Energeticcity.ca Weekly Review: Sharing Indigenous Stories

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

Throughout 2025, we have had multiple articles and projects aimed at sharing Indigenous stories in the region. We are excited to announce that one of those projects has won an award!

The Before the Peace podcast powered by Troyer Ventures and the Fort St John Co-op has won the Best Podcast (Small Market) award for the second year in a row from the 2025 Canadian Radio Awards. In this podcast, host Chris Walker is joined by guests such as Pat Jansen, Taylor Behn-Tsakoza, Connie Greyeyes, and more to learn about the Indigenous and Métis people in the area. Thank you to everyone who has listened over the years! If you want to check it out, you can find it wherever you get your podcasts or click here to listen now.

A new series for us in 2025 was our Indigenous Explainer series. Over the year, Ed Hitchins, our Indigenous Voices Reporter, has written multiple articles to provide more context on Indigenous culture, events and more. Make sure to check them out and let us know what you think at contact@energeticcity.ca

• What is a Smudging Ceremony?
• How Smokehouse Meat Helped Protect Winter Food Supplies
• What Are Handgames?
• Beading Group Honours First Nations Veterans
• How the First Nations Education Program Benefits School District 60 Students

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 December 7 to 13, 2025:

1. Company Apologizes After Parade Spectators Sprayed: with flamethrower fuel. The incident occurred during the Fort St John Santa Claus Parade on December 6, 2025. In a Facebook post, Eagle Vision Video Productions apologized for the problem with its special effects equipment. 
2. Person Taken to Hospital: in “serious” condition after an incident on Highway 97 during the afternoon of December 8, 2025. It was later reported that two people died in this incident.
3. ICBC Issues 39 Tickets: to the owner of Elite Driver Training School as both allege training issues. All this comes after ICBC suspended all road tests in Fort St. John indefinitely in early December. 

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