Category Archives: News
RFQ issued for Williams Lake hospital redevelopment
The plan to redevelop Cariboo Memorial Hospital in Williams Lake continues to move forward. Interior Health has released a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for the project, asking qualified teams to c...
Dec 27, 2019
Northern B.C. logging truck crash kills driver
WorkSafe BC, the BC Coroners Service, and RCMP are investigating a fatal logging truck crash. Mounties say a loaded logging truck went over an embankment along the 5000 Forest Service Road about 100 k...
Dec 27, 2019
Avalanche control work scheduled for Pine Pass
Avalanche control work is expected to delay traffic through the Pine Pass today. The Transportation Ministry says crews will be working at Powder King Road along Highway 97 about four kilometres south...
Dec 27, 2019
Wind warnings issued for Haida Gwaii, North Coast
Haida Gwaii and North Coast residents can expect gusty and snowy conditions for the next couple of days. Environment Canada as issued a special weather statement for the regions as a sharp trough appr...
Dec 27, 2019
Province unveils supports for mill worker affected by forestry downturn
The BC government is kicking in nearly $900,000 to help communities hit by the forestry downturn. Eleven communities will split the money to help with delivery of transition services and supports for ...
Dec 24, 2019
RCMP arrest one person after break-ins at Quesnel school
Quesnel RCMP arrested one person after a series of break-ins at a local school this month. Mounties say Correlieu Secondary was broken into on December 11th, 19th, and 20th. During the first incident,...
Dec 24, 2019
Adam Olsen named interim leader of B.C. Green party
The B.C. Green party has announced that Adam Olsen will be the interim leader. Olsen is the party's MLA for Saanich North and the islands. Olsen announced today during a news conference in Victoria th...
Dec 20, 2019 BCNDP leader and BC Greens Leader Andrew Weaver host a press conference about forming a minority government.
Tŝilhqot'in, Taseko and Province work to resolve mine dispute
The Tsilhqot'in Nation and Taseko mines are working with the B.C. Government to resolve a long standing conflict. The conflict is over the proposed New Prosperity gold-cooper mine project southwest of...
Dec 20, 2019
BC organization commits to doing better for Indigenous people
The Community-Based Research Centre said in a statement that it has let Indigenous people down again. The Research Centre also says in the statement, "Before we can have reconciliation, we must have t...
Dec 19, 2019
Cariboo store staffer foils armed robbery...with politeness
Manners can take you a long way in life, but this is probably pushing it to the extreme, Quesnel RCMP say a man armed with a shotgun entered the Kersley General Store last Wednesday, December 11 and d...
Dec 18, 2019