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RCMP say Coastal GasLink site in northern B.C. ‘attacked,’ causing significant damage

HOUSTON, B.C. — Mounties in northern British Columbia are investigating what they say was a violent confrontation between a group of about 20 people and Coastal GasLink employees at a work site for the pipeline. RCMP says in a news release they were ca...

20 masked people attacked workers and equipment at Coastal Gas Link construction site

HOUSTON, B.C. - Coastal Gas Link says 20 masked people attacked workers and vandalized equipment near the Mori...

FSJ resident donates equipment to NLC for wellsite training

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. - A retired oil and gas worker from Fort St. John recently donated a new piece of equipmen...

Worker killed, 2 injured, in truck crash at Suncor mine site

CALGARY — A worker was killed and two others injured in a truck crash at Suncor Energy Inc.'s Base Mine site near Fort McMurray, Alta on Thursday. The incident occurred around 6:30 a.m., when two haul trucks collided, said Suncor spokeswoman Carley Rob...

BCOGC partners with First Nations to restore former oil and gas sites

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. - The B.C. Oil and Gas Commission (BCOGC) is working with local First Nations to bring for...

Coastal GasLink pipeline opposition group reoccupies northwest B.C. worksite a month after police action

HOUSTON, B.C. - Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline opponents are back at the site of a blockade near Houston in no...

RCMP investigating incident involving protestors at a Coastal GasLink site near Houston

HOUSTON, B.C. - An investigation is underway after protestors allegedly threatened Coastal GasLink security of...

Getting vaccinated
Get Vaccinated website only shows appointment-based clinics, FSJ clinics are drop-in only

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. - For residents who may be having trouble sorting out booster dose appointments in Fort St...

WorkSafe BC handed out five fines to FSJ worksites in 2021

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. - WorkSafe BC handed out five fines worth over $685,000 to Fort St. John worksites so far ...

Open more overdose prevention sites in urban and rural areas across Canada: study

VANCOUVER — Researchers in British Columbia say the expansion of overdose prevention sites in Vancouver led to immediate behaviour changes among some drug users as they entered addiction treatment and decreased the number of times they injected substan...

One Island Lake homeowners lobby for yard disposal dump site

Peace River Regional District directors have given permission to the One Island Lake Homeowners Association to...

Two journalists among 15 people arrested by RCMP near B.C. pipeline worksite

HOUSTON, B.C. — British Columbia RCMP have confirmed two journalists were among 15 people who were arrested on Friday for breaching an injunction barring protesters from blocking an access road used by Coastal GasLink pipeline workers.  While their nam...

Three more bodies recovered at site of B.C. mudslide, death toll rises to four

VICTORIA — The death toll from the devastating mudslides in British Columbia climbed to four on Saturday after police recovered three more bodies from one particularly hard-hit area in the southern part of the province. The RCMP announced the recoverie...

RCMP clear protesters off access road for B.C. pipeline worksite

HOUSTON, B.C. — A British Columbia access road that had been blockaded by Indigenous protesters since Sunday has been cleared by the RCMP and can now be used to bring water and other supplies to more than 500 pipeline workers, Coastal GasLink says. Mou...

B.C. public safety minister condemns blockade at Coastal GasLink pipeline site

VICTORIA — British Columbia's public safety minister has condemned a blockade set up along a forestry road used by construction workers for the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline.  Mike Farnworth says in a statement the province is calling for the de...

Health authority takes over Vancouver care home, site of deadly COVID-19 outbreak

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Coastal Health Authority is taking over operations of a Vancouver care home where dozens of residents died during a COVID-19 outbreak that began last November and took months to contain. A statement from the health authority s...

Homes near fracking sites in B.C. have higher levels of some pollutants, says study

VANCOUVER - A new study has found homes close to fracking oil and gas wells in British Columbia have higher le...

House arrest for well site vandalism, thefts

HUDSON'S HOPE, B.C. - A Hudson's Hope man has been sentenced to house arrest after being caught vandalizing a ...

Province launches new website for mental health and substance use support

VICTORIA, B.C. - Residents across the province will now have access to a new website to connect people with vi...

WorkSafe BC hands out two $250k fines to Peace region work sites

Petronas and Canadian Natural Resources were each fined over $250,000 for workplace incidents in the Peace. Ca...

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