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District Confirms first case of COVID-19 in Tumbler Ridge

While there have been (unconfirmed and unsubstantiated) rumours swirling about cases of Covid in Tumbler Ridge, first at the mine, then at the school,...

Study calls for moratorium on new northeast mines

A new study out by the Corporate Mapping Project argues that the local mines play a large role in the decline of caribou populations...

District seeks grant to reduce flatbed erosion

After part of the road and picnic area was washed away during flooding last year, the District is seeking to stabilize the banks of...

Track rescue by canoe

Charles Helm A summer-of-2020 fossil-prospecting trip in search of new dinosaur track exposures near Tumbler Ridge yielded very little until the turnaround point.  There, at the...

Third time’s the charm. Canadian Fibre Optic dreams of bring fibre to Tumbler

Hope for truly high speed Internet in Tumbler Ridge remains merely that: hope.  There have been two attempts in the last two years that both...

Curbside Recycling starts Dec 8

After years of false starts and waiting, curbside recycling begins in Tumbler Ridge on December 8.  Tumbler Ridge’s road to curbside began in 2014, when...

Mike Bernier holds onto South Peace

It was closer than last election, but Mike Bernier still won the South Peace hands down, taking 3,215 of the 6,239 votes that have...

Power going out today for certain parts of town

BC Hydro has a couple planned outages around town from 10-3 today. These outages will affect portions of Babcock Ave and Gwillim Crescent on...

Local boy headlines Home Routes at Home series

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJB-lfIj4g4 Music fans will want to catch next week's Home Routes Stay at Home Routes concert, as it features Scott Cook. Cook grew up in...

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