Municipal News

The Peace River Regional District will intertwine with Cleanfarms B.C., who will continue their work collecting agricultural plastics and waste from eight of the region’s landfills and transfer stations.  

A short project may result in a tall tower, depending on the public’s reaction to Plateau Pipe Line Ltd.'s submitted proposal for a new communication tower between Dawson Creek and Fort St John. 

Fort St John city council is inviting residents to make a comment, or leave a comment, at their public hearing on the proposed second entryway for a local gas station’s expansion plan. 

Responsibility for the replacement of the North Peace Leisure Pool was shifted from the regional district for northeastern B.C. to Fort St John, the city that homes the pool. 

The Peace River Regional District’s largely-rural community will see updated bylaw enforcement protocol, and adjusted fines for violations, after the council voted in favour of a revised bylaw.  

Air Canada announced a phased departure in offering certain flights after receiving 72-hour strike notice from the union representing the former Crown Corporation's flight attendants. 

Kin Park is continuing to glow up, after Fort St John city council voted to upgrade, and add overlay, to some of the trail – which saw lighting upgrades earlier this summer. 

The Northern Rockies Seniors Society will continue to cruise through the region after the regional municipal council voted in favour of providing a grant for their on-demand shuttle service. 

Residents in a Fort St John neighbourhood will not have water service as of tomorrow morning while the city repairs a water leak in the area.