Community events for the weekend of July 31

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Energeticcity.ca Staff

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Peace Valley Lookout may become a park

By: 

Kimberley Molina

Friday, July 30, 2010

The Peace Valley Lookout may soon receive the designation of a regional park.

The Province is providing just over $12,000 to help stimulate land development and economic activity for the area just ou...

UPDATE - City requesting community help to assess flood damage

By: 

Adam Reaburn

Friday, July 30, 2010

The City of Fort St. John is looking for residents to report damage after Thursday night’s freak thunderstorm.

The City would like local residents and business owners to report damage to the City, so...

Search for gold continues at Taylor event

By: 

Kimberley Molina

Friday, July 30, 2010

The 38th Annual gold panning event is happening in Taylor this weekend.

The event runs on July 31 and Aug. 1 and will begin with a parade, starting at the community hall at 10 a.m. Saturday.

Sheena ...

RCMP investigate vehicle fire

Friday, July 30, 2010

The local RCMP is seeking public assistance as it continues to look for the owner, and a possible suspect, in a week old vehicular fire case.

It says early last Saturday (July 24th, 2010) morning, ...

City assessing storm damage

By: 

Kimberley Molina

Friday, July 30, 2010

The city of Fort St. John is in cleanup mode and damage assessment after the overwhelming downpour Thursday night.

Last night’s storm brought a considerable amount of rain over a short period time ca...

Downpour causes flash flood at mall

By: 

Kimberley Molina

Friday, July 30, 2010

Flash flooding and knee deep water from Thursday night’s storm in Fort St. John caused problems for some businesses.

Many of the stores in the Totem Mall were slightly flooded because the mall ties i...

UPDATE - Storm causes flash flood in Fort St. John

By: 

Adam Reaburn

Thursday, July 29, 2010

A freak thunderstorm left a number of streets and basements flooded in Fort St. John.

A thunderstorm moved in from the south at around 5:30pm, Thursday. The storm featured heavy rain and hail. The storm caused several flash floods in the community. 

Photos and Video from the flood

By: 

Energeticcity.ca Staff

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Small fire caused by storm, City's Public Works Dept. mopping up and flooding at the Totem Mall

By: 

Andrew Tylosky

Thursday, July 29, 2010

  City Manager Dianne Hunter says the worst of the flooding is over and Public Works is now dispatching all resources to mop up the mess. The storm overloaded the storm sewer system and as the system catches up she expected the water to disperse.