Noah got creative over the holidays by modifying a remote control car and testing it out in Valemount’s winter conditions—and on a ramp. /LAURA KEIL
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Even though the world is in chaos with Covid-19, mobs, riots and all, there is still so much to be thankful for like enjoying the beauty of the great outdoors. I filmed this winter scene up Horsey Creek in early January, where there is so much more snow than on the Robson Valley floor. /LEON LORENZ
McBride Public Works crews were kept busy Wednesday removing the fallen half of a large tree in the cemetery as well as a tree in Steve Kolida Park./ANDREA ARNOLD
The base of this poplar tree that flattened the Foster’s fence measured 42 inches in diameter. It blew over, exposing it’s large root system./SUBMITTED
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The base of this poplar tree that flattened the Foster’s fence measured 42 inches in diameter. It blew over, exposing it’s large root system./SUBMITTED
Contact Andrea at [email protected]
The base of this tree on Bob Elliotts property on Dore River road had a circumference of 7.5 feet. It was partially uprooted and then snapped off taking with it a power line to a small cabin. The family hopes to salvage some of the wood to create a piece in Elliotts memory./ANDREA ARNOLD
An example of poles with more than one line along the top. This pole had fire damage prior to the photo being taken. Also labeled for clear understanding of which lines are Hydro./SUBMITTED
A tree fell on this line in the Wells/Barkerville area resulting in a fire. The lines are labeled to illustrate which lines to be concerned about./SUBMITTED
Valemount’s Kindergarten class recently took the time to walk over to the food bank with teacher Debbie Iorns and personally deliver their contributions. /SUBMITTED
Henry Unger in 2014 with some of his carvings. /LAURA KEIL
Professional registered forester Judy Thomas spurred an investigation after she lodged a complaint with the Forest Practices Board, concerned that beetle salvage harvesting was jeopardizing biodiversity legal orders in the Prince George Timber Supply Area. Pictured here in a Northern B.C. spruce-dominant forest. PHOTO BY ROB NORWELL.
Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said those highest-risk of developing serious illness will get the vaccine first. Details of a mass vaccination strategy will be announced at the end of January. BC GOVERNMENT PHOTO
Independent ecologist Dr. Karen Price welcomed the recommendations by the Forest Practices Board to update the biodiversity legal Order in the Prince George area, but said the Board missed the ‘smoke and mirrors’ math allowed by government that allows timber supply companies to count 120 year-old trees (instead of 140 years) as old growth, and which gives an inflated impression that more old growth remains. PHOTO BY DAVE DAUST
