Environment

Spruce City Wildlife is looking for grants

PRINCE GEORGE - The hatchery on River Road represents one of the technologically advanced hatcheries in the province. "We've got so many passionate volunteers here that are making things happen. We've...

Aug 24, 2023

Food Box program growing

PRINCE GEORGE - Every Thursday, a small army of folks collect everything from farm fresh eggs to leaf lettuce and beets to generate upwards of thirty food boxes. Warren Sunstrum, a chef by trade, says...

Aug 18, 2023

Salmon carcasses found in Cottonwood Island Park

PRINCE GEORGE - It was a gruesome site at the boat launch in Cottonwood Island Park.The Spruce City Wildlife Association was running a children's camp and stumbled upon fish carcasses at the boat laun...

Aug 17, 2023

Salmon release an education in life

PRINCE GEORGE - Thousands of tiny salmon fry hit the Fraser River recently, all heading to the wide open ocean, where they will live for the next five to ten years. It's all part of the Stream to Sea ...

Jul 07, 2023

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