Melanie Law

Drive BC has issued travel advisories for highways near Quesnel. Drive BC map

UPDATE: Drivers urged not to travel on Highways 97, 26 and Nazko Highway

Drive BC has issued travel advisories for three main highways in the Quesnel area

Drive BC has issued travel advisories for highways near Quesnel. Drive BC map
Views of Highway 97 road conditions from Drive BC cameras between Williams Lake and Prince George Jan. 3. Drive BC images

UPDATE: Two MVIs slowing traffic on Highway 97 between Williams Lake and Prince George

One incident is near Wildwood, with the other just south of Hixon

Views of Highway 97 road conditions from Drive BC cameras between Williams Lake and Prince George Jan. 3. Drive BC images
A map showing an area of Highway 97 under travel advisory Jan. 2. Drive B.C. map

UPDATE: Travel advisory for Highway 97 north of Williams Lake lifted; slippery sections reported

Rain on compact snow is making for slippery conditions Jan. 3

A map showing an area of Highway 97 under travel advisory Jan. 2. Drive B.C. map
A hemp plant grown in Northern Lights Organics’ small greenhouse, under a research licence. Arthur Halleran photo

Organic, high-CBD hemp production coming to Fort St. James

Northern B.C. farm is building greenhouses to house hemp seed production

A hemp plant grown in Northern Lights Organics’ small greenhouse, under a research licence. Arthur Halleran photo
High winds expected in the Cariboo

High winds expected in the Cariboo

Up to 80 km per hour winds are predicted

High winds expected in the Cariboo
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UPDATE: Fire reported along Highway 97 near Quesnel a controlled burn

Kersley Fire Department is reponding to a fire located south of Quesnel

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Winds in the Cariboo are forecast to peak late this afternoon (Dec. 14), with gusts as high as 80 km/hour and then gradually diminish tonight. (File photo)

Weather alert: strong wind gusts expected in the Cariboo

Winds could reach up to 80 km/hour this afternoon in Quesnel and Williams Lake

Winds in the Cariboo are forecast to peak late this afternoon (Dec. 14), with gusts as high as 80 km/hour and then gradually diminish tonight. (File photo)
Barkerville is postcard pretty this time of year as the site’s Old Fashioned Victorian Christmas event gets underway. Michael Dobson photo

WATCH: Visitors flock to Barkerville for Christmas event

Check out our video of all the fun at the historic site east of Quesnel

Barkerville is postcard pretty this time of year as the site’s Old Fashioned Victorian Christmas event gets underway. Michael Dobson photo
Island Mountain Arts presents ArtsWells, with tickets going on sale Dec. 7, 2018. Mary Matheson Photography

Early bird tickets for ArtsWells go on sale at 9 a.m.

Cariboo’s Festival of All Things Art set for B.C. Day long weekend in 2019

Island Mountain Arts presents ArtsWells, with tickets going on sale Dec. 7, 2018. Mary Matheson Photography
Comedian Jonny Harris enjoying Wells, B.C. during the filming of his show Still Standing in March 2017. Courtesy of CBC

Cariboo arts and mining community to feature in CBC series Still Standing

Wells, B.C., near Barkerville, the subject of Still Standing’s Season 4 finale episode

Comedian Jonny Harris enjoying Wells, B.C. during the filming of his show Still Standing in March 2017. Courtesy of CBC
BC Wildfire Service firefighters and staff. Black Press files

Become a firefighter: BC Wildfire Service seeks recruits

Wildland recruits sought for 2019 fire season

BC Wildfire Service firefighters and staff. Black Press files
Conifex sawmill in Fort St. James. (Conifex)

UPDATE: Fort St. James sawmill to reduce production in Q1 and Q2 2019

Cuts will affect around 70 employees

Conifex sawmill in Fort St. James. (Conifex)
Observer file photo

Employee dies at West Fraser’s Florida mill

The company said it is currently investigating the cause

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A West Fraser operation in Northern B.C. Black Press files

UPDATE: West Fraser to cut production over holidays at 4 B.C. sawmills

The temporary move affects operations in Chasm, 100 Mile House, Williams Lake and Chetwynd

A West Fraser operation in Northern B.C. Black Press files
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Sentencing delayed for Quesnel woman charged with Wells, Likely B&Es

Tania Nada Jordanov, 38, will again appear in Quesnel Provincial Court in March 2019

Observer file photo
Healthy juvenile white sturgeon at the Nechako White Sturgeon Recovery Initiative’s hatchery in Vanderhoof. The young sturgeon are being preyed upon by otters in the Nechako watershed. Nechako White Sturgeon Recovery Initiative photo

Northern B.C. city dealing with its own otter problem

Vanderhoof’s Nechako White Sturgeon Recovery Initiative working to increase fish survival rate

Healthy juvenile white sturgeon at the Nechako White Sturgeon Recovery Initiative’s hatchery in Vanderhoof. The young sturgeon are being preyed upon by otters in the Nechako watershed. Nechako White Sturgeon Recovery Initiative photo
Black Press files

BC Liberal MLAs call on Horgan to stand up for forestry workers

Cariboo and Nechako MLAs say Horgan has been silent in face of Northern B.C. mill closures

Black Press files
Dr. Margo Greenwood,left, and Dr. Sarah de Leeuw will be leading the $1.3 million-dollar project for the University of Northern British Columbia. UNBC photos

UNBC researchers spearhead $1.3M Indigenous health care project

Initiative seeks to employ more Indigenous health care professionals, create ‘culturally safe’ environment

Dr. Margo Greenwood,left, and Dr. Sarah de Leeuw will be leading the $1.3 million-dollar project for the University of Northern British Columbia. UNBC photos
Quesnel’s provincial government building. File photo

Quesnel woman pleads guilty to Wells, Likely B&Es

Tania Nada Jordanov, 38, will be sentenced Nov. 27 in Quesnel

Quesnel’s provincial government building. File photo
$50,000 worth of methamphetamine and cocaine, as well as firearms and drug peraphernalia, were seized from a residence on Isle Pierre Road, off Highway 16 on Nov. 21. RCMP photo

RCMP seize $50,000 worth of drugs from property west of Prince George

Seven people were arrested, although all have been released pending investigation

$50,000 worth of methamphetamine and cocaine, as well as firearms and drug peraphernalia, were seized from a residence on Isle Pierre Road, off Highway 16 on Nov. 21. RCMP photo