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The North Peace Arena, alongside ice rinks around Canada, could win $250,000 in upgrades in the Kraft Hockeyville 2026 competition - but it needs nominations from the community.
The teacher, who was previously employed at Hudson’s Hope Elementary–Secondary School but is not teaching there while court proceedings are ongoing, has been charged with sexual exploitation and sexual assault.
On January 12th, Dawson Creek reached a high of 8.5 C, surpassing the date's previous record temperature of 7.9 C in 1986, 40 years earlier.
A candlelight vigil memorial for Lexi Waldie Siemens, who passed away over the 2025-26 holiday break, will take place on Tuesday, January 13th.
Today’s court report contains all the sentences handed down in the Peace region between January 5th and 9th.
The Peace River Regional District (PRRD) has created a new parks bylaw for funding its North Peace Park and Inver Johnson Memorial Community Park.
The Fort St. John Women's Resource Society has nearly sold out of tickets for its inaugral Starry Skye’s Gala: A Masquerade Affair in aid of Skye's Place.
Sixty more BC Hydro customers in Fort St. John will face power outages, this time on January 14th from 9.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.
The Fort St. John Friendship Society is promoting the Miyo'sen Youth Group, which means 'good' in Cree, after the deaths of two youths in Fort St. John.
Crown prosecutor Dorothy Tsui says Gurkaran Singh, who is facing first-degree murder charges after a couple was killed in a violent invasion of their Abbotsford home, had a student visa and was supposed to go to Northern Lights College in Dawson Creek but never made it there.
The Fort St. John Senior Flyers have won two games in a row in 2026, for a record of 3-7 in the 2025-26 North Peace Hockey League (NPHL) season.
Yuri Fulmer, a Conservative Party of B.C. candidate, came to Fort St. John on Monday, January 12th.
Foundry Fort St. John and service provider partners are gauging interest in a free, two-day Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) course after the deaths of two young people in the city.
The Peace River Regional District has approved a $30,000 increase to an alternative water source contract for the Rose Prairie Water Station.
Dawson Creek has extended its SOLE until January 20th as it tries to get approval for a permanent pipeline to address a water crisis.
Jordan Kealy, MLA for Peace River North, has invited the Fort St. John community for a open discussion at the end of January 2026.
The Peace River Regional District is planning an event for newly elected officials in November following the 2026 municipal elections in October.
The B.C. provincial government is considering changing the name of two locations in the Peace River region related to historical figure Joseph William Trutch.
The Fort St. John Huskies won both their weekend games on January 9th and 11th over the Dawson Creek Kodiaks and Beaverlodge Blades.
Cameo Farms, owned by Laurie Jean Baptist, sued Janet Kelly Baldwin and Paul Williams, who had occupied the farm since Baptist's and Baldwin's mother's death in 2015.
