Cariboo Region

Store clerk escorts armed robbery suspect out of store

KERSLEY - It's not something RCMP recommend, but a clerk at the Kersley General store south of Quesnel escorted an armed robbery suspect out of the store.Police say it happened just before 5 p.m. on D...

Dec 19, 2019

Christmas tree disposal in the Cariboo

CARIBOO-Christmas isn't here just yet, but before we know it Christmas will have past and we'll be left with Christmas trees once again.The Cariboo Regional District is offering its residents a free C...

Dec 18, 2019 ID 1540801 © Terry Evans | Dreamstime.com

11-hour Quesnel standoff ends peacefully

QUESNEL - A Quesnel man was arrested this morning after an 11-hour standoff with police.RCMP say it started just after 8 p.m. last night when a 37-year-old man had barricaded himself inside a residenc...

Dec 18, 2019

Tsilhqot’in, Ulkatcho announce emergency caribou hunting ban

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Two First Nations in B-C's Interior have announced an emergency ban on caribou hunting in their traditional territories.The Tsilhqot'in Nation, west of Williams Lake, and Ulkatch...

Dec 13, 2019

Quesnel RCMP say there's 'zero tolerance' for those who don't stop for school buses

QUESNEL-RCMP have sent out a release saying that there is "zero tolerance for drivers that fail to stop for school buses."Quesnel RCMP say that there have been several near-miss incidents reported to ...

Dec 12, 2019 Photo taken from a dashcam of a school bus in Quesnel on Dec.5th (Courtesy of Quesnel RCMP)

Gun-wielding suspect robs McLeese Lake General Store

McLeese Lake, B.C. -Police are seeking witnesses to a robbery at the McLeese Lake General Store.Williams Lake RCMP say it happened Wednesday night (Dec.11)."At around 6 p.m. an unknown suspect, armed ...

Dec 12, 2019

'Various injuries' after BC Corrections vehicle from P.G. involved in highway crash

QUESNEL - A BC Corrections transport truck from Prince George Regional Corrections Centre was involved in a single-vehicle crash five kilometres north of Quesnel just before 10:30 this morning. Poor w...

Dec 12, 2019

Highway 97 reopens north of Williams Lake

WILDWOOD - Update: North District RCMP Cpl. Madonna Saunderson says last night's highway closure was caused by a tractor trailer that flipped and lost its shipment of wood just after 4 p.m.She says an...

Dec 10, 2019

First-degree murder charge laid in death of man from Williams Lake

WILLIAMS LAKE - A charge of first-degree murder has been laid against a man in the death of 43-year-old Jamie Baldwin in Williams Lake, last December. Police say 29-year-old Wyatt Lee Boffa of Clinton...

Dec 06, 2019

Pair arrested after fleeing police in stolen vehicle

QUESNEL - Quesnel RCMP are crediting the public with helping bring the case of a stolen car to a successful conclusion.Police say two men were arrested on Tuesday (Dec.3) after they fled from police i...

Dec 05, 2019