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Northern Health asks City for bus fare

Northern Health asks City for bus fare

Fort St. John’s health authority asked the city last month to help pay for 50 complimentary B.C. Transit bus tickets to pay for the need of transporting “marginalized people” in the Energetic City.
Curbside recycling won't pinch taxpayers: Mayor

Curbside recycling won't pinch taxpayers: Mayor

Fort St. John City Council voted to include curbside collection of recyclables in the next curbside solid waste collection contract, effective Sept. 1, 2015. Garbage and recyclables would be collected on alternating weeks.
North Peace has fun on the farm at Fall Fair

North Peace has fun on the farm at Fall Fair

For 67 years, people have crowded the fairgrounds north of Fort St. John to celebrate rural life on one weekend in the fall, and this year was no different.
North Peace Airport gets $250,000 grant to upgrade parking

North Peace Airport gets $250,000 grant to upgrade parking

The North Peace Airport parking lot is getting another upgrade, thanks to another $250,000 grant from the Northern Development Initiative Trust.
Fort St. John Hospital ICU stays open despite critical nurse shortage

Fort St. John Hospital ICU stays open despite critical nurse shortage

Despite concerns that the intensive care unit (ICU) at Fort St. John Hospital could be closed this past weekend due to understaffing, it remained open and adequately staffed, officials reported The rumor originated with a B.C.
You 'can' do it, NEAT says of Community Can event

You 'can' do it, NEAT says of Community Can event

Event aims to show that canning can be good for you and for the environment
Police investigate possible murder in Fort St. John

Police investigate possible murder in Fort St. John

Police initiated a homicide investigation on Tuesday after recovering the body of a woman in Fort St. John. At just after 1:30 p.m. they received a third-party complaint about a man with a gun near 105th Ave. and 108th St.
David Suzuki Foundation puts a price on the Peace Watershed

David Suzuki Foundation puts a price on the Peace Watershed

The David Suzuki Foundation released a study saying that the ecological services provided by the Peace River watershed to farmland, keeping water clean, offseting pollution, providing a home for wildlife and providing a place for people to enjoy natu
Salvation Army Centre of Hope officially opens

Salvation Army Centre of Hope officially opens

Peace Region politicians got a chance to see first hand where people go when they have nowhere else to go. On Monday, Prince George-Peace River MP Bob Zimmer and North Peace MLA Pat Pimm toured the Salvation Army Northern Centre of Hope.
Second hand in high demand in Fort St. John

Second hand in high demand in Fort St. John

There’s a new thrift store in town, and the proprietors are hoping to benefit from the packed storerooms of other second-hand stores around Fort St. John.
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