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Beatton Airport Road closed due to wildfire

Beatton Airport Road is currently closed due to the Stoddart Creek wildfire, which is located between Highway 97 and Blueberry River. 

The Stoddart Creek wildfire behind Beatton Airport Road. ( Jordan Prentice, Energeticcity.ca )

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — Beatton Airport Road is currently closed due to the Stoddart Creek wildfire, which is located between Highway 97 and Blueberry River. 

Drive BC suggests detouring via 271 Road to 256 Road East and continuing to Rose Prairie Road back onto Prespatou Road. 

Red Creek Road is still closed due to the Red Creek wildfire, and the estimated time of opening is unavailable, according to Drive BC. Lower Cache Road is also closed as a result of the fire. 

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Recent graduate of BCIT’s Broadcast and Online Journalism program, born and raised in Vancouver, Jordan’s passion for broadcast and journalism began with her dream of becoming a hockey journalist and play-by-play commentator.

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Last Spring, Jordan completed her first season providing play-by-play for Trinity Western University Women’s Hockey and gameday hosting for BCHL Coquitlam Express.

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