Category Archives: Cariboo Region
No patients taken to hospital in vehicle incident on Highway 97 south of 150 Mile House
PRINCE GEORGE - Emergency Health Services confirmed that three ground units and one air unit were dispatched to Highway 97 near Maze Lake Road south of 150 Mile House Friday (June 6) afternoon. At 3 p...
Jun 06, 2021 File photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Downtown Quesnel cleanup takes place ahead of potential tourism increase
QUESNEL - As B.C.'s Restart could ease provincial health restrictions over the next month, more shoppers and tourists may be in Quesnel's downtown area. In anticipation of more tourists, the Quesnel D...
Jun 06, 2021 (Facebook/Downtown Quesnel).
Five arrested after gunshots heard at Williams Lake home known for gang activity
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Five people were arrested after a complaint of shots fired at a Williams Lake home Monday (May 31).In a news release, RCMP say the sound of multiple gunshots was heard by a membe...
Jun 01, 2021
Category Three open fire prohibition expands to Cariboo Chilcotin Forest District
WILLIAMS LAKE - Effective noon Monday, May 31, 2021, Category Three open fires will be partially prohibited to the west side of the high-water mark of the Fraser River within the Cariboo Chilcotin For...
May 29, 2021 Effective noon Monday, May 31, 2021, Category Three open fires will be partially prohibited to the west side of the high-water mark of the Fraser River within the Cariboo Chilcotin Forest District and the Tsilhqot’in (Xeni Gwet’in) Declared Title Area (B.C. Government).
Williams Lake RCMP looking for missing man
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - RCMP in Williams Lake are asking for the public's help finding a missing man.Oliver Rujanschi was last seen Thursday (May 27).Co-workers said he left his place of work abruptly a...
May 28, 2021
Quesnel couple facing charges after another large seizure
Quesnel - Two Quesnel residents were arrested after police seized drugs, cash, and two firearms during a drug investigation. On May 27, 2021, police executed a search warrant at an apartment on Dohert...
May 28, 2021
RCMP looking for Alexis Creek murder suspect
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - RCMP in Williams Lake are looking for a murder suspect on the lam.Kyle Gilpin is facing a charge of second degree murder in the October, 2018 killing of a man in Redstone, west o...
May 27, 2021
Firearms seized in Quesnel over the long weekend
QUESNEL - Firearms and drugs were seized by the Quesnel RCMP in two separate incidents over the long weekend.On Monday night, 36 year-old Quesnel resident Ryan Gillman was arrested for possession of a...
May 26, 2021
One dead, nine positive for COVID-19 in Quesnel outbreaks
QUESNEL - One of nine individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19 amidst an outbreak involving two Quesnel-based reforestation companies has died. Northern Health declared a COVID-19 outbreaks a...
May 22, 2021
Safety improvements coming to a section of Highway 97 and two intersections near Quesnel
QUESNEL - Safety improvements are coming to a section of Highway 97 near Quesnel.The project will involve widening 1.1 kilometres of Highway 97 and improvements to two key intersections. Traffic signa...
May 20, 2021