thetyee.ca/News/2026/11/02/News-Desert-Then-Came-Crime-Wave It Was Considered a News Desert. Then Came the Crime Wave
Dawson Creek's CJDC-TV has been reduced largely to one news director, Michael Popove, as local newspapers and broadcast jobs disappear across Canada. The staffing decline has coincided with a violent crime wave in the small northeastern B.C. city, while residents worry other local issues go underreported.