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The area south of Francois Lake is a rarity in the region. It's reputed to be one of the most beautiful corners of the earth. It is isolated by virtue of being sandwiched between big Francois Lake and simply enormous Ootsa Lake.

The area between Francois Lake and Ootsa Lake might look remote on a map, and it is indeed accessible by only a few ways in or out, but is nonetheless heavily populated. An estimated 1,500 homes are tucked in amongst the lakes, fields and trees.

People have been displaced, homes and other buildings have been burned, and now the region's forest fires have cost the public a cultural event.

NANAIMO -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his newly shuffled cabinet gathered Tuesday for a retreat on Vancouver Island, under smoke-filled skies amid a province-wide wildfire emergency.

Natural disasters on the scale of the massive wildfires and flooding the province has endured over the last 18 months may become the "new normal," Premier John Horgan warned Tuesday but added steps will be taken to lessen the impact in the years ahea

City council members threw their support Monday night behind a campaign to convince the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia to collect unpaid parking fines on behalf of municipalities at the time a driver's insurance must be renewed.

North Nechako Road will be closed to all but local traffic for two days starting Wednesday to allow installation of sanitary sewer and storm drains for a 28-unit housing development near Mathie Road. The work will begin at 7 a.m.

When 4-H club members in Prince George want to party, the invited guests might just be exactly what you imagine.

For only the second time in city history, the Stanley Cup was hand delivered here by a champion.