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400-metre-wide landslide in Old Fort, B.C., shifted road 62 metres

British Columbia's Transportation Ministry says a landslide in the northeastern community of Old Fort has shifted the road 62 metres downslope since Sunday. The ministry says the 400-metre-wide slide, which destroyed part of Old Fort Road. The Peace River Regional District later issued an update, saying the landslide remains active

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New evacuation alert issued for Old Fort, B.C., residents after landslide

Officials have issued a new evacuation alert for residents in an area of northeastern British Columbia where a landslide has cut off access to the neighbourhood. The Peace River Regional District issued a notice to an expanded group of homes, telling residents of Old Fort that they should be prepared

B.C. legislator says residents didn’t get phone alerts about landslide evacuation

FORT ST. JOHN — A legislator for an area of northeastern British Columbia hit by a landslide and evacuation order says many residents who live close to the site never received emergency notifications from the provincial government. The landslide on Old Fort Road, about five kilometres south of Fort St.

Fifty properties on evacuation order after 400-metre wide slide reactivates

FORT ST. JOHN — A 400-metre wide landslide is slipping down a hill in the small community of Old Fort in northeastern British Columbia. The B.C. Ministry of Emergency Management says in a statement the "complex slide" is in the same area where the ground has shifted in 2018 and

Cracking at Old Fort slide in B.C. prompts evacuation order

FORT ST. JOHN — Residents of a community in northeastern B.C. were ordered out of their homes late Monday due to the risk of a landslide. Those in the area of the historic Old Fort slide were to head to the Pomeroy Sports Centre in the city of Fort St.

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