Hanna Petersen
Reporter
Hanna Petersen is a reporter for CBC News, working out of the Prince George, B.C., bureau. You can email her at hanna.petersen@cbc.ca.
Latest from Hanna Petersen

'Is this the year of another caterpillargeddon?' People in northern B.C. are spotting more tent caterpillars
People in northern B.C. have been noticing more and more tent caterpillars and a local bug expert says the next outbreak could be on the way in the next few years.
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Chainsaw diplomacy: Chetwynd, B.C., is giving away its chainsaw carvings to other municipalities
Chetwynd, B.C., which hosts the annual Chetwynd International Chainsaw Carving Championship is giving away carvings to communities throughout the province.
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Investigation underway after on-duty lighthouse keeper dies alone, west of Prince Rupert, B.C.
The Canadian Coast Guard and a federal workers’ agency are investigating after an on-duty lighthouse keeper died in April at the Triple Island Lighthouse Station, 40 kilometres west of Prince Rupert.
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Northern Health hit with court order after failing to respond to request about care home conditions
'This is not voluntary,' says the information and privacy commissioner of the duty to respond.
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B.C. village struggling to survive following economic impact of Jasper wildfire
It's a 120-kilometre drive between Valemount, B.C., and Jasper, Alta. — but business owners in the B.C. village say the ripple effects of the wildfire that devastated the Alberta town last summer have many of them struggling to stay open.
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The Cure
B.C. city buys health clinic to help community retain and recruit new doctors
Dawson Creek is looking at team care to serve the needs of the community.
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Northern B.C. researchers creating queer history documentary and archive for region
The project will include two components — a documentary film and an accessible historical archive to serve as a lasting resource for future researchers, educators and the public.
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Horn heist: B.C. train museum gets railroaded by targeted thefts
Pictures of the horn were found circulating on a Discord server in the United States prior to the theft.
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Northern B.C. doctor calls for RSV shots to be available to all infants
Dr. Patrick Hemmons travelled to Seattle to get an RSV shot for his daughter. He says he hopes to see nirsevimab become more easily accessible across the country.
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Smudging space, Indigenous identity built in to new hospital in northern B.C.
The new Fort St. James hospital serves a region that is more than one-third Indigenous, and the building — which replaces a series of trailers built in the 1970s — reflects that.
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