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The dodgeball tournament, organized by the City of Fort St. John's recreational department and the North Peace Gymnastics Association, took place on Saturday, March 7th.
Moose FM raised $15,000 at March 6th's radiothon invite. The funds from the event will be donated to the Fort St. John Women's Resource Society's Skye's Place.
The Peace River Regional District (PRRD) has tentatively agreed to offer Foundry Fort St. John $250,000 in funding.
A lawyer for one of three men accused of murdering an Abbotsford couple during a home invasion, Abhijeet Singh, says the prosecution hasn't proved his client was at the crime scene.
Today’s court report contains all the sentences handed down in the Peace region between March 2nd and 6th, 2026.
BC Hydro has reported nearly 70 power outages overnight on March 7th and 8th across B.C. amidst a yellow wind warning.
Zachary McDermott was found guilty of killing a mountain sheep out of season on a guided hunt. B.C. is keeping the antlers and hide after an appeal which overturned a previous decision.
In this edition of the Weekly Review, we share some changes happening in the newsroom. Plus, the most-read stories of the week.
Northern Lights College (NLC) has found a new location for its Tumbler Ridge campus, after a mass shooting at its former home in the Tumbler Ridge Secondary School building.
The deadline for expression of interests in designing a sculpture outside the new Dawson Creek and District Hospital has been extended from March 6th to March 27th. Artists who wish to apply must submit a resume and portfolio of past work.
Maya Gebala had her breathing tube removed to see if she could breathe on her own.
Two new confirmed measles cases have been reported by Northern Health in the week leading up to March 5th, both in the northeast region.
The organizers behind the Cultural Gathering of Nations at the Ovintiv Events Centre have sought sponsorship from the City of Dawson Creek.
The Hudson's Hope Health Centre has been closed temporarily on March 6th and will reopen on March 9th at 8.30 a.m.
Katlin Cota, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter after a person died in Fort St. John in June 2025, is looking for new counsel ahead of his sentencing.
A Crown prosecutor says a large body of circumstantial evidence has established the case of first-degree murder against three young men on trial for the violent slaying of a couple. One of the defendents arrived on student visa to study in Dawson Creek.
The Energy Resource Appeal Tribunal has rejected a Dawson Creek land owner’s application to overturn a permit issued by the BCER to Vermilion Energy.
The CT scans of Maya Gebala, a Tumbler Ridge school shooting victim, are showing "incredible improvement," according to her father.
Environment Canada has predicted a low-pressure system to bring wind gusts of around 100km/h to the Peace River district and Fort Nelson on March 7th and 8th.
Tumbler Ridge and Prince George chambers of commerce are calling for children under 16 to be banned from using AI tools and social media following a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, the perpetrator of which was banned by OpenAI months before the killing for violating its policies.
