Due to dry conditions and increasing wildfire risks, Category 2 open fires (e.g., backyard burning) and fireworks use will be prohibited in the Fort St. John and Dawson Creek fire zones effective at 12 midnight MST on Monday, May 12, 2014.

The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations plans to conduct a series of prescribed burns in 19 Peace Region locations between May 8 and June 7, 2014, weather conditions permitting.

Prescribed burning is planned for eight locations in the Omineca Region between April 29 and June 7, 2014, weather conditions permitting.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a woman who died following a snowmobiling incident near Valemount on April 15, 2014.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died in an avalanche near Blue River on March 15, 2014.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a male who died following a motor vehicle incident near Fraser Lake on Jan. 17, 2014.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died in an avalanche near Valemount on Jan. 18, 2014.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a male who died following a snowmobiling incident near Lower Post on Jan. 1, 2014.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a male who died following a motor vehicle incident near Purden Lake on Jan. 2, 2014.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identities of a man and a woman who died following a motor vehicle incident near Houston on Dec. 29, 2013.