounties in Williams Lake to avoid the perils of impaired driving.Williams Lake RCMP has seen an increase in impaired drivers in and around the city. In fact over the past seven days they have conducted three investigations for impaired driving. These investigations will be submitted to ...

QUESNEL - Chief Leah Stump of the Nazko First Nation was one of many present at Quesnel's council meeting Tuesday and told council how much the actions over the last two weeks have done for truth and reconciliation in the community."We deserve better than having to come here to prove that our people went to reside...

QUESNEL - The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League announced today 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 the KIJHL's Board of Governors and will take effect immediately. With the a...