DAWSON CREEK-On Sunday, January 19, shortly after 11:00 p.m., Dawson Creek RCMP received reports of gunfire on 102nd Avenue.Upon arrival, police located an adult male who was deceased. While investigating the scene they received a second report of shots fired at a nearby hotel. When the RCMP arrived at the hotel, they ...

PRINCE GEORGE - President Donald Trump was sworn in as the USA's 47th president during Monday's inauguration, prompting a wide variety of responses from politicians all across Canada. Here in Northern B.C., Skeena-Bulkley Valley NDP MP Taylor Bachrach is concerned about the impacts Trump could have on our country."...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Nechako Watershed is an important piece of the Northern BC landscape. And it's a big one. More than 47,000 kilometres in size. Larger than the size of Belgium. And that's why, in 2019, Rio Tinto joined forces with the University of Northern BC to study that watershed at length. And, during the Natur...

PRINCE GEORGE - Impaired drivers kept BC Highway Patrol busy over the holiday season.So busy that they took an average of 8.61 impaired drivers off the road every day in December. That's an impaired driver caught every three hours for 31 days."The Winter Impaired Driving Campaign clearly shows that education is no...

VANDERHOOF - Mounties are investigating a suspicious death in Vanderhoof.RCMP say they were called to a home in the 100 block of 5th Street for a well-being check on Tuesday (Jan14).When they arrived, they discovered a dead 65-year-old man with injuries inside the home. The RCMP's North District Major Crime Unit has ta...

FORT ST. JAMES - People in Fort St. James and area will have enhanced access to health care in state-of-the-art surroundings when their new hospital opens on Tuesday with a health centre opening a week later."We're thrilled to announce that the new hospital is opening to patients in Fort St. James, increasing acce...

PRINCE GEORGE - It was two decades ago the mothers, and sisters of missing and murdered women along Highway 16 made heart-wrenching pleas to hundreds at the CN centre. It served as a catalyst to a series of events - even at a national level - to address the crisis of murdered and missing women along what became known a...

PRINCE GEORGE - Housing and home building are two very hot topics of late and there is now a new face running the local Homebuilders Association. Kathrine Carlson. "Kathy comes with a wealth of experience as well, and so she has all the basics and she's used to being in a self-driven role with the role that she pr...

VANDERHOOF - Environment Canada has issued an air quality advisory for the Vanderhoof-area because of high concentrations of fine particulate matter. In a statement, the weather agency and Northern Health say the air quality in the area is only expected to improve if the weather conditions change. The statement says ex...

PRINCE GEORGE - Good news for those who rely on the Highway of Tears for transportation. Rogers says its turned on five new cell towers along the route between Prince George and Prince Rupert. Nine out of 11 promised towers are now complete - delivering 166 kilometres of 5G cell service along the route. The route is 72...

VICTORIA - Some of us will be receiving some help with our holidays bills next month. The provincial government says quarterly climate action tax credits arrive in bank accounts this Friday. Approximately 65% of families and individuals will receive the benefit. Later next month, more than 340,000 families with lower o...

MACKENZIE B.C. - The North District Major Crime Unit (NDMCU) is investigating the "suspicious death" of a man who was found on the outskirts of Mackenzie, north of Prince George. Police say officers from the Mackenzie detachment were called to reports of a man who was lying on the edge of the road around 10:0...

KAMLOOPS - The BC Wildfire Service says it responded to 1,688 wildfires since April 1 of this year, which burned a little over a million hectares of land across the province during the 2024 wildfire season. Most of the land burned - 810,876 hectares - was in the Prince George Fire Centre, where there were a total of 44...

SMITHERS B.C. - A man whose coast-to-coast criminal record, which includes offences in Smithers, was sentenced to just over two years in jail after pleading guilty in Nova Scotia Supreme Court to a 2019 manslaughter.Joseph Frederick Evong made the plea bargain 13 days into his first degree murder trial in fall 2023. Wh...

