A new dataset from a program about water quality, quantity and climate research in Northeast B.C. has been released, combining settler and indigenous research.
Rotary Ribfest is set to return to Fort St. John this summer for the fourth straight year.
Peace region resident Evan Saugstad is commenting on drug decriminalization in his latest opnion piece.
School District 59 is creating 74 childcare spaces in Dawson Creek and Tumbler Ridge to provide support for families with young children.
In this edition of the Weekly Review, we share how local organizations are recognizing Red Dress Day. Plus, the most-read stories of the week.
The Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program (FWCP) is looking for a new member to fill out its 16-seat Peace region board.
Lighting is suspected to be the cause, according to BCWS.
According to event promoter Clint Parker, Northern Combat Invitational 9 will be held at the White Knuckle Boxing Academy at 5032 49th Avenue in Chetwynd.
QUESNEL, B.C. — Councillors in Quesnel, B.C., have voted unanimously to censure their mayor, saying his actions related to a book denying the harms of Canada's residential school system jeopardize the city's relationship with Indigenous communities. Coun. Scott Elliott made the motion, telling council that all the work that has been done to rebrand the city has been "demolished" by Mayor Ron Paull's actions. A report to council says Paull "attempted to distribute" a copy of the book, titled "Grave Error: How the Media Misled Us (and the Truth about Residential Schools)," at a Cariboo Regional District board meeting where he was representing the city. Paull denied "distributing" the book and told Tuesday's meeting that his work on advancing reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples is a matter of public record. The book's editors introduce it as a response to what they described as "moral panic unleashed" after the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc First Nation announced in May 2021 that it had identified what it believed to be the unmarked graves of more than 200 children at the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C. At Tuesday's council meeting, the mayor read a letter saying he brought his wife's copy of the book to a Cariboo Regional District meeting and showed it to two colleagues in the context of wondering what the district's library might do with it. Paull said he would give those "launching this charge" against him "the benefit of the doubt," adding "thisis all based on a misunderstanding." He said one of his colleagues claimed he had referred to the book as a "good read," but he has not read it so he couldn't have made such a direct statement. "I do recall, however, saying that according to the online reviews of the book, many reviewers noted the book as a 'good read,'" Paull said in his letter to council. The mayor apologized for "picking the wrong book" to bring to the regional district meeting in nearby Williams Lake, B.C., saying he "didn't mean any harm." This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 2, 2024.
Fort St. John residents are being asked to stay away from the Northern Lights Drive trail for the next few days.
The District of Hudson's Hope is letting the public know that the boat ramp on Dinosaur Lake at the Peace Canyon Dam will be closed for construction next week.
The Peace Gallery North’s curator and coordinator since 2022 is moving to another province soon, but she says Fort St. John has become “a second home” for her.
