Advertisement

UPDATE: Extreme cold alert issued for Peace Region cancelled

The extreme cold alert issued by Environment Canada has ended.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Snow in the Peace region. (Jordan Prentice, Energeticcity.ca)

Update (11:14 a.m., January 4th): The extreme cold alert has ended.

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — The extreme cold alert issued by Environment Canada has ended.

A statement from the weather authority reads “Conditions are no longer expected to reach extreme cold warning criteria.”

Advertisement

Local News Straight

to Your Phone

Download our app today!

Available on Android and iOS devices

Windchill values were expected to reach -40 during January 4th and extreme caution was issued when travelling outside during Saturday Morning, with frostbite expected to occur within minutes.

The current forecast is at -26 as of 11:15 a.m. local time in Fort St. John. With winds of up to 20 kilometres an hour, windchill values are only at -37 degrees.

Sunday sees a warm up with a daytime high of minus 21 degrees before Monday sees temperatures reach a daytime high of -4.

Advertisement

The latest weather conditions can be found on Environment Canada’s website.

Stay connected with local news

Make us your

home page

Authors
Ed Hitchins

A guy who found his calling later in life, Edward Hitchins is a professional storyteller with a colourful and extensive history.

Beginning his journey into journalism in 2012 at Seneca College, Edward also graduated from Humber College with an Advanced Diploma in Print and Broadcast Journalism in 2018.  After time off from his career and venturing into other vocations, he started his career proper in 2022 in Campbell River, B.C.

Edward was attracted to the position of Indigenous Voices reporter with Energeticcity as a challenge.  Having not been around First Nations for the majority of his life, he hopes to learn about their culture through meaningful conversations while properly telling their stories. 

In a way, he hopes this position will allow both himself and Energeticcity to grow as a collective unit as his career moves forward and evolves into the next step.

He looks forward to growing both as a reporter and as a human being while being posted in Fort St. John.

This reporting position has been funded by the Government of Canada and the Local Journalism Initiative.

Close the CTA