Chetwynd

Project will produce low carbon gasoline and methanol from natural gas

Dawson Creek, Chetwynd receive $31,650 in 
gaming grants

Chetwynd is celebrating the official re-opening of a mill that has been closed since 2012. On Wednesday, government and company officials officially opened the Paper Excellence Mill.

As the sawdust settled and the gas fumes blew out onto the horizon with the prevailing winds, Chetwynd crowned its latest carving king. For the second year in a row it was Oregon’s Chris Foltz.

As the Chetwynd landfill nears the end of its lifespan, the Peace River Regional District (PRRD) is sorting out what to do with the town's waste. The landfill plan shows eight to 10 years of life remaining.

There is little room for error when making art with a chainsaw.

A 73-year-old man from Williams Lake is dead after a collision northeast of Chetwynd Sunday morning. At just before 11 a.m. Sunday, a pickup truck flew off Highway 97 about 20 kilometres outside Chetwynd, entered a ditch and struck an embankment.

Twenty-seven individual mail boxes were broken into overnight on Sunday in Chetwynd, according to Canada Post spokesperson Eugene Knapik. The mail boxes are located in the lobby of the Chetwynd Post office, which is open seven days a week.

Chetwynd will be one of the first communities to benefit from BC Emergency Health Services' (BCEHS) launch of a community paramedicine program.

At one point it looked as though the District of Chetwynd would be without a single doctor by July 1, but at a May 15 event marking the opening ceremony of the town's new medical clinic, three doctors announced they will be setting up office in the g