Cariboo Region

BCGEU members set up picket line outside Cariboo Regional District office in Williams Lake

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU) members employed by the Cariboo Regional District (CRD) have hit the picket line.The union says nearly 50 members who work at the CRD's headqu...

May 13, 2024

BCGEU members reject Cariboo Regional District's 'final offer,' begin limited job action

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The labour dispute between the Cariboo Regional District (CRD) and its unionized employees is getting nasty.In voting this week, the employees, members of the B.C. General Employ...

Greg Fry May 10, 2024

Williams Lake school evacuated due to bear spray incident

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Columneetza Junior Secondary School in Williams Lake was evacuated Friday morning (May 10) after a bear spray incident.In a news release, Insp. Rob Lake of the Williams Lake RCMP...

May 10, 2024

Unionized Cariboo Regional District employees poised to strike Thursday

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The BC General and Service Employees Union (BCGEU) has served 72-hour strike notice to the Cariboo Regional District (CRD).In a news release, the CRD says the two sides are negot...

May 07, 2024

Williams Lake RCMP say missing man may have been headed to Fort McMurray

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - RCMP in Williams Lake would like you to keep an eye out for a missing man.Eric Edward Shelley, 38, was last in contact on Thursday (May 2). He was reported missing two days later...

May 06, 2024

Thompson Rivers University looks to address labour shortages in Williams Lake

WILLIAMS LAKE - Due to a labour shortage in the Williams Lake area, Thompson Rivers University (TRU) is creating a new early childhood education program.The new course will fast-track students through...

May 05, 2024

Two men arrested and charged two years after fatal stabbing in Williams Lake

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Two men have been arrested and charged with manslaughter two years after the fatal stabbing of a 19-year-old man. In a news release issued Saturday (May 4) afternoon, Williams La...

May 04, 2024

Wildfire 100 kilometres west of Williams Lake grows to more than 100 hectares

ALEXIS CREEK, B.C. - An out-of-control wildfire south of the Cariboo community of Alexis Creek has grown to 101 hectares. The BC Wildfire Service says the fire nearly 100 kilometres west of Williams L...

May 04, 2024

Quesnel City Council censures and sanctions Mayor Ron Paull

QUESNEL - Quesnel City Council moved to sanction and censure Mayor Ron Paull at Tuesday's council meeting for what the city calls "jeopardizing Indigenous relations with the Lhtako Dene Nation and sur...

May 01, 2024

Driver 'critically injured' in fiery Highway 97 crash

WILLIAMS LAKE - Update: The highway has reopened to single-lane alternating traffic.Earlier:Two people were injured - one critically - in a two-vehicle collision on Highway 97 at Lynes Creek Road, abo...

Apr 30, 2024