Tag Archives: burns lake
Prescribed burning to take place in in Burns Lake Community Forest
Prescribed burning is expected to begin as early as May 5th in the Burns Lake Community Forest. This will be to reduce the risk of wildfire impacting the community, the B.C. Wildfire Service and Burns...
Apr 30, 2021
IIO Sent to Investigation in Burns Lake
The province's police watchdog has sent investigators to Burns Lake. The Independent Investigations Office is taking a look at an incident that took place on December 6 last year. According to the RCM...
Apr 19, 2021
Burns Lake area receives its first Covid-19 vaccines
The first doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been administered in the Burns Lake area. The first doses of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine were given yesterday. Vaccinations are being rolled out based on B.C.'s...
Jan 13, 2021
Northern Health reports more school exposures
Northern Health has reported a number of COVID-19 school exposures, including one in Terrace. An exposure took place between December first and second at Caledonia Secondary School. Health officials a...
Dec 10, 2020
Prescribed burning to be taking place in the Burns Lake area
Prescribed burning will be taking place in the Burns Lake area. The B.C. Wildfire Service and Burns Lake Community Forest will be conducting the prescribed burns with support from Shifting Mosaics Con...
Oct 01, 2020
Highway 16 improvements planned west of Burns Lake
Crews are set to start working in the coming weeks on Highway 16. There will be new and improved traffic lanes west of Burns Lake. The project will improve safety as people travel through the area. "O...
May 26, 2020
Students in Burns Lake complete Nursing Program for the first time
This month marked a special milestone for eight students who completed the Practical Nursing program at CNC's Burns Lake campus. "I thought about it for a while and decided it was something I could do...
Apr 22, 2020
Former Burns Lake mayor sentence to two years less a day for sex crimes
The former mayor of Burns Lake has been sentenced to two years, less a day for sex crimes. The crimes, some of which were committed while Luke Strimbold was in office, were all against youth under 16....
Dec 04, 2019
Burns Lake RCMP investigating after needle found in Halloween candy
Burns Lake RCMP are investigating after they received a report of a needle found in Halloween candy. Investigators say the young trick-or-treater went to several neighbourhoods, so police have not bee...
Nov 05, 2019
Labour deal reached for Francois Lake ferry workers
Francois Lake ferry workers won't be going on strike. The BC Government and Service Employees Union says it's reached a tentative agreement with ferry owner WaterBridge Equipment. The BCGEU says the d...
Oct 29, 2019