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2025 Williams Lake Fire Department recruits earn Live Fire Interior Attack certification
4+ hour, 13+ min ago (328+ words) Published 1: 33 pm Friday, May 15, 2026 The Williams Lake Fire Department said they're proud of the work the 2025 recruits put in to reach the milestone of officially earning their Live Fire Interior Attack certification. (Williams Lake Fire Department/Facebook) Four firefighters recruited…...
Hands-on trades event inspires future careers for Williams Lake students
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (881+ words) Published 12: 00 pm Wednesday, May 13, 2026 Instructors and Grade 7 students are unlikely to forget a one day event at the Williams Lake TRU campus earlier this year where they explored the trades. Instructors who helped "Youth Discover the Trades" in February recently…...
Williams Lake cadet builds leadership, teamwork skills in Winnipeg, Kelowna and Vancouver
1+ week, 3+ day ago (393+ words) Published 10: 47 am Tuesday, May 5, 2026 A Williams Lake cadet is looking back with fondness after participating in a 10-day training program that took him across three cities to develop leadership, teamwork and community-building skills. In mid-March Wentworth Philpotts was invited to…...
B. C. invests in playgrounds for Quesnel, Williams Lake, Sun Peaks
2+ week, 8+ hour ago (359+ words) Published 1: 00 pm Friday, May 1, 2026 The B. C. government is investing $5 million for school playgrounds across the province, according to a May 1, 2026, press release. Lakeview Elementary in Quesnel (SD 28), Sun Peaks Elementary in Sun Peaks (SD 73), and Mountview Elementary in Williams Lake (SD…...
Williams Lake students race duct-tape, cardboard canoes in school challenge
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (759+ words) Published 4: 52 pm Friday, March 13, 2026 The goal on the day of the challenge was for students to make it across the pool and back in their canoe made only of cardboard and duct tape with the fastest time. (Rebecca Dyok/Williams…...
B. C. teachers ratify new 4-year contract with 12% wage increase
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (381+ words) Published 11: 05 am Thursday, March 5, 2026 The B. C. Teachers" Federation says 91 per cent of its members are in favour of ratifying a new four-year collective agreement with the B. C. Public School Employers" Association. The agreement covers 52, 000 teachers and educators, such as school psychologists who…...
Williams Lake First Nation celebrates signing of local education agreements
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1091+ words) Published 3: 30 pm Wednesday, March 4, 2026 The signing of four Local Education Agreements was recently celebrated by Williams Lake First Nation and School District 27. (Rebecca Dyok/Williams Lake Tribune) SD 27 Indigenous Role Models Terrence Amos and Michaellaine Evans emceed the evening. (Rebecca…...
Williams Lake residential school survivor to celebrate historic milestone with 2026 B. C. graduates
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (664+ words) Published 5: 13 pm Thursday, February 5, 2026 A St. Joseph's Mission residential school survivor hopes to celebrate a historic step in education and reconciliation with upcoming high school graduates across the province this spring. Phyllis Webstad helped inspire a national movement nearly 13 years…...
100 Mile House group collects formal wear to help grads shine at prom
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (543+ words) Published 4: 00 pm Monday, October 20, 2025 A group of 100 Mile House women have come together to make high school graduates" prom dreams come true. "We"re accepting donations of all genders and all sizes. We"re hoping to dress all grads and…...
Tatla Lake school bus route 32 cancelled Dec. 18
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (75+ words) The cancellation is due to a driver shortage Tatla Lake school bus route 32 cancelled Dec. 18 Published 7: 25 am Thursday, December 18, 2025 School District 27 (SD 27) has cancelled bus route 32 serving the Tatla Lake area for Thursday, Dec. 18. The bus is cancelled due to…...