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Tania Finch from The Broken Typewriter for Energeticcity.ca

Based in Charlie Lake, Tania is an independent journalist and creator of the online newsmagazine, The Broken Typewriter. She got her start in journalism at The Northerner in 1994, where she spent a couple of years before moving to the Alaska Highway News, and eventually back to The Northerner as Editor.

Soon, a move to freelance magazine writing presented itself, and Tania’s work appeared in Northwest Business Magazine, Oilweek, Peace Country Farmer, The Patch Review and later Energeticcity.ca. Her work has also appeared more recently in Northernbeat and the Western Standard.

Tania will be wearing two hats for this election period, covering local government meetings for Energeticcity.ca, and continuing with her work at The Broken Typewriter.
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Tania Finch's Latest Articles

New building makes ‘huge’ difference to operations, NPSAR reports

The acquisition of a building on 100th Avenue as a base for North Peace Search and Rescue (NPSAR) has been a tremendous boon, its president Brian Lamond told the City of Fort St. John.

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City replaces decades-old Traffic Bylaw

Fort St. John’s development services has modernized and streamlined its Traffic Bylaw, which regulates traffic and parking in the city.

New bylaw to prohibit temporary overnight sheltering in Fort St. John parks

The City of Fort St. John's new Parks and Open Spaces Bylaw prohibits temporary overnight sheltering in parks and open spaces. 

Taylor library seeks more programming space in former Medical Clinic building

Taylor Public Library has asked the district if it can use the former Medical Clinic building for more programming space.

River Rats seeks $3K fee forgiveness for summer World Jet Boat Championships and Annual Poker Rally

The Peace Country River Rats will have $3,075 in fees forgiven for the 2025 World Jet Boat Championships in June and its Annual Poker Rally in July.

Taylor finalizes land acknowledgement with ‘heart’

After over a year of work and consultation with First Nations, the District of Taylor has crafted a land acknowledgement to be read before meetings and events in the district.

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New $151K repeater in Hudson’s Hope proposed to stop firefighters losing crucial radio lifeline in emergencies

Petron Communications said its proposed new $151,209 communications repeater in Hudson’s Hope would stop firefighters losing signal on their radios at critical moments when responding to an emergency.

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Fort St. John risks $60K fees and $250K revenue loss over high rates of recycling contamination

The City of Fort St. John is at risk of incurring $60,000 in fees and forfeiting $250,000 in annual revenue if rates of recycling contamination - four per cent higher on average than the Recycle BC target - do not improve. 

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City awards $2.55 million contract for 2025 asphalt overlaying

The City of Fort St. John council voted to award the contract for its 2025 Asphalt Overlay Program to Terus Construction at a meeting on April 14th.

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PRRD to tackle illegal dumping with new littering policy

The Peace River Regional District (PRRD) is looking to tackle illegal dumping by implementing a new policy focused on monitoring, reporting, response and enforcement.

‘Disappointed’: Meeting with health minister sought after Northern Health follow-up letter
Fall Fair Society will continue to run North Peace Regional Park

The Fall Fair Society will continue to run the North Peace Fall Fair park as a 'community park', it has been decided by the PRRD.

More fact-finding needed on future of resource road important for cultural, lake access

A group has been formed to explore the possibility of keeping Clearwater Callazon Resource Road, which provides important access to the south side of Williston Lake, open now it is set to be decommissioned. 

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