Bear Flats News Today

Nigel Wray with the Blizzard Bicycle Club bested his clubmates this past Sunday in a 7.16-kilometre race on Bear Flats hill.

The Fort St. John RCMP is asking for the public’s assistance in a suspicious car fire investigation.

UPDATED as of 11:47 p.m. - Hydro says the power outage in Fort St. John could be restored by 2:30 a.m. Sunday. For the rest of the outages, there is still

Six new wildfires started in the region over the weekend due to natural causes, according to BC Wildfire Service (BCWS).

The Donnie Creek wildfire continues to grow, but a lot of the growth is due to planned ignitions, according to BC Wildfire Service (BCWS).

A new out-of-control wildfire sparked off Highway 29 near Bear Flats shortly after 2 p.m. on Thursday.

The Peace River Regional District has expanded the evacuation order for Red Creek and Stoddart Creek areas due to the severity of the nearby wildfires.

We are just four months into the year and local volunteer rescuers have already been out in the field for 25 days on missions.

Long-time Bear Flat residents Phon, 85, and Dara, 72, Sutton drowned March 22 after the flooded Tonto Creek swept their pickup truck off the crossing outside their community near Thompson

Fire officials on the Payson Ranger District are preparing for prescribed fire operations to burn debris piles near Christopher Creek Campground beginning Tuesday, Dec. 6-10.