Chetwynd

• Evacuation order downgraded for wildfire near Chetwynd, B.C.

  The BC Wildfire Service said the fire was estimated at 40 hectares in size, and burning near Highway 97 south of Chetwynd, and remains listed as "out of control."

  Fire

  Apr 24
  
• Two teens killed in head-on crash in northern B.C.

  Mounties in northern British Columbia are asking for any information about a head-on crash that killed two teenagers and seriously injured another man.

  Canada

  Apr 7
  
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• B.C. man wanted for multiple sex offences, child pornography

  Anthony Collins, 22, is wanted for sexual assault, sexual interference, making or publishing child pornography, possessing child pornography, and for breach of a release order. 

  Crime

  Apr 21, 2023
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• As mills shutter, B.C. mayor says more support needed for boom-and-bust communities

  The mayor of Houston, B.C., says more long-term support is needed for resource communities who face boom-and-bust cycles like the recent Canfor mill shutdowns.

  Economy

  Jan 27, 2023
• B.C. municipal election 2022: Chetwynd results

  Global News is projecting that incumbent Allen Courtoreille has been re-elected as the community’s mayor, with just over 60 per cent of the vote.

  Politics

  Sep 18, 2022
• 4.5 years behind bars for drugged driver who killed mother of 2 on B.C. highway

  “Mr. MacDonald made a deliberate decision to excessively consume valium, and he made a deliberate decision to drive," the judge said.

  Crime

  Oct 13, 2021
• Caught on camera: This B.C. moose loves playing tetherball

  In the video, the moose can be seen enthusiastically batting the ball back and forth around the pole with its head and feet. 

  Trending

  Jun 18, 2021
• Lightning takes out power to more than 120,000 customers in northern B.C.

  BC Hydro says the outage is due to a transmission failure, possibly caused by lightning.

  Sep 12, 2019
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• 200-member search effort locates 4-year-old boy in Mackenzie, B.C.

  Mackenzie RCMP say they were notified just after 1 p.m. Saturday that the boy, named George, had gone missing half an hour earlier.

  Canada

  Aug 18, 2019
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• NEB approves Northeastern BC pipeline expansion project

  The pipeline is currently a loop of the Westcoast Energy Fort St. John Mainline. The expansion would add 27 kilometres of pipeline to the existing route.

  Canada

  Aug 11, 2017