Fort Nelson

Despite a plea from a pit bull owner, the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality (NRRM) is sticking to a bylaw banning the breed within the town's limits.

Work on improvements to a key intersection in Fort Nelson will begin today. More than $1.8 million has been allocated for new traffic lights and turning lanes on the Alaska Highway and Simpson Trail intersection.

Smoke from two fires drifted into Fort Nelson Friday but the B.C. Wildfire Management Branch is assuring the public no infrastructure or property in the area is at risk from either.

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The Theelaandoa Creek fire started Saturday, is less than 1,000 hectares

Registration is set to open this Monday for the Fort Nelson Petroleum Association’s annual golf tournament. Louise Schindler, the association’s executive director, said the tournament is open to 144 golfers. Registration will be open until June 15.

Klua Lakes basin wildfire has grown to an estimated 1,800 hectares

Buckets of oil, bags of human feces and jugs full of urine. That was just some of what was picked up at a recent "pitch-in, clean up day" in the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality.

The NRRM wants locums so the region's full-time doctors can have more flexibility for training and to allow them to take time off. Paying for doctors' housing is not new for Fort Nelson.

Real estate sales dipped in the first quarter of this year in the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality. Through April, eight properties worth $2.3 million were sold through the Multiple Listing Service (MLS).