Energeticcity.ca Weekly Review: Future of Independent Media

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

Energeticcity.ca is not only the largest newsroom in northeast BC, we are also one of the only independent media outlets left in the province. Last week, owner of Moose Media Adam Reaburn was in Ottawa for Press Forward’s Future of Independent Media Summit. Here is what he had to say about the event:

“I was in Ottawa for Press Forward’s Future of Independent Media Summit, where we discussed how newsrooms like ours are building sustainable models in challenging times. The event began with a Senate roundtable with Senator Andrew Cardozo, who recently launched an inquiry into the future of Canadian news media and long-term funding. It was an important conversation about the realities faced by small outlets across the country.

At Carleton University, I joined a panel on the new funding environment for newsrooms. I also had the opportunity to share how we’re growing our newsroom at Moose Media by funding journalism through the advertising services we offer local businesses.

After this week, one thing is clear, independent newsrooms are not waiting for the future of journalism; we’re building it.”

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 October 5 to 11, 2025:

1. BC Hydro Outage to Affect Over 3,300 Customers: on October 19, 2025, from 8 AM to 4 PM. The area affected will be customers in Fort Nelson and Prophet River First Nation according to BC Hydro.
2. Caffeination Station Co-Founder Shares Tax Troubles: and turnaround in social media videos. Jessica Davenport took to social media on September 26, 2025, to share that the CRA had frozen her business’s bank account over unpaid GST.
3. Court Report: for the week of September 29 to October 3, 2025. Included are the latest sentences handed down from the Fort St. John, Dawson Creek and Chetwynd provincial courts.

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