Category Archives: Cariboo Region
Trades Wing Expansion On Track At CNC Quesnel
QUESNEL – Construction is on schedule for the $5 million expansion project of the trades wing at the College of New Caledonia’s Quesnel campus. The project is expected to be completed in M...
Dec 14, 2018
Mounties Investigating Suspicious Death In Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE – The discovery of a body of an adult male is the subject of an investigation by Mounties in Williams Lake. Police say they found the body around 9:30 pm when they were called to a...
Dec 13, 2018
By-election Will Be Held For CRD Electoral Area F Director
WILLIAMS LAKE – A by-election will be held in the spring for the Electoral Area F Director in the Cariboo Regional District. Electoral Area F Director-Elect, Conrad Turcotte was unable to take h...
Dec 10, 2018
Williams Lake clinic announces temporary closure as nurse practitioner departs
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The future of a Williams Lake Thompson Rivers University-run clinic is cloudy in light of the impending departure of the centre’s nurse practitioner. According to a news re...
Dec 06, 2018
Efforts Being Focused on Protecting Moose in Cariboo-Chilcotin
WILLIAMS LAKE - A roundtable discussion involving provincial and local officials is focusing on efforts to protect moose in the Cariboo-Chilcotin. Minister of Forests Doug Donaldson, Tribal Chairman o...
Dec 06, 2018
Quesnel Mounties Seek Gun-Wielding Robbery Suspect
QUESNEL - The Quesnel RCMP is seeking the public’s help in locating a robbery suspect. Sgt. Chris Riddle says the incident occurred yesterday (Dec.3) at around 5 p.m. at a business in the 200 bl...
Dec 04, 2018
Fine Increase For Off-Road Vehicles To Protect Sensitive Habitats
VICTORIA – The Province has introduced an increase in fines for improper use of off-road vehicles and snowmobiles. Those who take their off-road vehicles into sensitive habitats, such as all BC ...
Dec 04, 2018
West Fraser to curtail holiday lumber production at four B.C. sawmills
VANCOUVER – West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. says it plans to temporarily curtail lumber production over the holiday period at four of its British Columbia sawmills. The Vancouver-based company says ...
Nov 30, 2018
Puntzi Lake pelicans fly commercial after chilly rescue
PUNTZI LAKE, B.C. - During the American White Pelican's migration, it has stopped to breed on Stum Lake in the Chilcotin region since 1939. In fact, the government created White Pelican Provincial Par...
Nov 29, 2018
British Columbia takes steps to try and fill abandoned Greyhound routes
VICTORIA – The B.C. government is looking for operators to take over eight bus routes that remain without service since Greyhound pulled out of the province on Oct. 31. The Ministry of Transport...
Nov 29, 2018