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Article content FORT ST. JOHN, British Columbia, Jan. 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Residents of Old Fort, a rural community near Fort St. John, say their property values have evaporated following two landslides in the past few years that cut-off the only road in and out of their community. Two homes above the community and a few in the community remain under evacuation alert. However, permits kept being issued and landslides kept happening. While the energy rich North East and the defendants continue to rake in the money through royalties, licence fees and rates, the Old Fort resident plaint...

The B.C. government is "sticking it to the hard-working families" of northeastern B.C. by not compensating residents near Fort St. John who say two landslides have blocked their roads and wiped out their housing values. The residents of Old Fort say they've been forced to sue the B.C. government because of "months of excuses and foot-dragging."