Northern B.C.

• ‘Horrifically brutal, tragic, and senseless’: B.C. man guilty of murdering girlfriend

  Shane Sutherland must serve a mandatory 10 years of incarceration before parole eligibility, which can only be granted at the discretion of the Parole Board of Canada.

  Crime

  Oct 20, 2023
  
• Glacier Media shutters two B.C. newspapers in northeast

  Two newspapers in British Columbia are publishing their last editions this week, eliminating coverage by community newspapers for a large swath of the province's northeast.

  Oct 16, 2023
  
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• Ontario firefighter dies while helping battle biggest wildfire in B.C. history

  A firefighter has been killed while working a wildfire in the Prince George Fire Centre on Friday, according to the BC Wildfire Service.

  Fire

  Jul 29, 2023
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• 10 malamute-cross dogs rescued from remote northern B.C. property

  Officers were recently notified of the dogs' situation, and attended the property more than two hours north of Fort St. John, where they found the animals without food or water.

  Canada

  Jan 19, 2023
• Northern B.C. trailer park with no running water for four months

  The ministry said it has provided hotel rooms for those affected as work is being done to bring the system back to operational status.

  Environment

  Jan 7, 2023
• High COVID-19 positivity rate continues to plague northern B.C.

  B.C.'s health minister is urging caution as COVID-19 numbers stabilize, saying test positivity in the north is close to four times the provincial average.

  Health

  Oct 27, 2021
• Northern B.C. businesses grapple with latest round of COVID-19 restrictions

  Lagging vaccination rates and the province's highest per-capita daily new case counts prompted the province to implement a suite of new restrictions across the region this week.

  Health

  Oct 17, 2021
• ‘Get vaccinated’: Northern B.C. doctor warns local ER could close amid rampant COVID

  'It feels like public mistrust, and people's refusal to take simple steps to protect themselves is exhausting and it is taking a toll,' a Vanderhoof doctor said of COVID vaccines.

  Health

  Oct 9, 2021
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• ‘Ice Road Kitten’ recovering after freezing to northern B.C. road and being run over

  "It appeared that she had been wandering, succumbed to hypothermia, and laid down in the middle of the road," the BC SPCA said.

  Traffic

  Dec 31, 2020
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• Second COVID-19 outbreak declared at LNG Canada, 15 workers test positive

  The incident is separate from another outbreak declared on the project on Nov. 19. Northern Health said the prior outbreak had not seen any new cases since Dec 2.

  Economy

  Dec 17, 2020