Category Archives: Cariboo Region

Quesnel man arrested after fire set at Miworth Transfer Station
PRINCE GEORGE - One person is facing a pair of charges after an incident at the Miworth Transfer Station at around 9 a.m. on Monday (Oct.27).That morning, Prince George RCMP received a report of a fir...
Oct 30, 2025

IIO clears Quesnel RCMP
B-C's police watchdog has found the use of force by a Quesnel R-C-M-P officer was necessary and relatively limited following the arrest of a man who suffered a broken jaw in the incident in a police h...
Oct 27, 2025

Mounties alerted to cattle poaching in Nicola Valley, Cariboo
MERRITT, B.C. - The BC RCMP Livestock Investigations Section (LIS) is looking into a series of cattle poaching complaints in the province, including a notable instance near Merritt.Police say sometime...
Oct 21, 2025

CRD director and former Quesnel mayor passes away
QUESNEL - Residents in Quesnel and throughout the Cariboo are mourning the passing of Mary Sjostrom.At the time of her death, Sjostrom was the Electoral Area A director in the Cariboo Regional Distric...
Oct 16, 2025

New food scrap bins at transfer stations expands composting in Cariboo
WILLIAMS LAKE - The Cariboo Regional District (CRD) is encouraging residents to turn their food scraps into soil by dropping them off at four transfer stations with recently installed food scrap bins....
Oct 12, 2025

Williams Lake resident commits to UNBC's soccer program
PRINCE GEORGE - The UNBC Timberwolves men's soccer team has announced its latest player commitment, and they didn't have to look too far to find him.Head Coach Steve Simonson announced Friday the comm...
Oct 10, 2025

RCMP seek witness to fatal Highway 97 collision
QUESNEL - BC Highway Patrol says the driver of a blue pickup is a crucial witness to a fatal collision that occurred this past summer. Police say the witness saw the aftermath of the crash between a t...
Oct 07, 2025

Williams Lake emergency room closed for second time this weekend
WILLIAMS LAKE - Residents in the Williams Lake area are without emergency room coverage for the second time this weekend. Interior Health says the ER at the Cariboo Memorial Hospital will be closed un...
Oct 05, 2025

Williams Lake emergency room to close for 12 hours Saturday
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The emergency department at Cariboo Memorial Hospital in Williams Lake will be closed for most of the day Saturday (Oct. 4).In a statement issued just after 8:20 a.m., Interior H...
Oct 04, 2025

Quesnel RCMP officer injured during erratic arrest of suspected impaired driver
QUESNEL, B.C. - A man is facing numerous charges after a Quesnel RCMP officer was injured and two police cruisers were damaged during an arrest. Quesnel RCMP say officers attended a rural property on ...
Sep 27, 2025