Energeticcity.ca Weekly Review: Winter Fest begins for 2026

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

It is the start of Fort St. John’s new Winter Fest today – the reimagined High on Ice festival.

Rather than a single weekend, there are now events throughout the whole of February, such as the School District 60 Band’s Winter Carnival starting on the 6th. It’s not all change though, as ice carving and the popular slides are still centrepieces of the fun. 

We spoke to Councillor Trevor Bolin to learn more about Winter Fest as part of our regular Council Corner video – watch the interview here.

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 25 to 31, 2026:

1. Fort St. John RCMP arrests eight after drug trafficking investigation: which saw over 55 firearms seized, including handguns and several suppressors, along with more than two kilograms of suspected cocaine.
2. Person dead in Alaska Highway collision: which started with an initial head-on crash involving a green Ford F350 pickup and black Dodge Caravan, before the two vehicles went into the side of a logging truck.
3. Upcoming outages: were to affect over 400 BC Hydro customers in areas such as Chetwynd, Dawson Creek, Fort St. John and Taylor.

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