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Qwest Helicopter takes Business Category in Bed Race

Qwest Helicopter takes Business Category in Bed Race

by Christine Mould The annual charity bed race hosted by the Fort Nelson Hospital & Healthcare Foundation was another big success this year. A grand total of $25,000 was raised…

B.C. makes final written argument to Northern Gateway Panel

VICTORIA – British Columbia has made its final written submission to the Northern Gateway Pipeline Joint Review Panel. In the submission, the Province states that it cannot support the project…

Apache Chief predicts increasing price of natural gas

Apache Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer G. Steven Farris made a presentation to the Ford Bernstein’s 29th Annual Strategic Decisions Conference. Amongst his remarks Farris mentioned the company’s interests in the…

School Zones remain in effect during holidays

Police would like to remind motorists that, although summer is just around the corner, school is still in session. This means, that when you are driving through a school zone…

Travel Canada: The Alaska Highway: road trip through the wilds

Travel Canada:  The Alaska Highway: road trip through the wilds

  The Alaska Highway: road trip through the wilds The Alaska Highway across Canada’s British Columbia and Yukon is stunning, but even more memorable than the road trip itself are…

Gold Star award winners celebrate a first for the north

Gold Star award winners  celebrate a first for the north

By Anne Margaret MacDonald On May 31st the cosmetology program at Fort Nelson Secondary School (FNSS) was honoured with the Golden Star Award from the BC Retired Teachers Association (BCRTA).…

Summer is the buzz… of ATVs

Now that we can safely say summer is here the weekly police beat would not be complete if did not begin, end, or contain an article about a complaint or…

Entrec Signs agreement to acquire GT’s Crane and Transportation Services in Fort Nelson

SPRUCE GROVE – ENTREC Corporation On Tuesday  it announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a 100% interest in GT’s Crane and Transportation Services Inc. and all…

Apache execs outline future plans for upstream Horn River partnership with Chevron

Minutes of a Special Regional Council Meeting April 25th, 2013 Mayor Streeper welcomed the Apache delegation; Tim Wall, President, Kitimat Upstream, Apache; Rob Spitzer, Executive Vice President, Kitimat Upstream, Apache;…

WCSS conducts oil spill dry land clean-up exercise

By Kathy Smith Since 1972, Western Canada Spill Services Ltd. (WCSS) has been helping to ensure that the petroleum industry is in a state of preparedness for oil spill recovery. …