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Phyllis Webstad started the Orange Shirt Society and is helping raise awareness of the generational impacts of residential schools. (Medicine Wheel Publishing photo)

Indigenous artist teams up with Orange Shirt Day founder for new children’s book

Phyllis Webstad works with Tsilhqot’in artist to bring story to life for children six and up

Phyllis Webstad started the Orange Shirt Society and is helping raise awareness of the generational impacts of residential schools. (Medicine Wheel Publishing photo)
Captain Guy Ridler stands in front of the RJ85 large airtanker firefighting plane he flies in his role with Con Air. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Casual Country 2023)

CASUAL COUNTRY: Airtanker pilot based in Williams Lake likes Cariboo life

Guy Ridler provides air support to firefighters in the summer, enjoys Cariboo ski trails in the winter

Captain Guy Ridler stands in front of the RJ85 large airtanker firefighting plane he flies in his role with Con Air. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Casual Country 2023)
Cam Prest works at the Cariboo Fire Centre. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Casual Country 2023)

CASUAL COUNTRY: Williams Lake’s Cam Prest is taking life as it comes

Mountain bike crash left the young man paralysed

Cam Prest works at the Cariboo Fire Centre. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Casual Country 2023)
Elske Stadey, from left, inez Stadey, Tayden Murphy, and Oskar Tillotson, have fun playing with the watershed model at the Streams to Sea table on Sept. 9 at the Horsefly Salmon Festival. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

Cariboo classrooms can see, assist, in salmon life cycle

Stream to Sea Program provides direct experience of the salmon life cycle for students

Elske Stadey, from left, inez Stadey, Tayden Murphy, and Oskar Tillotson, have fun playing with the watershed model at the Streams to Sea table on Sept. 9 at the Horsefly Salmon Festival. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
Spectators are welcome and admission is free at the upcoming BCRA finals Sept. 15, 16 and 17 in Williams Lake. (Angie Mindus photo - WIlliams Lake Tribune)

BC Barrel Racers Association finals coming up in Williams Lake

Events get underway Friday, Sept 15 at 8 a.m. and go all day Saturday and Sunday as well

Spectators are welcome and admission is free at the upcoming BCRA finals Sept. 15, 16 and 17 in Williams Lake. (Angie Mindus photo - WIlliams Lake Tribune)
A photo of an Ford F350 in the condition it was in before it was stolen from a Williams Lake repair shop. (Photo submitted)

Impacts of crime felt by family of 86-year-old Williams Lake woman

A truck which provided the 86-year-old with independence was stolen, damaged by thieves

A photo of an Ford F350 in the condition it was in before it was stolen from a Williams Lake repair shop. (Photo submitted)
Williams Lake Fire Department (WLFD) firefighters Rob Derksen, from left, Darren Sanford, Braden Fournier, and Tallon Rollston, are four of the six WLFD personnel deployed to the Kelowna area to help in support of firefighting efforts. (WLFD photo)

Cariboo crews, businesses, supporting wildfire response efforts

Williams Lake Fire Department and a couple of businesses are supporting firefighters, evacuees

Williams Lake Fire Department (WLFD) firefighters Rob Derksen, from left, Darren Sanford, Braden Fournier, and Tallon Rollston, are four of the six WLFD personnel deployed to the Kelowna area to help in support of firefighting efforts. (WLFD photo)
Michael Moses, Williams Lake city councillor, right, poses for a photo with Jody Wilson-Raybould, former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada. (Photo submitted)

Williams Lake city councillor Moses attends AFN annual assembly

Michael Moses was in Halifax to meet and learn from Indigenous leaders from across Canada

Michael Moses, Williams Lake city councillor, right, poses for a photo with Jody Wilson-Raybould, former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada. (Photo submitted)
Williams Lake Mayor Surinderpal Rathor, centre, poses for a photo during an e-bike demo program with Streets for All Williams Lake volunteers Denise Deschene, left, and Ruth Lloyd, right. (Greg Sabatino photo - City of Williams Lake)

Mayor, other community leaders trial e-bikes

Some community leaders in Williams Lake have been participating in pedal-assist e-bike…

Williams Lake Mayor Surinderpal Rathor, centre, poses for a photo during an e-bike demo program with Streets for All Williams Lake volunteers Denise Deschene, left, and Ruth Lloyd, right. (Greg Sabatino photo - City of Williams Lake)
Venta Rutauskas, left, and Mayor Surinderpal Rathor were helping to put the pieces together as part of an Orange Shirt Day special project. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

Quilts for Cariboo Chilcotin survivors an Orange Shirt Day team effort

Special project was a vision of Phyllis Westad’s, who gathered a team to bring it to life

Venta Rutauskas, left, and Mayor Surinderpal Rathor were helping to put the pieces together as part of an Orange Shirt Day special project. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
Big Lake Volunteer Fire Rescue fire chief Joel Bruneski, from left, deputy chief Mark Wilkie, and communications officer Ken Waters hold up some samples of the sauces Wilkie developed to help raise funds for the BLVFR. The department is hosting a barbecue fundraiser event at the Big Lake Fire Hall on July 30, 2023 from 1-3 p.m. to provide samples, engage with the community and sell the sauces as a fundraiser for their department. (Photo submitted)

