Energeticcity.ca Weekly Review: 2025 Annual Report

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

At the beginning of last year, we released our first Annual Report as part of our ongoing commitment to transparency with our readers and Supporters. To continue this goal, we have now released our 2025 Annual Report.

In this report, we give you a behind-the-scenes look at the health of our newsroom and our priorities for the year ahead. Here is the first part of the report:

The Finances

Energeticcity.ca operates the largest newsroom in Northeast B.C., with five full-time journalists dedicated to covering this region. While one reporter is currently working remotely as we recruit locally, the newsroom is based in Fort St. John and focused entirely on serving Northeast B.C. This allows us to deliver consistent, professional coverage of city halls, courts, Indigenous communities, elections, public safety, and the issues that matter most to the people who live here.

For 2025, we have budgeted more than $330,000 in newsroom wages alone, not including rent, utilities, technology, website infrastructure, editing, and administrative support. Local journalism at this scale is expensive, but it is essential to a healthy, informed community. Many people assume website advertising pays for this work. In reality, Energeticcity.ca’s website ads account for only about 10 percent of our total revenue. A five-reporter newsroom is possible because it is supported by multiple revenue sources working together, including:

• Digital marketing services we provide to local and regional businesses
• Federal journalism tax credits and support programs
• Funding from Google under the Online News Act
• Journalism grants
• Donations from local readers and Supporters

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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 January 11 to 17, 2026:

1. Province Considers Name Changes: in Peace region over link to controversial historical figure. Trent Thomas of the B.C. Geographical Names Office explained the province is considering a request to rescind the official names of locations named after historical figure Joseph William Trutch.
2. Dawson Road Maintenance Fined: over $240,000 following a WorkSafeBC inspection. According to the penalty summary, Dawson Road Maintenance was fined $248,095.47 for reported violations related to traffic control during a culvert installation project on a public roadway.
3. Hudson’s Hope Teacher Charged: with sexual exploitation and sexual assault. A publication ban is in place for any information which could identify either the victims or the accused. 

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