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Cariboo-Prince George MP Todd Doherty and Prince George-Valemount MLA Shirley Bond are encouraging Cariboo wildfire evacuees in Prince George to stay strong and are also praising area residents and local government for the support they've given to th

With more than 1,500 votes readers had strong opinions when asked The Citizen's last poll question "should the City of Prince George offer free water and sani-dumping and allow RVers to stay overnight in private parking lots?" With 45 per cent and a

Animals during the Cariboo wildfire evacuation effort have not been forgotten. Pets and livestock have found temporary homes in Prince George along with the 8,100 evacuees.

Acute care, residential care and assisted living clients who were evacuated from Williams Lake have settled into Prince George care facilities.

The future of the 2017 edition of the British Columbia Northern Exhibition (BCNE) could go up in smoke. Right now the fair grounds, the barns and the Kin Centres are all being used by wildfire evacuees, with no end in sight.

Rural life in B.C. presents all kinds of challenges when it comes to wildfires. Take the Sutherland Road fire, which has been burning for more than a week north east of the community of Fort Fraser, about 135 kilometres west of Prince George.

Delays of up to 20 minutes will be in store for three days this week to allow workers to demolish a bridge as part of the four-laning project on Highway 97.

Think of first responders and fire fighters, police and paramedics come to most people's mind.

Grant Sopp has been camped out in a tent at the College of New Caledonia with his wife Katie and their dog for a week now and he's not expecting to go back home to Williams Lake anytime soon. Especially now that the Cariboo city has been evacuated.

Frank Bellerose was hoping the winds of change in Williams Lake would not bring wildfire smoke his way. But there was no way to avoid it Saturday evening; the wind shifted and within a few hours he got the news he has been fearing all week.