Monica Lamb-Yorski

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Carl Schooner Jr. with his late grandmother Winnie Schooner. (Photo submitted)

1 year later, B.C. family carrying the burden of the son who did not come home

$10,000 reward offered in case of Carl Schooner Jr., last seen in Williams Lake on Dec. 3, 2022

Carl Schooner Jr. with his late grandmother Winnie Schooner. (Photo submitted)
A young Bryan Reid Sr. building a Pioneer log home. (Photo submitted)

B.C.’s original Timber King reflects on 50 years of log homes

Williams Lake’s Pioneer Log Homes founder Bryan Reid Sr. said he did not regret one second

A young Bryan Reid Sr. building a Pioneer log home. (Photo submitted)
A sign posted at Cariboo Memorial Hospital on Monday, Oct. 2, indicated the emergency room was closed. (Photo submitted)

Controversial ER closure sign in Williams Lake rooted in nursing shortage: Union

Latest Statistics Canada data shows B.C. has 5,850 nursing vacancies

A sign posted at Cariboo Memorial Hospital on Monday, Oct. 2, indicated the emergency room was closed. (Photo submitted)
Corey Newton, left, and Robyn Stewart of Kîsik GeoSpatial & Aerial Survey Company and Minister of Water, Lands and Resource Stewardship Nathan Cullen in Williams Lake Thursday, Oct. 5. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

VIDEO: Minister visits Williams Lake to see LiDAR aerial mapping project

Kîsik Geospatial and Aerial Survey flew to Williams Lake to meet Cullen

Corey Newton, left, and Robyn Stewart of Kîsik GeoSpatial & Aerial Survey Company and Minister of Water, Lands and Resource Stewardship Nathan Cullen in Williams Lake Thursday, Oct. 5. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
Kenza Lahlou and her husband Alae Zrira are Moroccan immigrants living in Williams Lake who are trying to raise money to rebuild a hospital or school in one of the small villages damaged by the earthquake in Morocco on Sept. 8. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

Moroccan earthquake kills 7 family members of Williams Lake woman

‘The whole building they were staying in collapsed and we lost them all’: Kenza Lahlou

Kenza Lahlou and her husband Alae Zrira are Moroccan immigrants living in Williams Lake who are trying to raise money to rebuild a hospital or school in one of the small villages damaged by the earthquake in Morocco on Sept. 8. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
Elliott George Dester. (Photo submitted)

UPDATE: Williams Lake RCMP locate Elliott Dester

Dester had been reported missing

Elliott George Dester. (Photo submitted)
Jaxon Billyboy, seen here at his Grade 12 graduation June 2023, was one of four firefighters killed in a highway crash near Cache Creek. (Photo submitted)

B.C. wildfire fighter killed in crash remembered as loving and resilient

Jaxon Billyboy-Bowe, from the Tsilhqot’in Nation, was 19 years old

Jaxon Billyboy, seen here at his Grade 12 graduation June 2023, was one of four firefighters killed in a highway crash near Cache Creek. (Photo submitted)
Federal Minister of Crown-Indigenous Affairs, Gary Anandasangaree, delivers an apology on behalf of Canada to Williams Lake First Nation Sunday, Sept. 10 while WLFN Coun. Chris Wycotte and Chief Willie Sellars look on. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

Williams Lake First Nation receives federal apology for lost lands

Federal Minister of Crown-Indigenous Affairs, Gary Anandasangaree, delivers apology

Federal Minister of Crown-Indigenous Affairs, Gary Anandasangaree, delivers an apology on behalf of Canada to Williams Lake First Nation Sunday, Sept. 10 while WLFN Coun. Chris Wycotte and Chief Willie Sellars look on. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
Bert a racing pigeon from Nanaimo ended up near Williams Lake in August. (BCSPCA Williams Lake photo)

Nanaimo racing pigeon ends up 743 km off course near Williams Lake

Bert was released on Aug. 17 from home

Bert a racing pigeon from Nanaimo ended up near Williams Lake in August. (BCSPCA Williams Lake photo)
Scott Rees, a blind man, left prepares to depart for his successful swim across Georgia Strait on Sunday, July 22 to raise money for Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind. (Photo submitted)

Blind B.C. man successfully swims Strait of Georgia for charity

Scott Rees finished the swim in just under 11 hours to raise money for guide dogs

Scott Rees, a blind man, left prepares to depart for his successful swim across Georgia Strait on Sunday, July 22 to raise money for Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind. (Photo submitted)
Scott Rees, 29, with his guide dog Kaleb, plans to swim across the Georgia Strait on July 22 to raise money for Canadian Dogs for the Blind. (Photo submitted)

Blind B.C. man plans to swim Georgia Strait for charity

On July 22 Scott Rees, who grew up in Williams Lake, will depart from near Sechelt to swim 30 km

Scott Rees, 29, with his guide dog Kaleb, plans to swim across the Georgia Strait on July 22 to raise money for Canadian Dogs for the Blind. (Photo submitted)
The Jackpine site at 4400 Mackenzie Avenue North in Williams Lake as seen June 8, 2023. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

