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Fort St. John, Dawson Creek, Chetwynd and Tumbler Ridge have all seen an increase in population

The City of Dawson Creek and Hawkair have entered into exploratory talks on adding a daily flight to Calgary from the Dawson Creek Airport.

Grassy Point LNG has received a license from the National Energy Board to export the liquefied gas from a proposed facility at Grassy Point, near Prince Rupert. The license is for 25 years and caps out at 807 billion cubic metres.

Things are looking better for once-troubled Douglas Channel LNG, a proposed liquefied natural gas export facility near Kitimat, now that partners in the consortium officially completed the transfer of ownership.

The province is accepting comments until today on a proposal for the Murray River coal river mine that HD Mining wants to build near Tumbler Ridge.

The manager of Dawson Creek's airport says lower fares and more fly-in workers are behind record-setting passenger numbers in 2014.

Project slated to bring 175 jobs during construction and 9 permanent jobs when it becomes operational at the end of 2016; "Once Site C out of the way, new demand going to be met by the IPPs” — Bennett

Although no final investment decisions were made in B.C.

A decision could be made this year on a proposed $2.5 billion gas plant near Chetwynd that would come with up to 300 full time jobs.

Oil refinery proposals face gas refinery competition: Local companies planning multibillion-dollar gas and methanol facilities in Chetwynd