Category Archives: Cariboo Region

Harvest Run Becomes Favourite Among Active People
WILLIAMS LAKE – Runners and walkers of all ages are encouraged to lace up their shoes and kick off the Cariboo Memorial Recreation Complex's 4th annual Harvest Run/Walk/Bike event starting at 11...
Oct 15, 2018

Pile Burns Planned for Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE - The BC Wildfire Service is planning some pile burns of woody debris in Williams Lake (near Fox Mountain) as part of ongoing fuel management over the next four weeks. As a result, it sa...
Oct 15, 2018

Strong Voter Turnout So Far In CRD
WILLIAMS LAKE – The Cariboo Regional District is already seeing a higher voter turnout compared to the last election cycle. In the first advance voting opportunity, out of 28,890 eligible voters...
Oct 11, 2018

Ruby the rescued pony is living happily ever after
WILLIAMS LAKE – 'Ruby' was 18-months old and in foal when she was seized by the BCSPCA in northern BC in 2014 following an animal cruelty investigation. Ideally, mares should not begin breeding ...
Oct 11, 2018

Salvage Logging Has Negative Impact On Species At Risk
VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board received a complaint by two trappers, saying that logging has a significantly negative impact on a species that is at risk in BC. The board conducted an inv...
Oct 11, 2018

Quesnel's Urgent Primary Care Centre to Open This Month
QUESNEL - Healthcare will be greatly enhanced in Quesnel starting Oct. 31. That’s the day the city’s Urgent Primary Care Centre (UPCC) will open its doors, providing people a new option fo...
Oct 10, 2018

Missing Kamloops teen located
KAMLOOPS – RCMP say the Kamloops teenager reported missing earlier today has been located. Due to privacy issues, police say no more information will be released on the case.
Oct 10, 2018

Voters get plenty of face time with candidates at open house
WILLIAMS LAKE – On Thursday evening, community members who attended the All Candidate Meet and Greet in the Gibraltar Room had plenty of face-to-face time to ask election candidates questions. A...
Oct 09, 2018

Northern BC economy remains strong according to BCNREB President
WILLIAMS LAKE – BC Northern Real Estate Board reports 3928 properties worth $1.1 billion sold through the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) in the first nine months of 2018. At this time last year,...
Oct 09, 2018

Serving seniors so much more than Christmas dinner
WILLIAMS LAKE – It's almost time for a highlight in the community's social calendar; the highly-anticipated HUB International Barton Insurance annual Senior Christmas Gathering Dinner in William...
Oct 09, 2018