Volunteer deputy fire chief in Cariboo offers saucy solution to fundraising

Big Lake man partners with company to create Firehall Classics Gourmet

Big Lake Volunteer Fire Rescue fire chief Joel Bruneski, from left, deputy chief Mark Wilkie, and communications officer Ken Waters hold up some samples of the sauces Wilkie developed to help raise funds for the BLVFR. The department is hosting a barbecue fundraiser event at the Big Lake Fire Hall on July 30, 2023 from 1-3 p.m. to provide samples, engage with the community and sell the sauces as a fundraiser for their department. (Photo submitted)
A view of the Sheep Creek Bridge over the Fraser River along Highway 20 west of Williams Lake. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

Fraser River Indigenous salmon fishery closure to protect stocks

A closure has been put in place by both Indigenous leaders, DFO to protect fragile stocks

A view of the Sheep Creek Bridge over the Fraser River along Highway 20 west of Williams Lake. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
Stewardship forester John Walker with Williams Lake First Nation (WLFN), second from left, speaks to a group touring Forest Enhancement Society BC (FESBC) projects in the Cariboo. The group is standing partly inside an extinguished wildfire from a few days previously which was slowed and made manageable largely thanks to fuel treatment done by WLFN and funded by FESBC. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

Wildfire risk reduction thanks to Cariboo forest enhancement projects

Forest Enhancement Society of BC project tour stops at site of wildfire slowed by fire break

Stewardship forester John Walker with Williams Lake First Nation (WLFN), second from left, speaks to a group touring Forest Enhancement Society BC (FESBC) projects in the Cariboo. The group is standing partly inside an extinguished wildfire from a few days previously which was slowed and made manageable largely thanks to fuel treatment done by WLFN and funded by FESBC. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
Do you know how you report a wildfire? (Brendan Shykora/Black Press file photo)

Observe, record, report wildfires in B.C., with or without cell service

How to get coordinates, record important details needed for reporting a wildfire

Do you know how you report a wildfire? (Brendan Shykora/Black Press file photo)
A BCWS initial attack crew is on site at a wildfire just outside Williams Lake as lightning fires continue to pop up and smoke blankets the area. (BCWS screenshot)

UPDATE: BCWS crew have fire near Esler gravel pit, west of Williams Lake under control

To report any wildfires you see in the area, call 1-800-663-5555 or *5555 on your cell phone

A BCWS initial attack crew is on site at a wildfire just outside Williams Lake as lightning fires continue to pop up and smoke blankets the area. (BCWS screenshot)
The Williams Lake Stampede Grounds are ready and willing to house livestock and owners displaced by wildfires if needed. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

Williams Lake Stampede to house livestock impacted by wildfires

Stampede association wants livestock owners to know the space is there if it becomes necessary

The Williams Lake Stampede Grounds are ready and willing to house livestock and owners displaced by wildfires if needed. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
Smoke and thunderheads are visible surrounding Williams Lake. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

Wildfire near Williams Lake considered under control by BC Wildfire Services

A fire crew is on site at a spot fire west of Williams Lake discovered earlier this morning

Smoke and thunderheads are visible surrounding Williams Lake. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
The B.C. fire danger rating map on July 7, 2023 shows very few spots of green in the province, as high temperatures continue to dry forest fuels. (bcwildfire.ca image)

Campfire ban comes into effect across Cariboo region

Fire activity in region increases, Cariboo Fire Centre moves to reduce risk of person-caused fires

The B.C. fire danger rating map on July 7, 2023 shows very few spots of green in the province, as high temperatures continue to dry forest fuels. (bcwildfire.ca image)
Alan Westhaver is a wildfire researcher and expert who spent 30 years working in wildfire and helped write the FireSmart manual on how to protect properties from the devastating impacts of urban-wildfire disasters. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

FireSmart video for Cariboo communities released on YouTube

Wildfire expert shares how homeowners and communities can help prevent wildfire-urban disasters

Alan Westhaver is a wildfire researcher and expert who spent 30 years working in wildfire and helped write the FireSmart manual on how to protect properties from the devastating impacts of urban-wildfire disasters. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
A fawn stands in a field on Monday, June 20, 2016, in Schodack, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll) Deer, moose and elk are “hider” species, meaning the female will often hide her young in vegetation during the first two or three weeks of its life while she is off feeding. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Cariboo WildSafeBC Coordinator asking public to leave fawns alone

Fawns are left by does during the day while mom feeds, so don’t move them

A fawn stands in a field on Monday, June 20, 2016, in Schodack, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll) Deer, moose and elk are “hider” species, meaning the female will often hide her young in vegetation during the first two or three weeks of its life while she is off feeding. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)