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• Happy Halloween Williams Lake

  Events

  Created: Saturday, 31 October 2009 14:36

  Daylight Savings Time ends tonight, so don't forget to turn your clocks back one hour before you go to bed. From the Got News Network team....

• Time flies when you're having fun

  Editorial

  Created: Saturday, 31 October 2009 01:25

  By Bev Boyle It's been over a month now since Got News Network added Welcome to 100 Mile House.ca to its first online news site, Welcome to Williams Lake.ca. A month of re-establishing contacts and tears and frustrations of dealing with high-tech wizard...

• Halloween Dance - BC Nurses Union

  Events

  Created: Friday, 30 October 2009 15:08

                      It's not too late to plan a fun Halloween night out!  Tickets are still available to the BC Union Nurses adults-only dance/party which gets underway at 8:30pm on October 31 in the Gibraltar Room.  Festivities...

• Scotia Bank and MADD team up

  Human interest

  Created: Friday, 30 October 2009 13:01

  By LeRae Haynes Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and Scotia Bank want to remind the community that driving impaired this Halloween, or anytime, is a bad decision that could ‘haunt’ you forever.  Ghosts and goblins will be out in force this week...

• New housing taking shape

  News

  Created: Friday, 30 October 2009 12:24

                    The 33-unit affordable rental facility on 3rd Avenue is taking shape and will be available for tenants in July 2010 through the Cariboo Friendship Society. An existing building was demolished and the new building is u...

• Gumption & Grit: Women of the Cariboo Chilcotin

  Human interest

  Created: Friday, 30 October 2009 10:18

  The Women’s Contact Society of Williams Lake is gearing up to launch a brand new book, Gumption & Grit: Women of the Cariboo Chilcotin, published this fall by Caitlin Press of Half Moon Bay. A celebratory book launch will take place on Sunday aftern...

• Break and Enter at downtown Subway Restaurant

  News

  Created: Friday, 30 October 2009 09:50

  On October 29 at 10:45pm Williams Lake RCMP responded to an alarm complaint at the Subway Restaurant located at 336 Mart Street.  Members attended and discovered a broken window on the east side of the establishment.  It is unknown if anything was taken...

• ICBC urges drivers to plan ahead for Daylight Savings Time adjustment

  News

  Created: Friday, 30 October 2009 00:05

  As British Columbians set back their clocks this Saturday for Daylight Savings Time (DST), ICBC is reminding drivers, cyclists and pedestrians to take extra care next week due to the grogginess some people may experience. The time change can have a signi...

• Human remains identified in Prince George

  News

  Created: Thursday, 29 October 2009 20:59

  ** Update October 30, 2009: As a result of the findings of a forensic autopsy, preformed in Kamloops yesterday, on the body of Jill Stacey Stuchenko, found in a gravel pit, off of Otway Road, Prince George the 26th of October; the Prince George Detachmen...

• Dollar Dollar Downtown ‘frightful’ news

  News

  Created: Thursday, 29 October 2009 18:44

  By LeRae Haynes  Halloween magic fills the aisles at Dollar Dollar Downtown, where customers can not only access hundreds of costumes and find decorations, fireworks and ‘fright-night’ accessories, but can also experience a level of exceptional cust...

• Williams Lake Chamber of Commerce Annual General Meeting notes

  News

  Created: Thursday, 29 October 2009 18:42

  At the Chamber of Commerce today members voted on new Chamber board members in the annual election. There were fresh faces and familiar faces as candidates for the new board, and Chamber members enjoyed the opportunity to hear what each candidate would br...

• Williams Lake RCMP responded to multiple motor vehicle accidents today

  News

  Created: Thursday, 29 October 2009 18:39

                    The morning of October 29th, 2009, marked the first major snowfall of the season in the Williams Lake area. As expected, road conditions were very treacherous due to the wet snow and icy conditions. Throughout the day...

• First day of combined H1N1 and seasonal flu clinics are very busy

  Health and Fitness

  Created: Thursday, 29 October 2009 17:28

  The Interior Health flu clinics for both H1N1 and seasonal flu vaccine are underway and as predicted, they are attracting a lot of people wanting to get their shots to help protect them against the H1N1 or seasonal flu. People started lining up outside c...

• First snowfall of the season keeps emergency services busy

  News

  Created: Thursday, 29 October 2009 14:56

  At approximately 2:45pm this afternoon a motor vehicle incident involving multiple vehicles caused traffic on highway 97 North to be diverted on to Broadway Avenue for about an hour.  Emergency crews were on scene.  More details will be submitted as the...

• Children speaking out

  Human interest

  Created: Thursday, 29 October 2009 09:33

  (Photo: Nanaimo students performed a Voices of Nature musical last spring, and 250 Williams Lake students have the opportunity to perform next week with the same 'Dream Band' when 'Up Your Watershed' comes to the Gibraltar Room.) By LeRae Haynes More ...

• What do we have against overpasses and underpasses?

  Letters

  Created: Wednesday, 28 October 2009 23:47

  Dear Editor, I have lived in Williams Lake for the last 30 years and often wonder when is a good time for us to "proceed" with our town. I sometimes wonder what we have against "overpasses" and "underpasses" to clean up traffic flows and encourage busine...

• Halloween fun has begun in Williams Lake

  Events

  Created: Wednesday, 28 October 2009 23:31

  Carmen Williams, Megan Law, Kianna Haselhan, Brenna Barley and Danielle Schultz from the Borderline singing group came to practice this week in their 'frightful finery' and, along with guitar player Dan St. Amand, added a festive touch to the reheasal. ...

• Small Business Month defined

  Letters

  Created: Wednesday, 28 October 2009 19:20

  This is small business month in BC and I had an opportunity to stand up in the Legislature and recognize the significant contribution small businesses make to our economy and our communities. As a former small business owner, I know, intimately, how much ...

• Combined H1N1 & seasonal flu clinic info now available on the IH website

  Health and Fitness

  Created: Wednesday, 28 October 2009 18:12

  Interior Health vaccination clinics for H1N1 are getting underway this week, providing free H1N1 vaccinations to those at highest risk, as well as the seasonal flu shots to those 65 years and older and those at risk of health complications from the flu. Â...

• WL T-wolves lose 6 to 4 against PG Spruce Kings in an entertaining game

  Sports

  Created: Tuesday, 27 October 2009 13:24

  By Ryan Brink The Timberwolves lost a close game against the Spruce Kings in Friday night's game. Justin Bardarson had a Bobby Orr hat trick with a goal, an assist, and a fight. Danny Merth also played a great game with a goal and two assists.  In th...