• Dawson Creek homeowners being warned of a new door-to-door scam…

    DAWSON CREEK Wednesday, April 19, 2023 | 6:38 pm The Dawson Creek RCMP is sending out a warning to homeowners following several complaints of a group of individuals offering to pave residential driveways… Police say the group of individuals are using a legitimate business name, Eco Line Paving, to gain trust from the homeowner to…

  • UPDATE… WANTED – Tyson Dwight COTE…

    FORT ST. JOHN Wednesday, April 19, 2023 | 2:48 pm. Last updated on May 26, 2023 at 9:15 AM. UPDATE: Cote has turned himself in to RCMP in Fort St. John. — The Fort St. John RCMP is currently looking for a wanted person… Police are seeking 31 year-old Tyson Dwight COTE, who is currently…

  • Council upbeat on meeting with Premier about homeless crisis in Prince George…

    PRINCE GEORGE Wednesday, April 19, 2023 | 2:38 pm City Council emerged from a meeting with B.C. Premier David Eby on April 14 with a strong sense that the Provincial Government grasps the challenges affecting the unsheltered homeless, residents and businesses in Prince George’s downtown core. City Council along with BC Premier David Eby. –…

  • Police investigate robberies with ties to a dating app “Grindr”…

    The Dawson Creek RCMP is sending out another warning message to people who use the dating app “Grindr”… Back in March 2023, RCMP say two robberies in the city had ties with the dating app. In both of the March cases, the victims met a person online, arranged to meet up only to be robbed…

  • Located… Have you seen Dylan Blair Skerik?..

    FORT ST. JOHN Tuesday, April 18, 2023 | 6:56 pm. Updated on April 19, 2023 at 2:12 pm UPDATE: Located safe as of April 19, 2023. All photos have been removed and the Facebook post deleted. — Police in Fort St. John are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing person… Missing is…

  • Help on the way for local book, magazine publishers…

    VICTORIA Tuesday, April 18, 2023 | 5:12 pm To help B.C.’s book and magazine publishers address immediate challenges and give the broader publishing industry the support it needs to thrive in the future, the Province is providing $600,000 over the next three years. “In honour of BC Book Day, we celebrate our domestic publishing industry,”…

  • Nearly 600 lives lost to unregulated drugs in first three months of 2023…

    VICTORIA Tuesday, April 18, 2023 | 5:00 pm More than seven years after the declaration of a public-health emergency, the toxic, unregulated drug supply continues to claim the lives of British Columbians in record numbers, according to preliminary reporting released by the BC Coroners Service. “On April 14, we once again observed the anniversary of the…

  • Body pulled from Kiskatinaw River identified…

    DAWSON CREEK Tuesday, April 18, 2023 |2:12 pm The North District RCMP is asking for the public’s help after a man’s body was pulled from Kiskatinaw River over the weekend… Police are asking anyone who saw Christopher Engman between April 12 and April 15, 2023, to report any information to the RCMP. Engman may have…

  • ⚠️UPDATE 2… 5th Ave CLOSED between Alward and Watrous Streets due to watermain break…

    UPDATE 2: Opened to traffic. — UPDATE: The City of Prince George says the area could be open by 1:30 pm today. — Motorists and pedestrians be advised that 5th Ave between Alward and Watrous Streets is closed due to a watermain break on 5th Ave. The repair is expected to last at least 8…

  • Avalanche claims one life near Invermere…

    BRITISH COLUMBIA Sunday, April 16, 2023 | 2:45 pm A snowmobiler has died following an avalanche on Saturday in southeastern BC… Avalanche Canada says a party of 3 was snowmobiling in the Thunderwater Lake riding area, above Whirlpool Lake, when two of the riders triggered an avalanche near a rocky feature on the mountain slope.…

  • North District Major Crime investigating after body pulled from Kiskatinaw River…

    DAWSON CREEK Sunday, April 16, 2023 | 12:06 pm Police in Dawson Creek are asking for the public’s help after a man’s body was found in the Kiskatinaw River on Saturday… Police say on April 15, 2023, officers were called to the Kiskatinaw Bridge on the Old Alaska Highway following the discovery. Investigators are working…

  • New emergency department, ICU open at GR Baker Memorial Hospital in Quesnel…

    Quesnel Friday, April 14, 2023 | 9:57 am People in the North Cariboo will have better access to health care at GR Baker Memorial Hospital as construction completes on a new emergency department and intensive care unit (ICU). The new addition was built on the territory of the Lhtako Dene Nation and will open on…

  • Spring Wildfire Outlook for British Columbia…

    BRITISH COLUMBIA Thursday, April 13, 2023 | 3:27 pm October 2022 was one of the driest and warmest Octobers on record with daytime highs consistently 4-10 degrees above normal. British Columbia saw very limited precipitation during what is typically a wet month. With very limited moisture, drought conditions in forests were much higher than normal…

  • UPDATE – WANTED – Clarissa Pearl MCPHEE…

    FORT ST. JOHN Thursday, April 13, 2023 | 1:55 pm. Last updated on May 3, 2023 at 8:16 am UPDATE: Clarissa turned herself in to the RCMP on May 2, 2023. We have removed the photos. — The Fort St. John RCMP is asking for the public’s help in locating a Wanted woman… Police are…

  • ARRESTED – WANTED – Levi Kade LARSON…

    FORT ST. JOHN Thursday, April 13, 2023 | 1:52 pm. UPDATED on May 10, 2023 at 3:30 pm. LARSON has been arrested. He was arrested during a traffic stop. As of May 10, 2023. — The Fort St. John RCMP is asking for the public’s help in locating a Wanted man… Police are looking Levi…