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  • Alexis Creek celebrates Chilcotin Tourism Center

    Events
    By Steve Forseth At 12:00pm Monday, the Alexis Creek community along with the Alexis Creek RCMP and CRD Area 'K' Director Rick Mumford gathered together to celebrate the grand opening of both the Chilcotin Tourism Center and the dedication of a Remembran...
  • 100 Mile House RCMP highlights to May 31, 2010

    News
    100 Mile House RCMP responded to 82 complaints and calls for service over the last week. Some highlights are below. On May 25, 100 Mile House Traffic Services were conducting seatbelt compliance on Horse Lake cut-off Road. A driver was checked for not we...
  • ICBC seeks a 1.9% basic insurance rate reduction

    News
    Today, ICBC applied to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) to reduce basic insurance rates by an average of 1.9%, effective November 1, 2010. ...
  • Flag person injured on Highway 97

    News
    Monday, 31 May 2010 13:42 A flag person has been injured on Highway 97 at Mission Road. Interior Roads safety crews are at the scene of a gas line break and are directing traffic in both directions on Highway 97. ...
  • Highway 97 reopens

    News
    ** Update: Monday, 31 May 2010 14:00 Traffic is now moving in both directions on Highway 97. (Photo: Terasen Gas crews work to stop a gas line leak caused by a line being ruptured earlier by a third party consturction crew. Photo: Joe Cousins.) ...
  • Local Elections Task Force delivers recommendations

    News
    The Local Government Elections Task Force has delivered its final report, announced co-chairs Community and Rural Development Minister Bill Bennett, and Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM) president Harry Nyce. The report contains 31 recommendations to im...
  • City of Williams Lake receives National Sustainabiity Planning Award

    News
    Mayor Kerry Cook and CAO Brian Carruthers took to the stage at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Convention (FCM) in Toronto on May 29th to receive the national FCM Sustainability Community Award for the City’s Integrated Community Sustainabilit...
  • Station House Gallery auction and garage sale

    Events
    By Suzanne Whittingham On Sunday the Station House Gallery hosted an auction and garage sale to help raise funds. ...
  • Spring Garage Sale at St. Peter's Anglican Church

    News
    By Suzanne Whittingham  St. Peter's Anglican Church held its Spring Garage Sale at McLeod Hall on this past Saturday. This is one of many fund-raising events to help support the parish's many programs. Any items not sold are donated to the Salvation Ar...
  • Columneetza Class of 1970 reunion

    Events
    By Joe Cousins The 40 year Reunion of the Class of 1970 Columneetza Secondary was held at Beeotcheese Bistro & Bakery Saturday. Classmates would like to thank Mavis Reid, Rose Pinchback and Darlene Knight for organizing a successfull event as well ...
  • Thunder Mountain opener a success

    Sports
    By Joe Cousins (Photo: Cailin Cousins) The stock car racing at Chucks Thunder Mountain Speedway had a good turnout of fans for the season opener. Two locals are racing in the ARCA West OK Tires series this year, Garnet Grimard in the 52 car and Ryley Se...
  • Hot Rods take over Williams Lake Saturday

    Events
    By Joe Cousins (Photo: Cailin Cousins) The 16th Annual Lakers Car Club Spring Roundup got off to a great start on Saturday as 27 cars met at the A&W parking lot and embarked on the Poker Run. Club members said that they had received over 100 p...
  • Crime on the rise in Dog Creek area

    News
    By LeRae Haynes  A rash of vandalism and destruction hit Dog Creek Road area early this morning. A travel trailer in a resident’s front yard was burned, another home had the window screens broken out, a second vehicle was set on fire at a nearby resid...
  • Thunder Mountain Speedway season opener tonight

    Sports
    Chucks Thunder Mountain Speedway opens their season tonight with all four local classes heating up the oval. There is also a special event as the ARCA WEST OK Tire Race Series Roll into town for the Heartland Toyota 100. The gates open at 3:00, time ...
  • Thank goodness for small victories

    Local Politics
    Submitted by Bob Simpson, MLA Cariboo North This week the legislative process worked the way it ought to with respect to one aspect of one bill on the government’s agenda: the Forest Service Providers Protection Act. ...
  • Sophisticated $5M grow operation busted near Williams Lake

    News
    On Friday afternoon, the North District Drug Section and members of the Williams Lake General Investigation Section executed a search warrant on a suspected marijuana grow operation in the Spokin Lake area and discovered a very large marijuana growing far...
  • The Lake City hosts the Lakers Car Club's Annual Spring Roundup

    Events
    The 16th annual Lakers Car Club Spring Roundup starts on Saturday morning at the A&W on Highway 97. There will be a Ladies Only poker run sponsored by the WLBIA from 10:00am to 2:00pm. They will begin registering entrants for the Sunday Show & S...
  • B.C. Cattlemen's Annual Convention returns to Williams Lake

    News
    Over 300 ranchers and cattlemen from all corners of British Columbia as well as other areas of Canada are in Williams Lake this weekend for the Convention.  They will participate in business meetings, lectures and some social events, including a scenic...
  • B.C. invests $2M in ranching, responds to task force

    News
    The Province is investing $2 million in B.C.’s ranching industry with the potential to leverage up to $3 million in federal funding to develop market opportunities and invest in research, Minister of Agriculture and Lands Steve Thomson announced today.Â...
  • Soupbone blues

    Events
    By LeRae Haynes (Photo: Ryan Brink--Soupbone provided an opening stage act recently at the Overlander, and is now hard at work finishing their CD and looking forward to performances throughout the Cariboo and beyond.) Local blues and R&B band So...
 

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