Category Archives: Cariboo Region

B.C. Housing counts find sharp increases in homeless populations in Merritt, Williams Lake
VICTORIA - B.C. Housing's latest Point-in-Time Homeless Count has revealed sharp increases in the homeless population since the last counts were completed at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic.The go...
Oct 05, 2023

13 year old last seen a week ago, has been found
WILLIAMS LAKE - A British Columbia teenager who was last seen one week ago in Williams Lake has been found. RCMP Staff Sgt. Kris Clark says 13-year-old, Bryanna Sellars, is safe. He did not say where ...
Oct 02, 2023

Campfire ban lifted in Cariboo Fire Centre as of Friday
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - With the Kamloops Fire Centre dropping its campfire ban as of Thursday (Sept. 28), the Cariboo Fire Centre is following suit.The B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS) says Category 1 camp...
Sep 27, 2023

RCMP investigating suspicious death in Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Williams Lake RCMP are investigating a suspicious death which occurred over the weekend.In a news release, police say they responded to a home in the 1000-block of Second Avenue ...
Sep 18, 2023

RCMP seek missing Williams Lake man
WILLIAMS LAKE - Have you seen Steven Davis-Gosling?That's what Mounties in Williams Lake are asking as Steven hasn't been seen since Monday.Steven Davis-Gosling is described as32-year-old man5' 10 (17...
Sep 14, 2023

3 men arrested in connection with armed robbery in Quesnel
QUESNEL - Quesnel RCMP arrested three men in relation to an armed robbery.On Wednesday (Sept.13) just after 3 a.m., Mounties responded to a report of an armed robbery at the west end of the foot bridg...
Sep 14, 2023

One in custody, one on the run after violent robbery in Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A Williams Lake man has been charged after a violent robbery in the Cariboo city last month, but one suspect remains on the loose.RCMP say Kyle Travis Sellars, 31, is in custody ...
Sep 08, 2023

Man arrested following drive-by shooting in Quesnel
QUESNEL - One man has been remanded in police custody following a drive-by shooting in Quesnel over the Labour Day long weekend.Quesnel RCMP say the shooting occurred just before 6:30 p.m. Saturday ni...
Sep 05, 2023

Williams Lake First Nation purchases site of former St. Joseph’s Mission Residential School
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Williams Lake First Nation (WLFN) has announced the purchase of the private property upon which the St. Joseph's Mission Residential School operated for 90 years.The First Nation...
Sep 05, 2023

Replacement for Carson Elementary coming soon to Quesnel
QUESNEL - Students, families and staff are one step closer to a replacement for Carson Elementary School."Our government is building, expanding and upgrading schools throughout B.C.," said Rachna Sing...
Sep 05, 2023