News Releases

Wildsafe garbage bin tagging underway in Williams Lake and Quesnel

September 3, 2021
21-23
For Immediate Release

WildSafeBC – Garbage Bin Tagging in Quesnel and Williams Lake now underway

WILLIAMS LAKE, BC - WildSafeBC is currently visiting various neighbourhoods in Quesnel and Williams Lake to do weekly garbage tagging. Fall is the time when bears increase their feeding activity to prepare for winter and all communities are noticing increased activity. Garbage bins placed on the curb the night before pickup will be tagged, as garbage is the number-one attractant...

Board Meeting Location Change September 9 and 10 2021

September 2, 2021
21-22
For Immediate Release

Cariboo Regional District Committee of the Whole and Board meetings to be held at Cariboo Memorial Complex in September

WILLIAMS LAKE, BC - To enable directors to meet face-to-face under current COVID-19 distancing rules, the Committee of the Whole, Cariboo Chilcotin Regional Hospital Board, and Cariboo Regional District Board meetings scheduled for September 9 and 10 will be held in the Gibraltar Room of the Cariboo Memorial Complex at 525 Proctor St.,...

Board Highlights - August 20 2021

Cariboo Chilcotin Regional Hospital District Board Highlights

For an online version of the CCRHD Board meeting agenda, including agenda item summaries and reports please visit: Agendas and Minutes

Adoption of Minutes

The minutes of the July 9, 2021 CCRHD Board meeting were received and adopted.

Reports and Correspondence

Twenty-two items were received to the Hospital Board Consent Calendar.

An Information Bulletin from Interior Health, dated July 14, 2021, advising that Interior Health is responding...

All evacuation orders lifted in Cariboo Regional District

August 25, 2021
21-71
For Immediate Release

All evacuation orders lifted in Cariboo Regional District 

For the first time since early July, no properties in the Cariboo Regional District are currently under evacuation order due to wildfires. One evacuation alert remains in place for the Moose Valley South area and includes 11 parcels. The CRD Emergency Operation centre remains open and continues to monitor the current wildfire situation.  Some neighbouring regional districts still have both...

Alerts and Orders Explained

July 23, 2021

EOC-21-36

For Immediate Release

Alerts and Orders – What’s the process behind evacuation decisions?

WILLIAMS LAKE, BC –Why am I on alert? What does an evacuation order really mean? When can I go home? Can I go back into an order zone before it is lifted?

These are some of the questions Cariboo residents are asking of information line phone operators at the Cariboo Regional District’s Emergency Operations Centre during the 2021 wildfire season.

With many active fires across the Cariboo,...