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1 week ago | 
wltribune.com | Ruth Lloyd
Evie MacDougall is in Grade 12 and won’t be around next year at Lake City Secondary School, but she still wants her fellow students to be able to enjoy ceramics. She and another student, Amina Bird, who is in Grade 11, are hoping to gather as much support as they can before a discussion begins around the future of the school’s ceramics classes. “I’m pretty passionate about it and I’m passionate about other students being able to do it,” said Evie.
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1 week ago | 
wltribune.com | Ruth Lloyd
The Martin Lake wildfire (C50627) remains out of control on June 19 but crews reportedly made good progress overnight. The fire size has been updated to an estimated 2,258 hectares as of the morning of June 19. The fire was discovered on June 15, is suspected to have been caused by lightning and is located about 3.5 km northwest of Tatla Lake, a small community in the Chilcotin. Tatla Lake is 222 km west along Highway 20 from Williams Lake.
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1 week ago | 
wltribune.com | Ruth Lloyd
Students in Michael Cebuliak's class have gotten some amazing opportunities thanks to multimedia equipment donated by a retired journalist. John Dell, who worked in the area for many years covering events, donated his equipment to Lake City Secondary School to document school and community events.
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1 week ago | 
wltribune.com | Ruth Lloyd
Residents of a building at 700 Tranquille Road on Kamloops' North Shore may have felt like they were under drone attack when they looked out their windows on June 17. But instead of an attack, they were actually getting a surprise cleaning. As a result of an apparent address mix up, drones were hosing the wrong building down on Tranquille. Some residents were at home when the washing of the building began in the afternoon.
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1 week ago | 
wltribune.com | Ruth Lloyd
Despite the impression the community may have from the online attention and heightened concerns in the city, firefighters have responded to a fairly average number of calls in the beginning of 2025. In fact, call numbers are down significantly from 2024, which saw a spike in fire calls earlier in the year, said Assistant Fire Chief Cory Boyd.
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1 week ago | 
wltribune.com | Ruth Lloyd
The case against James Eugene Perkins in relation to a 2021 shooting death continues to face delays, years after the event and subsequent arrest. Perkins was in a B.C. Supreme Court room on June 16 in Williams Lake, with Crown counsel ready, but Perkins still apparently working to obtain representation. This was the second delay related to a Rowbotham application by Perkins.
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1 week ago | 
100milefreepress.net | Ruth Lloyd
The case against James Eugene Perkins in relation to a 2021 shooting death continues to face delays, years after the event and subsequent arrest.
Perkins was in a B.C. Supreme Court room on June 16 in Williams Lake, with Crown counsel ready, but Perkins still apparently working to obtain representation.
This was the second delay related to a Rowbotham application by Perkins.
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1 week ago | 
wltribune.com | Ruth Lloyd
The Seniors Activity Centre was livening up the centre of town on a Saturday with their Junk in the Trunk sale event on June 7. It was more than a community garage sale, the event included a food truck featuring mini donuts and coffee and music care of the Cariboo Gold Dance Band. The centre rented out parking spots in order to provide an opportunity for the community to gather and host a "one-stop shop" garage sale, explained Kylie Green, activity centre manager.
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1 week ago | 
wltribune.com | Ruth Lloyd
"We've got the best food in town," said Barb Sharf, market manager of the Williams Lake Farmers' Market. It was the perfect night out on Tuesday, June 10 at the Williams Lake Farmers' Market, though the first Tuesday night market of the season wasn't as busy as the neighbouring splash park in the heat. But Sharf said business had been picking up as the market went on, and consumables appeared popular.
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2 weeks ago | 
wltribune.com | Ruth Lloyd
In an earnest appeal to the public at the end of the regular council meeting on June 10, Mayor Surinderpal Rathor asked people not to threaten or attack city council members. He then made an effort to set the record straight regarding the decision by council not to declare a state of local emergency. The plea to stop attacking council members online came after Rathor was made aware of violent threats to council in a social media comment under one of Coun.
