Service to help Peace Region farmers deal with oil and gas industry fires back up
More than a year after its closure, a service aimed at helping farmers in the Peace Region of British Columbia...
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ICBC enhancing their care for British Columbian’s
VICTORIA, B.C. - ICBC has improved its online tool, which estimates how much money customers will save. Enhanc...
SD 60 students could win up to $2000 for virtual event
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. - School District 60 students have a chance to win some money, by learning about it, throu...
Members of Kenney’s UCP caucus nix NDP bid to seek details of failed Keystone XL deal
EDMONTON — Members of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s caucus have refused an Opposition NDP bid to make public details of Alberta’s $7.5-billion investment in the failed Keystone XL pipeline project. The eight members of the governing United Conservativ...
Northern BC MLA’s ‘gone fishin’ in new contest
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. - The first annual Shake Off the Blues ice fishing challenge is happening between February...
A chronology of the Coastal GasLink pipeline in British Columbia
Here is a timeline of a liquefied natural gas pipeline dispute in British Columbia, which led to rail disruptions a year ago by people showing solidarity with the hereditary Wet'suwet'en chiefs opposing the Coastal GasLink project: Dec. 31, 2019: The B...
‘We’re still in it’: Wet’suwet’en push forward on rights recognition
Tensions had reached a boiling point over a natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia when a Wet'suwet'en hereditary chief said he made a phone call that changed everything. Na'moks, who also goes by John Ridsdale, was among a group of heredit...
First Pfizer doses administered in Fort St. John
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C - The first doses of the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine have been administered in Fort St. John. O...
Coastal GasLink COVID outbreak over
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - The COVID-19 outbreak at Coastal GasLink has been declared over. The outbreak, which was...
Irving Oil lays off 60 workers from Saint John refinery, citing collapse in demand
SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Irving Oil has laid off 60 workers from its Saint John refinery, saying the pandemic has had an "extreme and serious" impact on its business and industry. The company says it also reduced its contractor workforce to 225 workers from ...
Update: New helicopter service coming to Fort St. John
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C - Update: A quote was removed pertaining to Highland Helicopter staff hired by Heli Source ...
BC Parks Student Ranger Program open to FSJ students
VICTORIA, B.C. - Applications are now open for the BC Parks Student Ranger Program. The program is funded by b...
UPDATE:Outages taking place across Peace Region
UPDATE: As of 7:30 p.m., Dawson Creek has two outages with 490 customers affected, Fort St. John has two outag...
RCMP Detachment to be complete by 2022
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. - The RCMP Detachment is moving on up as it remains on schedule for completion in early 20...
Festival Plaza on schedule for completion
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. - The Festival Plaza is four to six weeks away from completion, according to the City. Acc...
Northern Health urging preventative overdose steps against ‘Benzos’
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. - Northern Health has released a public health alert as Benzodiazepines or "Benzos" contin...
Body of worker whose bulldozer fell through ice on inactive tailings pond recovered
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — Oilpatch giant Suncor says the body of a man whose bulldozer fell through the ice on one of its inactive tailings ponds earlier this week has now been recovered. The company issued a statement saying emergency responders complet...
First 2021 virtual business roundtable happening next week
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. - The Fort St. John & District Chamber of Commerce will be holding their first busines...
Alzheimer’s Awareness Month focuses on Northern residents
VANCOUVER, B.C. - British Columbia's Alzheimer Awareness Month urges Northern residents to help imagine a bett...
Worker missing after dozer breaks through frozen tailings pond in northern Alberta
FORT MCMURRAY — A worker is missing after a dozer broke through ice on an inactive Suncor tailings pond in northern Alberta.Suncor Energy Inc. spokeswoman Erin Rees says crews responded to the accident Wednesday afternoon at the mine site near Fort McM...
