Cariboo Region

100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. — The B.C. Wildfire Service and B.C. Parks are starting to perform a 100-hectare ecosystem restoration burn in the Dry Farm area of the Churn Creek Protected Area.

WILLIAMS LAKE, BC — A mudslide on Friday (April 12) which shut down the Rudy Johnson bridge west of Williams Lake has now been cleaned up, and the road is open again.

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. — Category 3 open fires will be banned throughout the Cariboo Fire Centre come next week.

In a news release, the provincial government says this is to help prevent human-caused wildfires and protect public safety.

MCLEOD LAKE, B.C. — Mounties have confirmed that last night's (April 3) collision on Highway 97 south of McLeod Lake has claimed a life.

BC RCMP Cpl. Mike Halskov says first responders were dispatched to a two-vehicle crash on the highway at Haight Road at 6:00 p.m.