Environment

Local lakes continue to face blue-green algae blooms

PRINCE GEORGE - The heat is back in Prince George and the algae blooms have already begun. On Wednesday afternoon images of blue-green algae on the shores of West Lake circulated online. In recent yea...

Caden Fanshaw Jul 06, 2023

REAPS needs help to move

PRINCE GEORGE - The Recycling & Environmental Action Planning Society, otherwise known as REAPS, is a busy organization "We do reach out throughout the regional district," explains Terri McClymont...

Jun 02, 2023

Mushroom Coffins: The Earth Will Thank You Later

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Everything about standard burial practices is bad news bears when it comes to the environment. Sinking lacquered coffins and metal caskets into the ground ...

Ripley's Believe It or Not! May 31, 2023

Northern Lights Estate Winery going green.

PRINCE GEORGE - The site of Prince George's first-ever Sunflower Festival is going green. The Foreman Farms property, which is owned and operated by Northern Lights Estate Winery, has made the decisio...

May 26, 2023

High winds hamper wildfire mitigation efforts in Fort St John, Evacuation Reception Center opens in Prince George

PRINCE GEORGE - The past 24 hours have brought some dramatic changes to the wildfire battlegrounds of Northern BC, where emergency crews are working around the clock to contain no fewer than 5 major w...

May 16, 2023

Evacuation Alert issued for Fort St. John, as early season wildfires continue to burn out of control

PRINCE GEORGE - A smoky haze hung low in the skies over Prince George today, giving the horizon a sickly ashen-blue tint, a sure sign of early season wildfires now burning into their second week.A new...

May 15, 2023

44 wildfires, including three wildfires of note, burning in Prince George Fire Centre

xPRINCE GEORGE - There are currently 44 active wildfires in the Prince George Fire Centre, including three wildfires of note. The BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) says that includes Teare Creek near McBride...

May 08, 2023

High winds knock down pair of lighting poles at Freeman Park

PRINCE GEORGE - Two lighting poles have fallen onto the fencing and diamond at Chuck Cawdell Field in Freeman park, casualties of the wicked wind that blew through the city earlier this week. The dama...

Apr 27, 2023

Controlled burning planned southeast of College Heights: BCWS

PRINCE GEORGE - The BC Wildfire Service will be conducting burns at the Prince George Tree Improvement Station (PGTIS) as part of new recruit training.This training is scheduled to begin on April 28, ...

Apr 27, 2023

11,000 hectares secured for Caribou habitat and restoration protected in BC's Central Interior

PRINCE GEORGE - A groundbreaking plan developed in collaboration with the federal and provincial governments, the Lhoosk'uz Den Nation, the Ulkatcho First Nation and Artemis Gold Inc. (TSX-V: ARTG) ("...

Apr 20, 2023