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Angel Emile. (RCMP handout)

UPDATE: Missing 19-year-old woman located safe and sound

Williams Lake RCMP had requested the public’s assistance in locating her

Angel Emile. (RCMP handout)
The city Williams Lake will administer a program to retain medical professionals, woo locums. (Black Press media file photo)

New program aims to retain, welcome medical professionals to Williams Lake, 100 Mile House

The city of Williams Lake will administer the contract, funded by the CCHRD

The city Williams Lake will administer a program to retain medical professionals, woo locums. (Black Press media file photo)
Calvin Paul, left, and Mark Lees have worked at Black Press as pressmen for more than three decades. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

Meet the Black Press pressmen

Mark Lees and Calvin Paul print dozens of newspapers including the 100 Mile Free Press

Calvin Paul, left, and Mark Lees have worked at Black Press as pressmen for more than three decades. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
Richie Todd, 19, was killed in Williams Lake on Thursday, May 5, 2022. (Photo submitted)

‘I’m hoping for justice’; Mother of man, 19, killed in Williams Lake pleads for information

Billie Todd, 19, died from stab wounds on May 5, 2022 in Williams Lake

Richie Todd, 19, was killed in Williams Lake on Thursday, May 5, 2022. (Photo submitted)
Alison Mann, Women’s Contact Society (WCS) board member, from left, Mayor Walt Cobb, Irene Willsie, WCS executive director, Beth Veenkamp, city economic development officer, Angie Delainey, SD 27 board trustee, Supt. Chris van der Mark, Bobbi Krist, WCS KidsCare Daycare manager, Kirk Dressler, Williams Lake First Nation (WLFN) director of legal and corporate services cultural coordinator David Archie, WLFN cultural coordinator and Aaron Manella, WLFN chief administrative officer gathered Wednesday, May 28 at the former dormitory site at Lake City Secondary Columneetza campus to celebrate a successful application to the ChildCareBC New Spaces fund.

SD 27 garners $3 million to transform old Williams Lake dormitory into 119 childcare spaces

Columneetza cafeteria will also be revived

Alison Mann, Women’s Contact Society (WCS) board member, from left, Mayor Walt Cobb, Irene Willsie, WCS executive director, Beth Veenkamp, city economic development officer, Angie Delainey, SD 27 board trustee, Supt. Chris van der Mark, Bobbi Krist, WCS KidsCare Daycare manager, Kirk Dressler, Williams Lake First Nation (WLFN) director of legal and corporate services cultural coordinator David Archie, WLFN cultural coordinator and Aaron Manella, WLFN chief administrative officer gathered Wednesday, May 28 at the former dormitory site at Lake City Secondary Columneetza campus to celebrate a successful application to the ChildCareBC New Spaces fund.
Mourners gathered for a ceremony May 11 at the site of the stabbing of a young man on Midnight Drive in Williams Lake. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

Vigil held to honour young homicide victim in Williams Lake neighbourhood

Police turn attention to nearby home on Midnight Drive after 19-year-old dies of stab wounds

Mourners gathered for a ceremony May 11 at the site of the stabbing of a young man on Midnight Drive in Williams Lake. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
Jim Hilton pens a column on forestry.

FOREST INK: Record high log prices allows for innovative forest practices

Jim Hilton’s column to the Free Press

Jim Hilton pens a column on forestry.
Williams Lake First Nation councillor Chris Wycotte, left, Chief Willie Sellars and councillor Shae Chelsea outside WLFN’s new farm-to-gate cannabis facility during its grand opening Friday, May 6. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo- Williams Lake Tribune)

B.C. First Nation opens province’s first farm-to-gate cannabis operation

Sugar Cane Cannabis in Williams Lake also first such operation on First Nations land in Canada

Williams Lake First Nation councillor Chris Wycotte, left, Chief Willie Sellars and councillor Shae Chelsea outside WLFN’s new farm-to-gate cannabis facility during its grand opening Friday, May 6. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo- Williams Lake Tribune)
Williams Lake RCMP are on scene in the 300 block of Midnight Drive Friday, May 6. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

Williams Lake RCMP cordon off portion of Midnight Drive Friday morning

There is a serious investigation underway, confirmed Staff Sgt. Del Byron

Williams Lake RCMP are on scene in the 300 block of Midnight Drive Friday, May 6. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
Cariboo Chilcotin MLA Lorne Doerkson points to a map of the province on Friday, April 29, when the Electoral Boundaries Commission held its public meeting at the Gibraltar Room in Williams Lake, while talking with Daryl Williamson, left, and Williams Lake city councillor Craig Smith and Linda Tynan from the commission. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

Electoral Boundaries Commission hears concerns from Cariboo-Chilcotin

The commission is touring the province to meet with local residents

Cariboo Chilcotin MLA Lorne Doerkson points to a map of the province on Friday, April 29, when the Electoral Boundaries Commission held its public meeting at the Gibraltar Room in Williams Lake, while talking with Daryl Williamson, left, and Williams Lake city councillor Craig Smith and Linda Tynan from the commission. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
Peter Skene Odgen Secondary’s junor girls competed against Houston Secondary in a rugby tournament hosted at Lake City Secondary School Williams Lake campus Thursday, April 14. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Black Press Media).

