Cariboo Region

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Cariboo-Chilcotin Crime Reduction Unit will continue into next year

By Mandy Vocke

April 9, 2019 - 11:54am

CARIBOO REGION— The Cariboo-Chilcotin Crime Reduction Unit (CC-CRU) based out of Williams Lake will continue into 2020.

Since the creation of the unit created in May 2017, it has had:

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West Fraser Mills in Quesnel fined $637,000 for workplace injury

By Ashley Legassic/CFJC

April 8, 2019 - 10:44am Updated: April 8, 2019 - 5:40pm

QUESNEL — A well-known lumber mill in the Cariboo region has been fined hundreds of thousands of dollars after a worker sustained serious injuries at the plant.

The incident happened at West Fraser Mills in Quesnel.

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Prescribed burns to help restore Cariboo grasslands

By Mandy Vocke

April 8, 2019 - 9:57am Updated: April 8, 2019 - 5:37pm

CARIBOO REGION— B.C. Wildfire Service crews will assist with multiple ecosystem restoration burns in the Cariboo Fire Centre over the next few weeks.

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LeBourdais wins by-election, joins Cariboo Regional District board

By James Peters / CFJCToday

April 2, 2019 - 4:05pm

WILLIAMS LAKE — The Cariboo Regional District has officially declared Maureen LeBourdais the new director for Electoral Area 'F'.

LeBourdais walked away with a big victory in the Area 'F' by-election Saturday, finishing with 315 votes.

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B.C. Wildfire Service

Prescribed burn slated for north of Clinton

By James Peters / CFJC Today

April 1, 2019 - 3:44pm

CLINTON- The Village of Clinton's volunteer fire department is planning a 13-hectare prescribed burn this month.

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Cariboo Regional District Area 'F' byelection goes Saturday

By James Peters / CFJC Today

March 28, 2019 - 4:47pm

WILLIAMS LAKE- Cariboo Regional District Area 'F' residents will go to the polls Saturday.

The electoral area's director position came open when Conrad Turcotte, who was elected in the October municipal vote, fell ill and was unable to take his oath of office.

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Cariboo Regional District developing Emergency Operations Centre

By Ashley Legassic/CFJC

March 28, 2019 - 4:41pm Updated: March 28, 2019 - 6:11pm

WILLIAMS LAKE- The Cariboo Regional District is expanding its Williams Lake office to include an emergency operations centre (EOC).

In a news release, the CRD says renovations will be underway this spring with the new centre expected to open by the summer.

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High spring water runoff affecting Red Bluff sewer system

By Dave Branco

March 28, 2019 - 2:33pm

QUESNEL - According to the Cariboo Regional District, the Red Bluff neighbourhood in Quenel the sewer system is experiencing significantly high flows and are inundating the lift stations and threatening to overflow them.

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Quesnel Airshow a go

By Cheryl Jahn

March 28, 2019 - 2:21pm Updated: March 28, 2019 - 6:16pm

QUESNEL - After a four-year hiatus, the Internation Airshow in Quesnel is a go. The show alternates between Quesnel and Vanderhoof. The last time it was slated for a Quesnel visit was 2017. But the wildfires posed a risk and the show was cancelled.