After a wildfire shuttered the only highway to several towns and First Nations a week ago, experts urge focus on safeguarding B.C. infrastructure — but also preparing locally for the worst.

Advocates are urging the province to bolster safety education about unpaved resource roads, especially those often used by both workers or outdoors enthusiasts.

Two RCMP officers charged with manslaughter in the 2017 death of Dale Culver, a Wet'suwet'en and Gitxsan man, have pleaded not guilty.

RCMP responding to a 911 call about an assault on an Indigenous woman arrested the victim and took her to the local detachment in handcuffs instead of taking her to hospital, a coroner's inquest in Quesnel, B.C., has heard. 

The trial of a Wet'suwet'en hereditary chief charged with criminal contempt for allegedly blocking construction on the Coastal GasLink pipeline opened Monday in B.C. Supreme Court in Smithers in northern B.C.

Coastal GasLink has been slapped with stop work orders on a stretch of pipeline through northern B.C. because of environmental violations — the second time in just over a week.

A section of a B.C. pipeline project was slapped with a stop-work order by environment officials for polluting fish-bearing waters near Prince George. Coastal GasLink has temporarily halted construction on a three-kilometre stretch of the pipeline.

Dale Culver died in police custody in northern B.C. in 2017. Almost six years later, two RCMP officers have been charged with manslaughter and three others with obstruction of justice. Now, Culver's family is waiting for their day in court.

Crown prosecutors say a man who opened fire on an RCMP detachment in Vanderhoof, B.C., in November 2021 intended to kill officers.

Prince George's Serious Crimes Unit is investigating its fifth homicide of the year. Police say all five deaths are connected to the drug trade in Prince George.

A former Prince George foster child is suing the B.C. government, alleging staff of the Ministry of Children and Families ignored her pleas for help after she was coerced into drug use and forced into "prostitution."

B.C. Hydro is seeking permission to leave behind 45 pieces of structural construction debris at the bottom of the Peace River.

RCMP are investigating the "suspicious death" of a man at a Prince George highrise apartment building. It's the third death in the city in just over a month to be investigated by the RCMP Serious Crimes Unit.

Police are investigating allegations that a manager of a popular family restaurant in Prince George assaulted a customer, by throwing cheese sauce at the man eating dinner and trying to hit him. The company that owns Red Robin says it's "horrified."

A survey conducted by university researchers in Prince George, B.C., found polarized opinions on felines on the prowl. 

A thief who ransacked a bridal boutique made off with thousands of dollars worth of merchandise, including wedding gowns and prom dresses on layaway for customers, said the owner of one of the largest bridal stores in northern B.C. 

On Wednesday, the Smithers RCMP detachment received a report that vandals had ripped the horn off the Alpenhorn Man, a wooden sculpture at the junction of Main Street and Highway 16.

The visitor has been named Coconut, or Coco for short.

Two significant earthquakes within a week in northeast B.C. were probably triggered by hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, according to preliminary information from federal scientists. 

Prince George RCMP say partial remains of an Indigenous homicide victim were found in a downtown park last month, 32 years after her death.

Early this month, B.C.'s Ministry of Forests made an announcement encouraging all water users across northeastern B.C. to take voluntary water conservation measures and monitor their water supply in light of a Level 5 drought.