Tracey Hoffman News Today

ELSIE — Nearly two dozen tractors rumbled and roared into the Ovid-Elsie High School student parking lot Friday morning, for “Drive Your Tractor to School Day,” continuing a traditional Friday

OAKLEY — The village of Oakley transformed into something of a boom town over the weekend, receiving visitors in numbers well in excess of its Census-estimated population of 286.

In the first two weeks of May, Prince George RCMP saw a more than 100 per cent increase in reported vehicle thefts.

Dawson Creek RCMP and ICBC provided 46 free steering wheel locks to residents to help prevent the theft of older vehicles.

Tracey Hoffman, who lives close to where the train derailed, has joined a class-action lawsuit against train operator Norfolk Southern and will no longer drink the tap water.