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Unemployment in B.C.'s northeast rose for the fourth consecutive month in December, to a 20-month high of 7.6 per cent. It's the highest rate the region has seen since May 2014, when it also recorded a 7.6 per cent unemployment rate.

Premier Barrett looks to salvage winter drilling B.C.

The pilot of a single engine plane escaped injury Wednesday afternoon after the craft's wing struck a tree while attempting an emergency landing on the Conifex service road in Mackenzie.

A lakeside mansion, a farm estate and a Dawson Creek manor are among the priciest homes in Northeast B.C. New data from BC Assessment released this week lists the highest-valued homes in Northern B.C.—a list dominated by the Peace.

New Year's Day death treated as tragic accident A mother of two young girls was found frozen in the yard of her home on 116th Avenue on New Year's Day, the Peace River Block News reported on this day in 1998.

A $366,000 grant will expand high-speed Internet service to Peace Region communities by 2017, the provincial government announced Wednesday. The expanded service will benefit communities including Arras, Rose Prairie, West Doe, and Swan Lake.

Babysitter saves five A 14-year-old teen showed "great presence of mind" when she awoke at 3 a.m. New Year's Day in 1966 and smelled smoke in a home in the Fort St. John trailer court, the Alaska Highway News reported on this day in history.

Edward Albury leaves private post in Fort McMurray

The tinsel glistened beautifully and the tree spruced up the place with a bit of festive cheer, but it’s time to start thinking about bringing that needle-shedding pine to the curb.

Property values in Tumbler Ridge have declined by more than a third from 2015 to 2016, according to new information from BC Assessment. In 2015, the averaged assessed value of a single-family home there was $210,000.