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2 weeks ago | energeticcity.ca | Steven Berard |Ken Boon |Bob Mackin |Spencer Hall

Pacific Northern Gas has submitted an application to increase its rates in Fort St. John and Dawson Creek for the next three years. FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. - Pacific Northern Gas has submitted an application to increase its rates in Fort St. John and Dawson Creek over the course of the next three years.

2 weeks ago | energeticcity.ca | Steven Berard |Ken Boon |Bob Mackin |Spencer Hall

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. - BC Hydro has reported another drop in employment at the Site C hydroelectric dam project. According to the latest employment numbers released by the utility, 1,578 people worked on the project during March of 2025, down slightly from the 1,604 reported in February. BC Hydro says this is part of a downward trend that's expected to continue as the project's fall completion date approaches.

2 weeks ago | energeticcity.ca | Franki Berry |Spencer Hall |Steven Berard |Ed Hitchins

North Peace Minor Baseball has posted on Facebook to report its equipment shed has burned down. FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. - A Fort St. John minor baseball league has suffered a fire this weekend. On April 27th, North Peace Minor Baseball posted on Facebook to report its equipment shed had burned down. It reportedly lost bases, umpire gear, chalk machines, pitching machines and other "miscellaneous maintenance gear" in the blaze, and all only one day before its season begins.

2 weeks ago | energeticcity.ca | Max Bowder |Steven Berard |Spencer Hall |Ed Hitchins

BC Wildfire Service will conduct a prescribed burn in the Flatbed trail area near Tumbler Ridge. TUMBLER RIDGE, B.C. - Prescribed burns will be conducted in the Tumbler Ridge area over the weekend. In an April 25th Facebook post, BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) reminded the public it is set to conduct a 2.6-hectare prescribed burn in the Flatbed trail area to reduce the buildup of combustible materials and mitigate the long-term wildfire risks.

2 weeks ago | energeticcity.ca | Steven Berard |Bob Mackin |Spencer Hall |Caitlin Coombes

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. - The BC Energy Regulator (BCER) is beginning cleanup efforts at 53 newly-designated "orphan sites" in the Peace region. All 53 of the sites were previously owned by Erikson National Energy Inc., a company with assets in northern B.C. that entered financial insolvency proceedings in September of last year.