Category Archives: Cariboo Region

One step closer to redevelopment and a more modernized CMH
WILLIAMS LAKE – Interior Health continues to work on a business plan for Cariboo Memorial Hospital (CMH) redevelopment, as announced by the Ministry of Health in February 2018. Earlier this summ...
Oct 19, 2018

Secret Santas invite local knitters to try their hand at fiddle muffs
WILLIAMS LAKE – During her mother’s stay at the residential care facility in Williams Lake, Brenda Thompson became aware that some of the other residents of Deni House had very few visitor...
Oct 19, 2018

Smartest building in downtown Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE – Kane Fraser took modernizing to a new level, made a hearty investment in downtown Williams Lake, and certainly changed the face of a portion of the main street. "The cost was sub...
Oct 19, 2018

Should B.C. keep its current voting system or move to a system?
WILLIAMS LAKE – British Columbia is having a referendum on what voting system should be in use for provincial elections. The referendum is being held by mail from October 22 to November 30, 2018...
Oct 19, 2018

Williams Lake candidate cleared after illegal campaigning complaint
WILLIAMS LAKE – RCMP have cleared a Williams Lake political candidate after a complaint of illegal campaigning. North District RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Madonna Saunderson says police were alerted ...
Oct 16, 2018

Fire Scare Evacuates Rec Complex In Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE - A fire scare led to an evacuation at the Cariboo Memorial Recreation Complex in Williams Lake Monday night. According to a release by the City of Williams Lake, staff members called th...
Oct 16, 2018

Steelworkers Union Steps Up Job Action
WILLIAMS LAKE – The Steelworkers Union, Local 1-2017, has set up pickets at Tolko’s Lakeview sawmill in Williams Lake. The job action affects 40 to 50 hourly workers, although contractors ...
Oct 16, 2018

Adult Literacy Programs Get a Boost
PRINCE GEORGE – The provincial government is putting more money into helping adult learners in the Central Interior. The College of New Caledonia will be distributing $342,390 worth of funding t...
Oct 16, 2018

Quesnel Mayor Acclaimed
QUESNEL – Just over 7,500 Quesnel residents are eligible to cast a ballot at the polls this Saturday. But they will not be voting for a mayor. That’s because incumbent Bob Simpson has join...
Oct 15, 2018

Advance voting turnout low in the City of Quesnel
QUESNEL – Out of 7,484 eligible voters, only 243 voters have cast their ballots in the first two advance voting days on October 10 and 13 for the City of Quesnel Local Government Election and Pu...
Oct 15, 2018