.SMITHERS - Skeena-Bulkley NDP MP Taylor Bachrach has reacted to party leader Jagmeet Singh's promise to table a non-confidence motion when business in the House of Commons is scheduled to return at the end of next month. He says he supports the decision, arguing that the governing Liberals have become "a bit of a...

PRINCE GEORGE - A 33-year-old Houston BC resident was airlifted to UHNBC in Prince George early Wednesday morning after he was stabbed.RCMP have arrested a 36-year-old male in connection with the incident who's facing an aggravated assault with a weapon charge. He's due to appear in court Thursday (Dec.19). The stabbin...

PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George RCMP arrested three suspects they allege robbed a gas station in Beaverly Monday night.Prince George RCMP Cpl. Jennifer Cooper says the theft occurred at a gas station on the 11400-block of Carmel Drive just after 8:30 p.m.She says the lone gas station attendant reported that two people ca...

PRINCE GEORGE - Time to get those shovels and snow blowers ready.Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for Prince George, the Pine Pass, Quesnel, Williams Lake, and Stuart-Nechako (South of Highway 16).Ten to 15 centimetres of snow is expected to fall between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning."A moist...

PRINCE GEORGE - When it comes to fighting fires, sometimes the best offence is a good defence.To demonstrate how the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George (RDFFG) prepares for wildfire, and to give local jurisdictions a chance to test out their emergency operations centres, on Dec. 5 staff organized a tabletop exerci...

PRINCE GEORGE - A snowfall warning remains in place on Highway 97 north of Prince George, with as much as 15 cm of snow expected to fall.The warning is in the area between Williston and Pine Pass, with snow expected to taper off later Saturday (Dec. 14) afternoon, according to Environment Canada."A frontal system ...

PRINCE GEORGE - Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued a snowfall warning for the Pine Pass.About 15 centimetres of snow is expected between Williston and Pine Pass with the snow forecasted to fall Friday night through Saturday.The national forecaster attributes the snowfall to a frontal system and remind mot...

SMITHERS - Do you Timothy Bakanec? If yes, RCMP in Smithers would like to hear from you.RCMP say that on October 20, 2021, Bakanec is alleged to have been involved in a collision at the intersection of Highway 16 and 16 Avenue in Smithers.Police say the collision resulted in the death of the other vehicle's driver and ...

FORT ST.JAMES - The B-C Conservation Officer Service says a man from Fort St. James has been fined three-thousand dollars after hunting moose at night three years ago. A statement from the service says officers responded to a complaint about the nighttime hunting in progress along the Necoslie Forest Service Road near ...

MCBRIDE - It's the news McBride residents have been waiting for.Integris Credit Union has announced that it will open its new branch in McBride in early February, 2025.It will be located at 210 Main Street, and Integris has started onboarding and training in preparation for the branch opening.The three employees includ...

VANDERHOOF- On the morning of Tuesday, December 3, RCMP in Vanderhoof received several reports of thefts from vehicle's which were parked at residences in the Vanderview Drive area.Police say the Culprits entered unlocked vehicles and stole various valuables. On the evening of December 3, 2024 Mounties identified, loca...

VANDERHOOF - The Nechako Lakes School District (SD91) has hired its new superintendent of schools. It's Anita McClinton, who will begin her new position on January 20, 2025. McClinton currently serves as the Director of Instruction in the Cariboo-Chilcotin School District.According to an SD91 news release, McClinton's ...

PRINCE GEORGE- After nearly two years of geophysical surveys, Nadleh Whut'en have confirmed there are newly identified potential unmarked graves at Tseyaz Bunk'ut (formerly Lejac Indian Residential School).The Lejac Residential School impacted over 70 nations across British Columbia, with at least 7,850 students attend...

FORT NELSON - Update: RCMP have released more details into the discovery of missing hiker Sam Benastick.Police say he was located Tuesday (Nov.26) at 11:30 a.m. by two people who were headed to the Redfern Lake trail for work. Sam told police that he stayed in his car for a couple of days and then walked to a creek, mo...