Cache Creek Flooding

Cache Creek clean up continues

CONCERT FUNDRAISER PLANNED CACHE CREEK – The residents of Cache Creek continue to clean up following a flash flood that ripped through the small town last month. Coun. Wyatt McMurray says it's been a difficult month. On May 23 a flash flood devastated his town, leaving some residents homeless. While national attention has subsided, there...

Lots of work left in Cache Creek clean-up

CACHE CREEK – A large donation by a local union will help with the massive clean-up effort still needed in the small town of Cache Creek. “We want to put the challenge out to people to donate,” United Steelworkers Local 1-417 president Marty Gibbons says, adding people often have short memories.  Once the national news...

Evacuation order partially lifted for Cache Creek

CACHE CREEK - After nearly a week of being out of their homes, most residents who were under evacuation order in Cache Creek can return home. Dozens of people were displaced this past week when a severe storm system moved through the town, dropping heavy rain and causing flash flooding throughout the village on Saturday,...

Red Cross sets up in Cache Creek

CACHE CREEK - Those needing assistance following the flash flood that destroyed part of the village this past weekend can turn to the Canadian Red Cross for the next week. The Canadian Red Cross is operating a resiliency centre from May 26 through June 2 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The centre is located...

Many hands helping with clean up in Cache Creek

ONLINE FUNDRAISERS SET UP CACHE CREEK - Locals shovel shale and debris from backyards and driveways as a helicopter flies overhead to assess damage after flash flooding took over the Village of Cache Creek on Saturday, May 23. For many residents, the damage is aesthetics and landscaping, where others have basements full of mud. Some...

Public meeting scheduled for victims of Cache Creek flooding

CACHE CREEK - With evacuation orders and alerts in place, as well as a state of local emergency declared, residents of Cache Creek might have a few questions. With that in mind the village has scheduled a public meeting for Tuesday evening. Flash flooding caused extensive damage to the town on Saturday, May 23. A...