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Ottawa is putting up to $83.6 million into the Peace Region Electricity Supply project connecting power from Site C to natural gas developers in the Northeast, it was announced today.

The Government of Canada announced they are providing up to $83.6 million for the Peace Region Electricity Supply project through the Investing in Canada Plan, while BC Hydro is providing the remaining $205.4 million.

Thirteen drilling rigs were at work in Northeast B.C. as of April 18, 2019, according to Rig Locator. The region had the highest fleet utilization rate in Western Canada at 30% for the week, with 35 rigs down.

Treaty 8 First Nations involved in caribou recovery efforts in the South Peace hope an extension on public consultations and the appointment of a community liaison will stem the spread of misinformation and some of the racist tone surrounding their n

John Horgan’s NDP government has appointed former Liberal MLA Blair Lekstrom as a special advisor to his government on a contentious plan to protect caribou herds in the Peace River region.

The province has extended the timeline on caribou recovery consultations in the Peace Region by four weeks, and tapped Dawson Creek Coun. Blair Lekstrom to act as a community liaison during the process, Premier John Horgan announced Monday.

Sentences handed out in Northeast B.C. courts for the week ending April 12, 2019: Fort St John Law Courts • Brandon Boyd Moore (born 1984) was sentenced to 30 days in jail for breach of probation.

Premier John Horgan and Forests Minister Doug Donaldson are scheduled to meet with Peace Region officials in Dawson Creek on Monday. The Regional District board has scheduled a special closed meeting at 11:30 a.m.

Enbridge is fighting back against legal action brought by the Lheidli T'enneh First Nation over the natural gas pipeline explosion last fall. In a response filed this week in B.C.

The Doig River First Nation has submitted a proposal for federal funding to develop the K'ih tsaa?dze Tribal Park into an indigenous protected and conserved area. Officials from the First Nation gave Fort St.