Category Archives: News
Cariboo Regional District issues evacuation order for 62 properties in the Dean River North area
The Cariboo Regional District has issued an evacuation order for 62 properties in the Dean River North area, including Itcha Ilgachuz Provincial Park. The CRD says RCMP or other groups will be notifyi...
CFNRNews Aug 16, 2018
CNC shutters Fort St. James campus due to wildfire risk
As the Shovel Lake wildfire continues to burn, the College of New Caledonia has decided to close its Fort St. James campus. CNC says it took the action to protect the safety and students and employees...
CFNRNews Aug 16, 2018
Terrace fundraiser pulls in thousands for Telegraph Creek wildfire relief
Hundreds lined up to help out Telegraph Creek residents at a lunchtime fundraiser in Terrace Thursday. The Terrace Professional Firefighters along with Terrace City Council, and Mr. Mikes were selling...
CFNRNews Aug 16, 2018
Northern Health transfering patients from Stuart Lake to Fort St James
Wildfire activity in the area has prompted Northern Health to proactively move patients from Stuart Lake Hospital to Fort St James. The Stuart Lake Hospital will remain open and residents will have ac...
CFNRNews Aug 16, 2018
RDBN adds two areas to Shovel Lake evacuation orders
Two small areas have been added to evacuation orders around the Shovel Lake wildfire. The community of Dog Creek east and west of Highway 27 along Cook Road and Kenner Road, and the Echo Lake Bible Ca...
CFNRNews Aug 16, 2018
CRD reduces evacuation orders and alerts near Narcosli Creek wildfire
With the Narcosli Creek wildfire now 70 percent contained, the Cariboo Regional District is reducing evacuation orders and alerts in the area. The evacuation alert that had covered over 15 hundred pro...
CFNRNews Aug 16, 2018
Northern Health offers tips to avoid smoke inhalation
Northern Health is offering some tips to help you breathe easier in light of the smokey skies plaguing most of the province. Some tips include: limiting your exposure to wildfire smoke, setting your c...
CFNRNews Aug 16, 2018
Red Cross calling for wildfire donations
The Canadian Red Cross is asking for you to help them help wildfire victims in BC. A new appeal for donations has been launched by the organization that will specifically assist those impacted by this...
CFNRNews Aug 16, 2018
Minister Donaldson addresses RDBN Chair Bill Miller's criticism
Bulkley Nechako District Chair Bill Miller has been very vocal in his criticism of wildfire resource management in his district. Minister of Forests and Lands Doug Donaldson addressed Miller’s c...
CFNRNews Aug 16, 2018
Andrew Weaver calls for banning of foreign property purchasers
BC Green Party Leader Andrew Weaver is calling for the province to ban foreign home buyers in BC. Weaver says that foreign investors are causing housing prices in BC to be driven up, and that the gove...
CFNRNews Aug 16, 2018