The Rocky Mountain Goat is a weekly newspaper covering east-central British Columbia, a rural area which includes the communities of Valemount, McBride, Dunster, and Blue River.

At Black Spur, they were able to determine the positions of the original buildings by figuring out where the photographer was standing.” / PHOTO COURTESY LEANNE RIDING I was unloading gear from the ...

Police in Barriere are requesting the public’s help in apprehending a 59-year-old man with an outstanding arrest warrant for assault. Cameron James Rose is described as being 5 foot 9, weighing about ...

As machines broke ground at the site of Valemount’s future daycare and women and children’s housing complex, Lina Thompson gathered members of the Robson Valley Community Services (RVCS) leadership ...

By Laura Keil 50 years ago last week, the Canoe Valley south of Valemount began a transformation that would permanently alter the landscape, the economy, and the future of the area. The Mica Dam, ...

Farmer, veteran, and inventor Phillip Marsh has developed a technology that can help battle climate change and create useful products from organic waste, and he has done it on his family farm on ...

The Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness (EMCR) says it’s working with multiple ministries to support Valemount business recovery in the aftermath of the Jasper wildfire, but stopped ...

Conservative Bob Zimmer has been re-elected as MP of the Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies riding. This will be Zimmer’s fifth term as MP, having first been elected in 2011. In a recent ...

Long standing plans for the Lheidli T’enneh First Nation’s interpretive centre at the Ancient Forest/Chun T’oh Whudujut Provincial Park are coming to fruition. The First Nation released a request for ...

Negotiations are ongoing between Simpcw First Nation and the Government of Canada over reserve lands at Tete Jaune Cache, the site of a small settlement of Simpcw relocated by Canada in 1916 to the ...

When he was 10 years old, Lieutenant Colonel Charles Leake (Charlie) had a child-size WWII Airforce uniform and model airplane he remembers playing with. Despite those early toys, it wasn’t until ...

Japanese coal power plants want torrefied pellets like these to reduce their emissions. In part because of the disaster at Fukishima nuclear power plant Japan is increasingly reliant on coal.