QUESNEL - Most people celebrate their 80th birthday with a cake, but for one Quesnel resident, it meant breaking a world record. Ted Martindale baked what could be the biggest carrot cake ever, and this week, he's sharing every bit of it with his community.The cake weighed six thousand pounds, measured seventeen feet s...

KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University's (TRU) Williams Lake campus is on the chopping block as the university continues to navigate what it calls a "period of unprecedented financial challenges." The university says it is still under "significant pressure" to reduce its costs primarily due to the Fe...

MAPLE RIDGE - RCMP say a man wanted on sex charges is known to frequent the Cariboo region.Ridge Meadows RCMP say 53-year-old James Smart has an outstanding arrest warrant as he failed to attend court for sentencing stemming from an investigation in Maple Ridge in 2019. Smart has been charged with Possession of Child P...

PRINCE GEORGE - Travelers on Highway 97 heading south should expect delays, as a motor vehicle incident has closed the highway in both directions.DriveBC says that Highway 97 is closed between Colebank Rd. E and Widdis Rd., roughly six to ten kilometers north of Hixon.There are currently no available detours, an assess...

PRINCE GEORGE - Environment Canada has issued a wind warning for a large portion of northern B.C., including the City of Prince George and the surrounding areas.The warning also stretches into the Peace region and parts of the Cariboo-Chilcotin, with wind gusts of 70 to 90 km/h expected this afternoon (March 7) into to...

QUESNEL - There was a fatal motor vehicle incident in Quesnel over the weekend.RCMP say at approximately 2:50 a.m. Saturday morning, they received a report of a motor vehicle collision where a pedestrian had been struck by a vehicle on Front Street near McNaughton Avenue. Police say the pedestrian had been walking in t...

QUESNEL, B.C. - Search and rescue teams from Prince George and Quesnel was deployed Friday (Feb. 27) night to help rescue a snowmobiler who was trapped in a large drainage deep within avalanche terrain near Yanks Peak, east of Quesnel.In a statement, Quesnel Search & Rescue says the team drafted an "on-the-gro...

UPDATE (March 10): WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Williams Lake RCMP say the 67-year-old man who was reported missing on Feb. 27 2026, was found deceased.Police say the cause of his death is not considered suspicious.(Please note: for privacy considerations any previous information pertaining to this individual's identity has b...

CHARLOTTE LAKE - The bodies of two snowmobilers were recovered over the weekend.On Friday (Feb.20), Anahim Lake RCMP received a report that two snowmobilers had not been seen since February 17. While police were en route, neighbours initiated a search and located the couple deceased beneath the ice on Charlotte Lake.In...

QUESNEL - Quesnel R-C-M-P say a driver was issued violation tickets after hitting a man and his dog at a crosswalk Tuesday night, killing the dog. Police say the 78-year-old man was out for a walk with his dog when he was struck by an S-U-V at the intersection of Flamingo Street and Pentland Crescent. The Mountie...

QUESNEL - There were minor injuries in a two-vehicle collision on Highway 97 north of Quesnel on Monday (Feb.16).Quesnel RCMP received word of the crash just before 12:30 p.m. and learned that one of the vehicle occupants was trapped inside their vehicle.To allow first responders to safely extract the trapped occupant ...

BARKERVILLE - A man was rescued after being thrown from his snowmobile near Groundhog Lake and Mt. Agnes near Barkerville on Sunday (Feb. 8).Both Quesnel Search and Rescue and Prince George Search and Rescue responded after the man's SOS device on his iPhone was activated shortly after 3 p.m. Prince George Search and R...

QUESNEL - Update: RCMP say Engel, who was reported missing to the Quesnel RCMP on Friday, January 2, 2026, was located on Friday, February 6, 2026, and sadly is deceased.Police do not suspect criminality, and the investigation has been turned over to the BC Coroners Service.The Quesnel RCMP wishes to thank the public f...

QUESNEL - The City of Quesnel says that the bid process for the Johnston Bridge Rehabilitation Project is officially open.The City, in a Facebook post, says that "once work begins, the Johnston Bridge will be fully closed to all vehicle and pedestrian traffic. In addition, a section of the Riverfront Trail, locate...

