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Dwayne Walsh of Fort Nelson recognised for heroic actions

Dwayne Walsh of Fort Nelson recognised for heroic actions

  Mayor Streeper presented Mr. Dwayne Walsh with a Certificate of Commendation from the Governor General of Canada. The award arose from the actions of Mr. Walsh on May 27th,…

Canada’s natural gas industry will generate $940B Over 24 years and support 260,000 jobs per year

The Role of Natural Gas in Powering Canada’s Economy report examines the economic contribution that natural gas exploration, production, transportation, distribution, and consumption will make to Canada’s economy between 2012…

Halfway First Nation gets pretenure agreement from province

FORT ST. JOHN – A new agreement signed between the Province, the Halfway River First Nation (HRFN) and the BC Oil and Gas Commission will support economic development and provide…

April Oil and Gas lease sales earned $40.615 million for the province

The sale of Natural Gas Crown Petroleum Rights held on April 25th, 2013 earned the province $40,615,482. The sale comprised of 11 drilling licences totalling 5,591 hectares (average price $3,481…

China may have more shale gas than found in US

The geographic proliferation of shale gas and tight oil is inevitable This article in the Globe & Mail is worth a read. Though the proliferation of technologies for shale gas…

Chicken Run

Chicken Run

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Encana sale to Endurance Energy

Chamber of Commerce Business Update The Northern Rockies Regional Council and Fort Nelson and District Chamber of Commerce met with Mike Forgo, of Encana, and Dennis Lawrence, of Endurance Energy,…

Lifesaving ShelterBox displayed at Trade Show

Lifesaving ShelterBox displayed at Trade Show

  By Kathy Smith Three students in the Fort Nelson Rotary Club’s International Youth Exchange Program have taken on the challenge of raising money for ShelterBox Canada.  Each ShelterBox kit…

Old Fort Cup Floor Hockey Tournament The final results from the OLD FORT CUP

Old Fort Cup Floor Hockey Tournament  The final results from the  OLD FORT CUP

Top scorer: Devon Kotchea Most Valuable Player: Jonathan Burke Most Sportsmanlike Player: Joshua Burke Top Goalie: Zack Badine Follow…

Grand Master Sng honours the Fort Nelson Taekwondo/Hapkido club with trip to study overseas

Grand Master Sng honours the Fort Nelson Taekwondo/Hapkido club with trip to study overseas

Ron Glaves, head instructor of Fort Nelson Tae Kwon Do/Hapkido, received an open invitation to teach Hapkido this summer in Singapore and Taiwan. Grand Master Daniel Sng of Singapore’s National…