Repairs to Fort St. John's feeder water main are scheduled to begin on February 5th, which city officials say allowed time to secure specialized materials.
Repairs to the feeder water main are set to begin on Thursday, February 5th and are expected to be completed within 48 hours.
The City of Fort St. John council recorded and reported over $77,000 in travel expenses in 2025, with councillors representing city residents at events from Prince George to Bellevue, Washington.
Three people have been charged with first degree murder after Robert Eric Douglas Girbav was found dead in Dawson Creek in 2023.
The City of Fort St. John has revealed its draft capital budget for 2026, which outlines almost 100 projects slated to cost $54.62 million this year. None of that funding would come directly from city taxes.
A vehicle collided with a pedestrian on 100th Avenue on January 30th, 2026.
On January 28th, people from Fort St. John and Dawson Creek were arrested. The day before, school trustee Erica McLean was ordered from her vehicle at gunpoint by RCMP officers in a case of mistaken identity related to the investigation.
The City of Fort St. John will celebrate Canada Day in 2026 with drones instead of fireworks.
Multiple protests are being planned to be held in Dawson Creek and around Canada asking the police to detain Ryan Friesen, who has been newly found guilty of femicide in the death of 23-year-old Kiara Agnew in Mexico.
The superintendent of School District 60 since 2019, Stephen Petrucci, has announced his retirement in the summer of 2026.
Dawson Creek's Kiara Agnew was killed in Mexico while on vacation with her boyfriend, Ryan Friesen, in 2023. Friesen's acquittal of femicide was overturned by a judge in December 2025, and a new petition calling for his new ‘guilty’ verdict to be “enforced” has reached over 2,000 signatures.
The BC Highway Patrol is asking for witnesses and dash-camera footage of the collision on Highway 97 that killed one person on January 26th.
One person died in a collision on the Alaska Highway, causing the road to be closed between kilometre 161 and 163.
The Fort St. John RCMP have reported a decrease in some crimes, but an increase in vehicle collisions and mental health calls during the month of December 2025.
The City of Dawson Creek is waiting for permits for its proposed 'overland water transfer system', which might not be implemented until spring.
The Fur-Bearers said it contacted B.C.’s Natural Resource Officer Service in December 2025 surrounding the incident involving Valkyrie, a black bear who was found badly burned near Dawson Creek.
The emergency room at Chetwynd General Hospital was closed from 2:30 p.m. until 4 p.m. on January 24th.
W5 has reported that Ryan Friesen's 'not guilty' verdict has been overturned, and he has now been declared guilty of femicide in the death of his 23-year-old Dawson Creek girlfriend, Kiara Agnew, in Mexico in 2023. He is appealing the decision.
The District of Taylor has fielded questions from a driver about the safety of its policy which sees snow plows "operate on the opposite side of the road.”
The webpage provides information on whether Northern Health emergency departments are open or temporarily closed.
