Hazelton

• B.C. municipal election 2022: Hazelton results

  With more than 80 per cent of Saturday’s vote, Julie Maitland has been elected as Hazelton's mayor. The community's four council members were acclaimed.

  Politics

  Sep 18, 2022
  
• Liard River upgraded to flood warning in Northern B.C. 

  The B.C. River Forecast Centre has issued a flood warning for the Liard River and its tributaries around Fort Nelson and Highway 97 toward Watson Lake.  

  Canada

  Jun 8, 2022
  
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• Police officer injured in ‘escalation’ of violence at northern B.C. pipeline site

  Police said about 20 people, "some armed with axes, were attacking security guards and smashing their vehicle windows" near a northern B.C. pipeline worksite.

  Crime

  Feb 17, 2022
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• ‘The right decision’: Judge rules Gitanmaax girl won’t be taken from B.C. First Nation

  A B.C. Provincial Court judge has determined that a six-year-old Gitanmaax girl can stay with her community, after a social worker was prevented from taking her earlier this month.

  Canada

  Oct 29, 2021
• 200 Dungeness crabs illegally dumped in Northern B.C. in 2nd incident this month

  DFO officials found 200 Dungeness crab carcasses dumped off the side of the highway near Hazelton last week.

  Canada

  Apr 25, 2019
• 250 Dungeness crabs illegally dumped near northern B.C. highway

  About 250 crabs were found on the side of Highway 16, between Moricetown and Hazelton earlier this month.

  Environment

  Apr 9, 2019
• 1 dead, 2 injured after Yorkville collision

  Police said they were called to the area of Davenport Road and Hazelton Avenue at 6:30 a.m. for reports of a collision.

  Traffic

  Dec 22, 2018
• B.C. municipal election 2018: Hazelton results

  The Gitxsan and the Wet'suwet'en were among the first to populate Hazelton. They still do today.

  Politics

  Jun 24, 2018
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• Jury makes 8 recommendations in fatal transit police shooting in Surrey

  The coroner's jury heard three days of testimony and made eight recommendations Wednesday to try and prevent similar fatalities in the future.

  Crime

  Mar 23, 2017
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• Inquest begins into fatal 2014 police-involved shooting in Surrey

  A coroners inquest is scheduled to begin today into the case of a 23-year-old man who died after he was shot by transit police in a Surrey grocery store.

  Crime

  Mar 20, 2017