Local News

For the third time authorities have gone looking for a local elder since he went missing last fall, but it was the first time when the terrain was free of snow. Dietmar Josef Faeth, 74, has been unaccounted for since October.

The amount of timber allowed to be logged each year in the Lakes Timber Supply area, in the heart of the pine beetle epidemic in north-central B.C., has bee significantly reduced by B.C.'s chief forester.

Husky Energy hopes to resume full production at its Prince George oil refinery on Tuesday now that Pembina has restarted its pipeline in British Columbia.

Residents on the east side of Farrell Street have been ordered out of their homes, due to the imminent danger of flooding on the Fraser River. The evacuation order was issued at 3 p.m.

Highway 16 has been reopened to single-lane, alternating traffic 77 kilometres east of Prince George.

Pembina Pipelines Corp. announced this afternoon that it has restarted its oil pipeline in British Columbia, shut down as a precautionary measure following flooding in the Peace Region more than two weeks ago.

As construction of the $1.3-billion Mount Milligan gold and copper mine gets into full swing, the Nak'azdli First Nation is trying to negotiate an increase in a revenue-sharing offer from the B.C. government for the project.

The biosolids controversy has not gone away in Red Rock.

Highway 16 has been reopened to single-lane, alternating traffic 77 kilometres east of Prince George.

Residents on the east side of Farrell Street have been ordered out of their homes, due to the imminent danger of flooding on the Fraser River. The evacuation order was issued at 3 p.m.