Energeticcity.ca Weekly Review: 2025 Journalism Conference

Welcome to the next installment of the Weekly Review, a series where we mention what’s going on behind the scenes and showcase the previous week’s most-read stories.

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Behind the Scenes

This week, Energeticcity.ca reporters travelled to Calgary to attend the Fraser Institute’s 2025 Journalism Conference. They are joining the ranks of more than 500 Canadian journalists who have participated in the Fraser Institute’s journalism programs over the years.

Here’s Caitlin Coombes, Energeticcity.ca assistant news director and civic reporter, getting stuck into the three-day event.  

Most-Read Stories of the Week

It’s always interesting to see what the readers of Energeticcity.ca are most curious about. Sometimes it’s a big decision that will impact property taxes, and sometimes it’s a new restaurant coming to town. Here are the most-read stories for the week of August 31 to September 6, 2025:

1. BC Hydro reveals how much it paid to Peace for projects including Site C: The utility has revealed the amount of money it paid to the Peace River Regional District, District of Hudson’s Hope and City of Fort St. John in 2024 and 2025 in grants-in-lieu of taxes.
2. Fort St. John strength athlete crowned province’s strongest man: Alex Lorincz captured the strongman title at the BC Strongman Amateur Provincials in Williams Lake.
3. Police hunt for witnesses after man hospitalized with ‘serious injuries’: The RCMP are appealing for witnesses or dashcam footage of a reported assault in Fort St. John.

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