The Cariboo Regional District (CRD) will be extending the deadline for its waste management survey. The decision comes as little response was given from communities across the region on the proposed curbside and solid waste management plan. "We did mail out over 7,000 direct pieces of mail asking people who are...

Police in Quesnel are looking for information surrounding Bryan Twan. Bryan was last seen on June 6, 2016 near the West Park Mall on Malcolm Drive. He was reported missing by his family the following day. Bryan is described as Indigenous with fair skin, 5’11" tall, with a tattoo of BT on his left wrist. He was last known...

Public school teachers in BC are overworked and stressed according to a new poll. According to the BC Teachers Federation, educators are concerned by significant gaps in meeting students’ needs. Of those surveyed, 81.5% reported experiencing direct impacts from teacher shortages in their schools or districts. Some of the biggest impacts reported...

The Williams Lake Fire Department was on scene of a fire in a wooded area behind Edwards Drive over the weekend. Fire Prevention and Training Officer Cory Boyd said 20 fire fighters and 4 apparatus responded just before six Sunday (May 28) afternoon. “Access became a bit of an issue, there was...

The District of Wells has big plans for the 588 thousand dollars in provincial funding it received from the Stronger Communities Fund. Mayor Ed Coleman says they are getting a new fire truck. "We've got a 2021 Freightliner fire truck that we've just finished negotiating on.  We've acquisitioned one that is...

The deadline to apply for a City of Williams Lake Event Hosting Grant is today (May 30). Twice annually the City disperses $2,500 to assist local non-profit organizations to bid, host, develop, grown, market and administer multi-day events bringing in visitors from outside the community. Applicants must be local registered non-profit...