Williams Lake

• Log boom: B.C. school board builds 20 outdoor classrooms amid COVID-19 pandemic

  The district says the log shelters will outlast the pandemic and be used by teachers and teaching assistants in the future.

  Health

  Apr 11
• Mounties seek to identify 2 men in excrement incident in Williams Lake Tim Hortons

  Mounties were called to the coffee shop in the 1000 block of Highway 97, to reports someone had defecated on the walls and floor of a stall in the men's washroom.

  Crime

  Apr 10
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• ‘There’s still some wonder left in the world’: Rare ‘spirit moose’ spotted in B.C.

  'I came around a corner and it was crossing the middle of the road,' Williams Lake resident Hattie Deyo told Global News about her encounter with a white moose.

  Environment

  Apr 1
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• New COVID-19 cluster in B.C. Interior linked to ‘social events’ in Williams Lake

  Officials said 215 cases had been detected since Jan. 1 in the Cariboo-Chilcotin, with the majority of cases linked to "recent social events and gatherings in Williams Lake."

  Health

  Jan 20
• B.C.’s COVID-19 rapid response paramedic team deployed to Williams Lake, B.C.

  The first time the specialized paramedic team was deployed was to Fort St. James in December.

  Jan 18
• Halifax Regional Council takes first step toward saving Williams Lake before it’s gone

  Local recreationalists say Williams Lake is leaking at a rate more than one million gallons per day — the result of a dam that needs replacing.

  Environment

  Dec 15, 2020
• Residents urging municipality to save Williams Lake before it disappears

  The problem is water draining out of the lake into the North West Arm under a dam.

  Environment

  Sep 28, 2020
• Floods: Evacuation orders remain in effect in B.C.’s central Interior

  The Cariboo Regional District said it will be hard to fully realize the damage until the water has receded.

  Environment

  Apr 27, 2020
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• Williams Lake, B.C., officials worried flooding could send sewage into Fraser River

  Additional homes were ordered to evacuate Saturday and Sunday as a flood warning remains in effect for the Chilako River southwest of Prince George.

  Environment

  Apr 26, 2020
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• Flood fears prompt evacuation orders near Prince George, Williams Lake

  A new flood warning was issued for the Chilako River southwest of Prince George, after the water level rose more than 35 centimetres in a day.

  Weather

  Apr 24, 2020