Two environmental groups are calling for better protection of old-growth forests from the BC Government. The Ancient Forest Alliance (AFA) and Endangered Ecosystems Alliance (EEA) are calling on the province to refocus their measures, implement their draft biodiversity, and Ecosystem Health Framework to ensure a transition to a sustainable forest...

A prescribed burn will be conducted by BC Wildfire Service along with Williams Lake First Nation and Williams Lake Fire Department. The burn will cover up to nine hectares west of Mason Road on the North side of Fox Mountain Drive and will begin as early as today (April 24),...

A special meeting for Council was held to discuss homelessness and community safety in the downtown core of Williams Lake. While originally intended to be a Committee of the Whole meeting, it was changed last minute at the request of Councillor Scott Nelson to address reports and concerns that he...

News of the arrival of a newborn in the community of Williams Lake will be an exciting time that everyone can be a part of in the very near future. Once the redevelopment of the Cariboo Memorial Hospital is complete a new feature will be added to announce this joyous...

The Quesnel Volunteer Fire Department put out a fire this morning along a bank of the Fraser River. "A log pile was on fire near the Soccer Facility," says Fire Chief Ron Richert. "It was about a 20 by 20 area of a log pile from a homeless encampment that...

Williams Lake RCMP is asking for the public's help in locating a missing person. Police said 37 year old Catlin Fisher was reported missing on April 21, 2025 and was last heard from by cellphone on April 19, 2025. Fisher is described as a Caucasian male, six feet tall weighing 201...