B.C. promises up to $10M to mass timber company eyeing Williams Lake

Massive Canada is planning to operate in the former Jackpine site on Mackenzie Avenue

The Jackpine site at 4400 Mackenzie Avenue North in Williams Lake as seen June 8, 2023. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
To build a fence to contain their horses would require an archaeological survey first, said the Pauls who purchased a 78-acre parcel in the Cariboo last summer. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

Archaeological discovery dashes family’s dream of farming north of Williams Lake

Marty Paul and Kimberly Tuerlings-Paul bought property at Soda Creek in August 2022

To build a fence to contain their horses would require an archaeological survey first, said the Pauls who purchased a 78-acre parcel in the Cariboo last summer. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
Logan Red Crow of the Siksika First Nation in Alberta with Sally who are featured in the documentary Aitamaako’tamisskapi Natosi: Before The Sun directed by Banchi Hanuse of Bella Coola. (Taxam Films photo)

Films from two Bella Coola directors part of Hot Docs Festival 2023 lineup in Toronto

Banchi Hanuse and Jean-Philippe Marquis will be attending the screenings

Logan Red Crow of the Siksika First Nation in Alberta with Sally who are featured in the documentary Aitamaako’tamisskapi Natosi: Before The Sun directed by Banchi Hanuse of Bella Coola. (Taxam Films photo)
A map of the Central Coast Regional District. (Central Coast Regional District map)

Bella Coola and area residents facing average 61.9 % property tax increase

‘Our reliance on funding our local government through surplus is a cautionary tale’: CCRD chair.

A map of the Central Coast Regional District. (Central Coast Regional District map)
Four wolves caught on a game cam near the end of Saloompt River Road in the Bella Coola Valley on Saturday, April 15. (Julia Michalchuk photo)

Wolves kill dog just outside Bella Coola home

Wolves captured on trail cam near Saloompt Road

Four wolves caught on a game cam near the end of Saloompt River Road in the Bella Coola Valley on Saturday, April 15. (Julia Michalchuk photo)
Nits’ilʔin (Chief) Joe Alphonse received his Honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) from the University of Victoria Nov. 10. for his leadership over many years to compel respect for Indigenous law, title and jurisdiction in Canada. Alphonse will be in New York at the UN forum on Indigenous issues that begins April 17, 2023. (Photo submitted)

Tsilhqot’in chiefs attending United Nations forum on Indigenous issues in New York City

Chief Joe Alphonse will address the delegates

Nits’ilʔin (Chief) Joe Alphonse received his Honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) from the University of Victoria Nov. 10. for his leadership over many years to compel respect for Indigenous law, title and jurisdiction in Canada. Alphonse will be in New York at the UN forum on Indigenous issues that begins April 17, 2023. (Photo submitted)
Weighing five pounds, nine ounces, a baby boy was born in a minivan Feb. 28, en route to the hospital in Williams Lake. (Photo submitted)

Cariboo woman delivers baby in minivan en route to hospital

It was a third baby for Brittany Lee of Likely, B.C.

Weighing five pounds, nine ounces, a baby boy was born in a minivan Feb. 28, en route to the hospital in Williams Lake. (Photo submitted)
John Woodworth and Hälle Flygare at the bronze plaque placed on a granite boulder east of Burnt Bridge Creek in Tweedsmuir South Provincial Park on July 31, 1988 when the Alexander Mackenzie Heritage Trail was dedicated as a provincial heritage site. (Photo courtesy of Halle Flygare)

Efforts afoot to correctly identify one leg of Alexander Mackenzie’s 1793 travels near Bella Coola

Hälle Flygare of Canmore, Alta. has been documenting, researching the trail for decades

John Woodworth and Hälle Flygare at the bronze plaque placed on a granite boulder east of Burnt Bridge Creek in Tweedsmuir South Provincial Park on July 31, 1988 when the Alexander Mackenzie Heritage Trail was dedicated as a provincial heritage site. (Photo courtesy of Halle Flygare)
Hereditary Chief Yulm Snuxyaltwa (Deric Snow) of the Nuxalk Nation, left, and Williams Lake First Nation Chief Willie Sellars thank the cooks for preparing the food for an honouring ceremony held Wednesday, Feb. 15 at Sugar Cane for the convoy transporting a repatriated totem pole back to the Bella Coola area. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

VIDEO: Repatriated Nuxalk totem pole convoy receives warm welcome in Cariboo Chilcotin

Williams Lake First Nation hosted an honouring ceremony

Hereditary Chief Yulm Snuxyaltwa (Deric Snow) of the Nuxalk Nation, left, and Williams Lake First Nation Chief Willie Sellars thank the cooks for preparing the food for an honouring ceremony held Wednesday, Feb. 15 at Sugar Cane for the convoy transporting a repatriated totem pole back to the Bella Coola area. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)