Eagles compete in rugby jamboree in Williams Lake

Rematch scheduled in 100 Mile House on April 29

Peter Skene Odgen Secondary’s junor girls competed against Houston Secondary in a rugby tournament hosted at Lake City Secondary School Williams Lake campus Thursday, April 14. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Black Press Media).
Canada’s justice minister Dave Lametti was in Williams Lake recently where he met with First Nations leadership. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

Justice minister visits First Nation leaders in Cariboo Chilcotin

“It was important to visit the site,” Lametti said after touring St. Joseph’s Mission site

Canada’s justice minister Dave Lametti was in Williams Lake recently where he met with First Nations leadership. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
Canada’s justice minister Dave Lametti was in Williams Lake recently where he met with First Nations leadership. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

Justice minister visits First Nation leaders in Cariboo Chilcotin

“It was important to visit the site,” Lametti said after touring St. Joseph’s Mission site

Canada’s justice minister Dave Lametti was in Williams Lake recently where he met with First Nations leadership. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
The cemetery at Tl’etinqox First Nation will be part of an investigation into an historic hospital fire in the community that claimed the lives of 12 children ranging in ages of babies to 10 years old. (Photo submitted)

Historical tragic hospital fire being investigated at Tl’etinqox First Nation west of Williams Lake

12 children died in the May 1958 fire

The cemetery at Tl’etinqox First Nation will be part of an investigation into an historic hospital fire in the community that claimed the lives of 12 children ranging in ages of babies to 10 years old. (Photo submitted)
A Central Cariboo Search and Rescue truck stolen overnight April 3 from inside the SAR team’s hall in Williams Lake was located and recovered after the Alexis RCMP received a call from the public. (Angie Mindus photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

Stolen CCSAR truck recovered, specialized tools still missing

The Alexis RCMP located the truck after receiving a tip from the public

A Central Cariboo Search and Rescue truck stolen overnight April 3 from inside the SAR team’s hall in Williams Lake was located and recovered after the Alexis RCMP received a call from the public. (Angie Mindus photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
2009 Total Ice Titans back row from left manager Andrea Moe, assistant coach Phil Vaugeois, assistant Ryan Campbell, Brendan Gooding, Aysen Lucas, London Croy, players Brendan Roberts, Lorne Moe, Luca Vaugeois, Marek Lowndes, head coach Tyrel Lucas, front row from left players Memphis Rosette, Marquis Vaugeois, Quinn Pecor, Kendon MacKinnon, Madden Benvin, Colton Campbell and Chace Aslin. (Photo submitted)

Williams Lake’s 2009 Total Ice Titans win HSL tourney in Alberta

“I’m proud of the boys,” said head coach Tyrell Lucas

2009 Total Ice Titans back row from left manager Andrea Moe, assistant coach Phil Vaugeois, assistant Ryan Campbell, Brendan Gooding, Aysen Lucas, London Croy, players Brendan Roberts, Lorne Moe, Luca Vaugeois, Marek Lowndes, head coach Tyrel Lucas, front row from left players Memphis Rosette, Marquis Vaugeois, Quinn Pecor, Kendon MacKinnon, Madden Benvin, Colton Campbell and Chace Aslin. (Photo submitted)
Pictured above, CCSAR members drove the new truck in a salute to health care workers past Cariboo Memorial Hospital in September 2021. (Angie Mindus photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

RECOVERED: Central Cariboo Search and Rescue truck is back home, some tools missing

CCSAR Chief Rick White says he’s relieved the specialized truck has been found

Pictured above, CCSAR members drove the new truck in a salute to health care workers past Cariboo Memorial Hospital in September 2021. (Angie Mindus photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
There were multiple RCMP vehicles in the vicinity of Cameron Street between First and Second Avenue Thursday morning March 31. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

RCMP seize drugs, several firearms, cash in Williams Lake, make four arrests

A search warrant was executed at a residence in the 100 block of Cameron Street Thursday, March 31

There were multiple RCMP vehicles in the vicinity of Cameron Street between First and Second Avenue Thursday morning March 31. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
The Tŝilhqot’in National Government (TNG) is seeking to better protect Indigenous heritage sites throughout its territory. (Angie Mindus photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

Tŝilhqot’in chiefs lean on government to better protect Indigenous heritage sites

“These sensitive issues require time and care to address properly.”

The Tŝilhqot’in National Government (TNG) is seeking to better protect Indigenous heritage sites throughout its territory. (Angie Mindus photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
A Central Cariboo Search and Rescue truck was stolen overnight April 3 from inside the SAR team’s hall in Williams Lake. Pictured above, CCSAR members drove the new truck in a salute to health care workers past Cariboo Memorial Hospital in September 2021. (Angie Mindus photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

Search and rescue truck, tools stolen from Williams Lake

Residents asked to report any sightings of the unique emergency response truck

A Central Cariboo Search and Rescue truck was stolen overnight April 3 from inside the SAR team’s hall in Williams Lake. Pictured above, CCSAR members drove the new truck in a salute to health care workers past Cariboo Memorial Hospital in September 2021. (Angie Mindus photo - Williams Lake Tribune)