Category Archives: Cariboo Region

Evacuation alert issued for Browntop Mountain area
LIKELY - The Cariboo Regional District has issued an evacuation alert for the Browntop Mountain area.See the attached map below:Map courtesy: CRDThe Cariboo Regional District advises you to do the fol...
Jul 22, 2024

Cariboo Regional District expands evacuation order and alert for two wildfires
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The Cariboo Regional District (CRD) expanded an evacuation order and an evacuation alert for two wildfires. The evacuation order related to the Antler Creek wildfire near the Dis...
Jul 22, 2024

City of Williams Lake declares local state of emergency, expands evacuation alert related to River Valley wildfire
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The City of Williams Lake declared a state of local emergency due to a wildfire that ignited just outside the city. In a news release issued Sunday evening (July 21), the City st...
Jul 22, 2024

Fire ignites just outside of Williams Lake; city activates emergency operations centre
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - UPDATE (7:40 p.m.): The City of Williams Lake has issued an evacuation alert to properties located along Mackenzie Avenue from Highway 20 to the Jackpine Sawmill Access Road near...
Jul 21, 2024

Evacuation alert lifted for Barkerville, Wells
BARKERVILLE - Good news for residents in the Barkerville and Wells area Monday afternoon.The Cariboo Regional District (CRD) has lifted an evacuation alert for the area prompted by the Cornish Mountai...
Jul 15, 2024

Ancient Forest and Barkerville fires still listed as out-of-control
PRINCE GEORGE - The BC Wildfire Service is responding to fires in the area of the Ancient Forest (Chun T'oh Whudujut) Park.They say the largest of these fires is approximately 10 hectares in size and ...
Jul 12, 2024

Barkerville under evacuation alert
BARKERVILLE - Update at of 13:35: The Minister for Emergency Management Bowinn Ma gave an update on the wildfire situation this morning. She says all possible resources have been deployed to a number ...
Jul 11, 2024

Highway 97 vehicle incident stalls traffic near Hixon
HIXON -Update: RCMP have released the cause of Sunday's highway closure on Highway 97 just north of Hixon. They say that just after 11:30 a.m., a truck loaded with empty propane tanks overturned, obst...
Jul 08, 2024

Two injured in Wells area shooting
WELLS - One man was arrested and another two were injured in a reported shooting Wednesday afternoon (June 26) near Wells.Quesnel RCMP say they responded to a report of someone suffering from a gunsho...
Jun 27, 2024

New details released about fatal Highway 97 crash in Cariboo
CARIBOO-B.C. Highway Patrol has identified the individual who was fatally injured in a serious school bus collision on June 21, 2024, near Lac la Hache. Police say the school bus was travelling southb...
Jun 26, 2024