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  • Cut off by 3rd landslide in a decade, Old Fort, B.C., residents worry about community's future

    04/25/2026 5:35:46 PM PDT · by jerod · 5 replies
    CBC news ^ | Apr 25, 2026 | Matt Preprost, Tom Summer, Andrew Kurjata
    Ministry says it will take a deeper dive into cause once current slide stops movingOn a sunny Friday morning, Kelly Ziebart walks through mountains of mud and dead grass that have heaved off the hills, just south of Fort St John, B.C. "Look how far the road slid down here," he said, pointing to damage along the closed road into Old Fort. "I think they're talking 50, 60 metres." This is the third landslide to hit the community of roughly 150 people since 2018. Once again, it has destroyed the only road in or out of the hamlet along the...