Fort Nelson is located in the far northeastern corner of British Columbia, about 995 miles from Vancouver. Fort Nelson and the Fort Nelson Indian Reserve have a combined population of about 3,000.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency issued an air quality alert Sunday in response to a “band of very heavy smoke from wildfires in northeast British Columbia.” The agency said the northern ...

Sitting quietly in northeastern British Columbia, Canada, at the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, Tumbler Ridge is recognized by UNESCO as "an area of global geological significance." ...