QUESNEL - Serious Crime investigators have been called in to investigate the death of a man west of Quesnel.This after Quesnel RCMP responded to a weapons call on the 2900-block of Brinkert Road just after 12:30 a.m. Thursday morning (Jan.22).When police arrived, they found a 49-year-old Quesnel man unconscious and suf...

WELLS/BARKERVILLE - A contractor working at surface suffered a fatal injury following an isolated incident at the Cariboo Gold Project at Wells/Barkerville yesterday (Jan.22).Osisko Development Corp. says it "promptly notified appropriate authorities, and an investigation of the incident is underway.""We...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - (UPDATE 11:45 a.m.): Police in Williams Lake say the 13-year-old who was reported missing on Saturday (Jan. 17) has been found and is safe.(Please note: for privacy considerations any previous information pertaining to this individual's identity has been removed from the article.)

QUESNEL - The Independent Investigations Office (IIO) is seeking information or dash cam footage related to an incident that occurred in Quesnel last October.The IIO says that at around 1:10 a.m. on October 27, members of the Quesnel RCMP responded to a call about an unwanted person outside a building on Carson Avenue....

QUESNEL -Quesnel RCMP is investigating a stabbing that occurred Thursday night (Jan.8) that seriously injured a 40-year-old man.Police say they responded to the stabbing at approximately 5:55 p.m. at the 200-block of McLean Street to find the man had been stabbed at the Petro Canada gas station. The victim was taken to...

QUESNEL, B.C. - Someone in Quesnel has 46 million reasons to smile this Sunday (Dec. 21) morning. According to the BC Lottery Corporation (BCLC), a Lotto 6/49 ticket bought in Quesnel for the Dec. 20 draw won the $46 million jackpot as it matched the winning 10-digit raffle number. It was the 19th ball drawn in the lat...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Central Chilcotin Rehabilitation (CCR) is celebrating the environmental and economic success to-date of its Palmer Project which is rehabilitating forests devastated by the 2017 wildfires."This work is imperative if we want to have healthy forests in the future," said Percy Guichon, the ...

QUESNEL - Two people were arrested in Quesnel Thursday for allegedly passing counterfeit currency.Quesnel RCMP say the arrests followed the execution of a search warrant at a home on the 3500-block of Hilborn Road.Police say a 37-year-old man and a 37-year-old woman are suspected of using counterfeit money to buy items...

QUESNEL - Quesnel RCMP responded to a report of a gun being fired in a residence in the 2500 block of Red Bluff Road. Quesnel RCMP say at around 5 a.m. Monday, December 15, police went to the scene and conducted a search warrant, where 13 firearms were seized. A 52-year-old man has been arrested pending further investi...

QUESNEL, B.C. - RCMP in Quesnel say this year's edition of the annual Stuff a Cruiser campaign was a resounding success.RCMP Sgt. Clay Kronebusch says the sixth edition of the annual fundraiser brought in a record $8,044 in cash and gift cards as well as approximately 2,600 pounds of food donations and over 1,070 toys....

BARKERVILLE - A snowmobiler from Prince George was rescued near Barkerville early Sunday morning (Dec.7) by both Prince George and Quesnel search and rescue teams.Dave Merritt, search manager with Prince George Search and Rescue, says the pair set out Saturday morning from the Prosser Pine area when one of the snowmobi...

QUESNEL, B.C. - RCMP in Quesnel are hosting their annual Stuff a Cruiser campaign in early December to support local families in need over the holidays.Mounties will be set up in the Walmart Parking lot at 890 Rita Road between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on Dec. 6 and 7 to accept donations of non-perishable food, unopened...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Taseko Mines says a contract worker has been killed in an accident at the Gibraltar Mine near McLeese Lake, northeast of Williams Lake.In a statement, the company says the accident happened in an active mining area around 5:00 p.m. Friday (Nov. 21) night. While it has not said what happened, the c...

PRINCE GEORGE - The BC SPCA is recommending animal cruelty charges to Crown Counsel after a four-year-old golden retriever mix was rescued from a remote property west of Prince George on November 4.The SPCA rescued the dog after it received a complaint that the dog was tethered with a heavy chain wrapped around her nec...