The Prince George RCMP are requesting the public's help in locating a wanted person.
The Rose Lake area evacuation order due to the Bulkley Lake fire has been rescinded.
The fire that was called as Chief Louis Lake fire has grown substantially since July 7 when it first started.
A water bomber was caught in action at the Bulkley Lake fire near Rose Lake by local Terrance Hick. The fire which has been burning since July 7, has been categorized as "Out of control" and is at 250 ha.
Rose Lake area near the fire continues to be evacuated
An Emergency Support Service or ESS, has been set up at the reception centre in the Tom Forsyth Memorial Arena in Burns Lake, at 111 Flogum St. for the Rose Lake evacuees. The evacuation order is in effect for East of Bedore Rd. to West of Broman Lake Rd. and south of Bulkley Lake not including Highway 16 (Hwy. 16) and CN rail line. Residents are urged to leave the area immediately and register with the ESS or contact the Emergency Support Services Director at 250-692-3195 or 1-800-320-3339. (Laura Blackwell photo/Lakes District News)
Former Burns Lake resident walked for 28 hours in Ottawa
Scheduled on-call to bring more permanent positions
ESS to be set up at the arena
Map for the evacuation order and evacuation alert released
Burns Lake residents wanting to get some backyard animals will have to wait for the changes in zoning bylaw to take place, according to the village's Chief Administrative Officer (CAO).
Burns Lake Airport is seeing lot of activity today with two wildfires in the vicinity; one near the Rose Lake cutoff road and the other one in the vicinity of Poplar mountain which is 35 kilometres south of Houston. (Rick Schritt photo/Lakes District News)
Burns Lake residents Gerald Eckland and Sylvia Salza were out bright and early on Canada Day on their annual tradition of driving through the village, spreading some Canada Day cheer. The duo dressed up and drove around in Eckland's vintage 1925 Star, honking horn and wishing passersby a happy Canada Day. (Priyanka Ketkar photo/Lakes District News)
Burns Lake and District Chamber of Commerce hosted a Canada Day 2021 market last week. Community participation contests such as a rock hunt and a colouring contest were also organized. Outline Designs, JKr Designs, Melissa Tom, Sum Shocking Good Food Truck and the Village of Burns Lake had their tables put out during the market. The market drew a small crowd especially to the food truck and the ice creams from the chamber to combat the hot weather for the day. (Priyanka Ketkar photo/Lakes District News)
Forest Enhancement Society of BC's grant to make up for 2018 wildfire losses
College of New Caledonia (CNC) has launched their strategic plan for 2021-2026, called lhulh whuts'odutel'eh – Learning Together.
Issues a summer watering restrictions advisory
In the last week of June, the Indigenous Language Proficiency Degree program in the College of New Caledonia's Burns Lake campus had an Indigenous day celebration of sorts. The program with the Lake Babine Nation is a pilot project with Nicola Valley Institute of Technology, in its fifth year. The class celebrated the Aboriginal Day with drumming, singing and traditional food. Drumming and singing was done by Eugene Patrick, Wilf Plasway Jr., Bernard Patrick and Marion Smith. The cohort has 16 students and three instructors Rosalie Macdonald, Louise Lacerte and Beatrice Michell. (Submitted/Lakes District News)
Members blaming OneFeather, questioning validity of the recount
Burns Lake Native Development Corp. (BLNDC) has a cohort of eight Residential Building Maintenance Worker Program students in partnership with the College of New Caledonia and ITA (Industry Training Authority). The program idea which was conceived by John Patrick and his late mentor Linda Johnnie while under the employ of the Lake Babine Nation has finally been realized through efforts by Patrick, BLNDC's Manager Chantal Tom and CFO Ed Clayton. "I felt the Building Maintenance Worker program would be the ideal program that could, finally, help our First Nations communities with the problems in our housing, because it covers such a wide range of disciplines that are desperately needed. Not only will it teach our members carpentry, but also how to repair drywall, roofing issues, repair and maintain plumbing, maintenance and installation and many others, in effect, becoming the jack-of-all-trades," said Patrick, adding that they are now working with the Prince George Nechako Aboriginal Employment Training Association (PGNAETA) to see about getting the students Level 2 of this program. (Submitted/Lakes District News)
