Robyn Chambers

Deer allegedly shot illegally

The Conservation Officer Service is seeking the public’s help in finding the individual(s) who allegedly shot a wild animal from their vehicle Sunday evening on Chimney Lake Road.

MLAs prepare for possible fall election

Both of the Cariboo’s MLAs confirm they’ve heard the buzz that there may be a provincial election in the offing this fall.

Watch out for computer scams

Eric Johansen was suspicious when he got a phone call last Tuesday evening from a “contractor” from Microsoft who told him something was wrong with his computer and offered to fix it remotely.

Tracey Gard

Tracey Gard new chamber president

Tracey Gard was expecting to be the Williams Lake Chamber of Commerce president but not quite this soon.

Tracey Gard

Mail resumes

Canada Post staff across the country and in Williams Lake will head back to work today.

Sheldon Squalian, a lifeguard trainee, practices his newly learned skills as he watches over public swim at the Cariboo Memorial Complex on Friday afternoon.

Lifeguards buoyant about course

Thanks to an initiative between the Cariboo Memorial Recreation Complex and the Cariboo Chilcotin Aboriginal Training Employment Centre there are four more youth in the community who are now trained lifeguards.

Sheldon Squalian, a lifeguard trainee, practices his newly learned skills as he watches over public swim at the Cariboo Memorial Complex on Friday afternoon.

Tolko reopens Soda Creek mill; Lakeview soon

Tolko’s Lakeview division will reopen Wednesday.

Anaham riders head to stampede Sunday

Starting Sunday there will be a convoy of horses and riders making their way east along Highway 20.

Hospital sees ongoing staff shortages

Cariboo Memorial Hospital is experiencing staff shortages across some of its departments.

Residents rate Williams Lake in phone survey

The City of Williams Lake has released the results of its first Citizen Survey.

Alphonse: Taseko invested for themselves

Tsilhqot’in Tribal Chair Joe Alphonse has rejected the assertion made in a recent press release by the proponent of Prosperity Mine that the company, Taseko Mines Ltd., has invested more than $1 million in support of Tsilhqot’in Nation’s pursuit of third-party evaluations throughout Prosperity mine’s history.

Workers may have to go back

For almost a week the employees at Canada Post have been walking the picket lines in Williams Lake and across the country.

Daybreak Rotary looks to next library phase

The Rotary Club of Williams Lake Daybreak’s campaign for literacy that resulted in the establishment of a library at the Tl’esqox First Nation has been duly noted, at the very least, by the other rotary club in Williams Lake.

John Cummins visits the lakecity

He’s the new kid on the provincial political block but he’s not a political neophyte. John Cummins, the newly elected leader of the B.C Conservative party and former MP for the Reform and later Conservative parties, visited Williams Lake Monday.

NDP Leader Adrian Dix (right) speaks with seniors’ advocate Audrey MacLise during Dix’s stop in Williams Lake, Monday. Dix is on a province-wide tour to promote extinguishing the HST and reinstating the PST/GST.  Dix spoke to supporters at Karen’s Place Restaurant.

Adrian Dix meets with businesses on HST

With the ballots stalled in the mail the political rhetoric over the future of the HST is heating up as the NDP Opposition leader Adrian Dix appeared in Williams Lake Monday alongside a few local opponents of the tax.

NDP Leader Adrian Dix (right) speaks with seniors’ advocate Audrey MacLise during Dix’s stop in Williams Lake, Monday. Dix is on a province-wide tour to promote extinguishing the HST and reinstating the PST/GST.  Dix spoke to supporters at Karen’s Place Restaurant.
Josie and owner, Diane Miller, (not pictured) along with Linda Goerwell, Nils Nilsson and Don Trimglasses were among the Canada Post staff walking the picket line Wednesday morning. Canada Post locked out its employees Tuesday evening.

Locked out — no mail delivery today

Residents will neither be able return to sender nor tell a loved one the letter is in the mail as Canada Post Corporation locked out its employees Tuesday night.

Josie and owner, Diane Miller, (not pictured) along with Linda Goerwell, Nils Nilsson and Don Trimglasses were among the Canada Post staff walking the picket line Wednesday morning. Canada Post locked out its employees Tuesday evening.

SMG begins review process

The Spanish Mountain Gold mine project near Likely is just now beginning the provincial and federal environmental assessment process.

Tolko Lakeview mill curtailed temporarily

One hundred and eighty-five employees at Tolko Industries Ltd.’s Lakeview division will be unemployed in the short term as the company has announced a temporary curtailment of work at the mill.

Retirement Concepts re-zoning moves ahead

Following a public consultation on Retirement Concept’s proposal to reallocate some of its 85 assisted living units to market housing in its Phase 3 at Williams Lake Seniors Village, council moved ahead with a zoning text amendment that would enable that to occur.

CMH emergency room experiences doctor shortfall

With the loss of five of Cariboo Memorial Hospital’s emergency room physicians in the last year it’s been a struggle for the existing physicians to carry on the burden of maintaining the 24-hour service and, in many cases, continue with their own practices in the community.