The Burgess Creek Wildfire, approximately 20 kilometres East of Alexandria, 45 kilometres southeast of Quesnel and 50 Kilometres north of Williams Lake, remains at roughly 1,600 hectares in size. Fire Information Officer at the Cariboo Fire Centre, Madison Dahl said the fire didn’t see a lot of growth yesterday (Sunday). Dahl...

UNBC is awarding Smithers musician Alex Cuba with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree.  This joins his other accomplishments including two Juno Awards, four Latin Grammy Awards, two SOCAN Awards, and a Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album in 2022. “I like to describe my music as a fusion between...

An evacuation alert was issued for the Endako area yesterday (Sunday) by the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako.  The alert runs along the north side of Highway 16 from Savory Road to Tatin Creek, to properties on the north end of Columbia Road.  This is in response to the Endako wildfire which...

A balanced budget has been passed by the College of New Caledonia’s (CNC) Board of Governors for the 2024/25 fiscal year with a focus on a few key areas. The college board approved the budget during a Friday meeting. “We developed the balanced budget guided by priorities in our Learning Together...

The BC Wildfire Service is responding to a pair of blazes in the VanJam fire zone. One of those fires in four kilometres east of Vanderhoof, and is around eight hectares in size. The other fire is located around 11 kilometres west of Fraser Lake, and is about 25 hectares in...

Updated 3:25 p.m., April 20th  2024 Highway 16 has opened to single lane alternating traffic. https://twitter.com/DriveBC/status/1781810000135958763?t=wnx99w4BbatwqOrjHEs6OQ&s=19 Original Story Highway 16 is closed east of Telkwa due to a grass fire. Houston and Telkwa fire departments are on scene extinguishing the blaze. There is no estimated time for the highway to reopen and no further information...