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No Days Off For Williams Lake RCMP This Past Holiday Weekend

July 2, 2019

It was a busy Stampede weekend for Williams Lake RCMP.

Staff Sargeant Del Byron said police responded to a total of 183 calls for service over the 5-days with 65 of those calls related to drugs and alcohol adding that they had 71 prisoners in cells over the weekend.

Byron says when you look at those numbers they’re not bad for the sixth largest rodeo in the world.

In Canada, only the Calgary Stampede and Ponoka Stampede are bigger.

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Pat Matthews

Pat started working in the Cariboo in 1989 after spending several years in radio in Terrace. He worked in the creative department until 2017 when he switched over to news covering Williams Lake and the South Cariboo as well as being the afternoon host on Country 840 in 100 Mile House.