Williams Lake

City staff clear the Scout Island trail network along Williams Creek of a shopping cart Thursday morning. City council directed staff to clear a homeless camp that has been set up in the riparian area after complaints of a camp fire and garbage in the area. (Angie Mindus photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

Williams Lake city council directs staff to remove homeless camp along Scout Island trail

Concerns have been raised by the public to Coun. Scott Nelson regarding fires at the camp

 

Cat in the Hat and Ultimate Arty, aka Joan Oliver, left, and Willie Dye, were at city council on March 21 to update council on the Stampede Parade and announce Rick Hansen will be the official parade marshal. (city of Williams Lake video capture)

Rick Hansen to return to Williams Lake as Stampede Parade marshal

Hansen will return to the lakecity near the 50th anniversary of his spinal cord injury

 

Tickets are on sale now for the inaugural Indoor Spring Classic Rodeo coming up April 14, 15 and 16. (Williams Lake Tribune file photo)

Expect tradition, modern twists at Indoor Spring Classic Rodeo in Williams Lake

Extra protocols will be in place to safeguard livestock, ticket sales online

 

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RCMP seize 480 grams of suspected fentanyl from vehicle in Williams Lake

Cariboo Chilcotin Crime Reduction Unit stopped the vehicle after a second short duration stop

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A woman in Williams Lake would like to see a shelter for women and children developed in a rural setting. (Pixabay.com)

Domestic abuse survivor advocates for rural shelter in Williams Lake area

City council endorsed the idea at city council meeting

A woman in Williams Lake would like to see a shelter for women and children developed in a rural setting. (Pixabay.com)
Helen Sandy of Williams Lake First Nation turns the salmon strips in her smoke house at Sugar Cane. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

CASUAL COUNTRY: The Joy of Salmon

Preparing salmon brings back is something Helen Sandy and Mary Tenale enjoy

Helen Sandy of Williams Lake First Nation turns the salmon strips in her smoke house at Sugar Cane. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
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)
Trevor Pierce was an avid outdoor enthusiast and snowmobiler. (Photo submitted)

Deadly snowmobile accident inspires Williams Lake widow to call for better ramp safety

Shanelle Pierce said her husband was fatally injured loading his snowmobile

Trevor Pierce was an avid outdoor enthusiast and snowmobiler. (Photo submitted)
Cariboo Memorial Hospital in Williams Lake. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

Williams Lake city council asks Interior Health for truth, answers on doctors’ departures

Council also wants meetings with IH and B.C.’s health minister

Cariboo Memorial Hospital in Williams Lake. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
Jessica James, who grew up in Nimpo Lake, B.C., is the star aviator in History’s reality show Lost Car Rescue, with Season 2 to be released this Spring. (Jeff Topham photo)

Nimpo Lake pilot happy to be right where she is, taking off in Season 2 of Lost Car Rescue

Female aviators might still be a rarity, but growing up in Nimpo Lake, it came naturally to James

Jessica James, who grew up in Nimpo Lake, B.C., is the star aviator in History’s reality show Lost Car Rescue, with Season 2 to be released this Spring. (Jeff Topham photo)
Youth play their fiddles during the recording of a song and music video project. (Shannon O’Donovan photo)

Cariboo youth, musicians, to release music video with positive message around climate change

Song, video, meant to inspire action, share experiences

Youth play their fiddles during the recording of a song and music video project. (Shannon O’Donovan photo)
Sage Birchwater, left, a Cariboo author, teamed up with George Atamanenko, to raise funds for Ukraine by selling books translated by George’s late wife, Gloria Atamanenko. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

Cariboo-Chilcotin men team up to raise funds for Ukraine through book sales

Local author helps widower sell books written by Ukrainian scientist, translated by local woman

Sage Birchwater, left, a Cariboo author, teamed up with George Atamanenko, to raise funds for Ukraine by selling books translated by George’s late wife, Gloria Atamanenko. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
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Highway 97 RCMP traffic stops lead to seizures of cannabis, cocaine

A driver was transporting in excess of 250 plants

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Nuxalk Nation members on Feb. 13 observing the totem pole that was taken from their territory and held in the Royal B.C. Museum for decades. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

Repatriated Nuxalk totem pole convoy anticipated to arrive in Williams Lake Feb. 15 (today)

Nuxalk Nation members are travelling with the totem from Victoria to Bella Coola

Nuxalk Nation members on Feb. 13 observing the totem pole that was taken from their territory and held in the Royal B.C. Museum for decades. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
Ebola response trainees don full PPE required for exposure to highly infectious diseases during training in Kenya. (Photo submitted)

B.C. Interior nurse practitioner assists African nations with Ebola response

Patrice Gordon has been part of International Federation of Red Cross response

Ebola response trainees don full PPE required for exposure to highly infectious diseases during training in Kenya. (Photo submitted)
Michael Mylonas, from left, Jimmy Lulua, Nelson William and Brian Finnie stand next to a cairn atop a mountain they climbed during their trip across the Coast Mountains from Nemiah Valley to the coast. (Jimmie Lulua photo)

Xeni Gwet’in Bute Inlet hikers converge on Whistler for film premiere

Hikers who participated in historic hike to Bute Inlet to attend film premiere in Whistler tonight

Michael Mylonas, from left, Jimmy Lulua, Nelson William and Brian Finnie stand next to a cairn atop a mountain they climbed during their trip across the Coast Mountains from Nemiah Valley to the coast. (Jimmie Lulua photo)
The Iverson family is grieving the loss of their daughter, Kaylee, (pictured beside her mom Amanda), following a motor vehicle incident on Highway 97 Friday, Feb. 10 near 150 Mile House. Their son Konnor (pictured left, back row) was critically injured and flown to Royal Inland Hospital. (Photo courtesy of Kennedy Lisa Photography)
The Iverson family is grieving the loss of their daughter, Kaylee, (pictured beside her mom Amanda), following a motor vehicle incident on Highway 97 Friday, Feb. 10 near 150 Mile House. Their son Konnor (pictured left, back row) was critically injured and flown to Royal Inland Hospital. (Photo courtesy of Kennedy Lisa Photography)
Traffic was stopped on Highway 97 south of 150 Mile House due to a motor vehicle incident Feb. 10. (Photo submitted)
Traffic was stopped on Highway 97 south of 150 Mile House due to a motor vehicle incident Feb. 10. (Photo submitted)
The Indoor Spring Classic Rodeo will replace the Williams Lake Indoor Rodeo. (Williams Lake Tribune file photo)

Hold onto your cowboy hat; Indoor Spring Classic Rodeo set for Williams Lake

Event to replace the former Williams Lake Indoor Rodeo

  • Feb 9, 2023
The Indoor Spring Classic Rodeo will replace the Williams Lake Indoor Rodeo. (Williams Lake Tribune file photo)
Ida Eriksen is a Bella Coola artist whose paintings will be filling the Station House Gallery in Williams Lake from Feb. 10, 2023 until March 25 for her solo show West Coast Light. (Photo courtesy of Ida Eriksen)
Ida Eriksen is a Bella Coola artist whose paintings will be filling the Station House Gallery in Williams Lake from Feb. 10, 2023 until March 25 for her solo show West Coast Light. (Photo courtesy of Ida Eriksen)
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