Brigitte Crane is certain she wouldn’t be alive today without the equipment donated to the Cariboo Memorial Hospital by the Hough Memorial Cancer Society.
It was too late in the process but the Williams Lake Central Business Improvement Area Association registered its concerns with the new development at Prosperity Ridge Tuesday.
The equipment has either been purchased or is available but installation is on hold as the building that houses the Salvation Army’s soup kitchen and food bank undergoes renovations to bring the structure up to the B.C. Building Code.
Postal service in Williams Lake will continue for now.
The Ulkatcho First Nations is concerned with a lack of provincial and federal spending on infrastructure in their region.
B.C. Lt. Gov. Steven Point stood in the middle of a hockey rink on the Tl’esqox First Nation Tuesday and addressed the crowd that had gathered for the formal occasion; he told his audience of adults, youth and children of his struggle with poverty and literacy and implored them to work towards literacy because of its ability to open doors.
The Cariboo Regional District Emergency Operations Centre reports that the flood situation in the Anahim and Nimpo lakes area has stabilized; however, sections of the Chilcotin River are now under a state of emergency.
The Cariboo Regional District declared a Local State of Emergency in Electoral Area J on Sunday due to flooding and erosion caused by rapidly rising waters in the Anahim and Nimpo lakes areas.
The weather this week could allow for some moderate snow melt, thus potentially helping to mitigate some flooding potential across the province.
The Cariboo Chilcotin could be in for some flooding over the next four to five weeks, according to the province’s River Forecast Centre.
Cariboo-Prince George MP Dick Harris will return to Parliament holding the same posts he did when the federal election was called. And he’s fine with that.
Williams Lake Staff Sgt. Warren Brown says he welcomes the creation of a new civilian office that will investigate serious misconduct claims against RCMP in the province.
Two males who dined and dashed after enjoying a meal Tuesday morning at Denny’s Restaurant managed to evade the law but not before one was struck by a car on Oliver Street while fleeing.
An uncorroborated news story broadcast by a provincial media outlet of a plane crash in Williams Lake made Sunday’s mock emergency exercise at the Williams Lake Airport a little more challenging.
The Potato House has been officially purchased by the Potato House Sustainable Community Society.
Shannon Newman has resolved to take his son to and from school everyday until the end of the school year rather than have him take the bus.
B.C.’s political landscape may be changing.
Canadian Tire owner Brian Stefan predicts this Saturday will be the “biggest ever recycling day in Williams Lake.”
Dina Kennedy has a passion that is probably unlike many others held by Canadians.
After cutting a cheque to the Pacific Carbon Trust in the amount of $87,000 this year to achieve carbon neutrality, School District 27 is urging the provincial government to change the rules for public agencies attempting to achieve the zero emission target.
