Tumbler Ridge

Tumbler Ridge has had a tough year, as the district’s mines are about to close and rising unemployment is creating a mad dash to figure out how to avoid permanent damage to the economy.

Hundreds of people in the district of Tumbler Ridge lost their jobs in a rash of mine closures this year. But the town’s exact rate of unemployment – which district staff say would help a push for government assistance – remains a mystery.

A controversial mining project in Tumbler Ridge would include a massive conveyor belt to transport coal underneath the Murray River, a mining executive told an industry conference.

On Monday, Dr. Charles Helm sat at a fancy dress banquet in New Brunswick, his sense of disappointment growing.

The leader of the B.C. NDP is taking Christy Clark's government to task for "failing" to protect mining jobs in Tumbler Ridge.

Music festival, unbowed and unbroken by fire or ice, ready to rock Tumbler Ridge

Latest find from Tumbler Ridge takes on dreaded tyrannosaurs

By most indications, the wildfire burning along Red Deer Creek shouldn't be of huge concern for residents of Tumbler Ridge.

The Peace River Regional District's issuance of a State of Local Emergency and Evacuation Notice remains in response to the Red Deer Creek fire southeast of Tumbler Ridge.

Tumbler Ridge is one step closer to having its fossils, caves and waterfalls designated a site global geologic significance by the United Nations.