Fort Nelson

Both incumbent mayoral candidate Bill Streeper and challenger Kim Eglinski have experience around the council table at the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality (NRRM).

The small northern town of Fort Nelson is bolstering its small, independent businesses, with help from Small Town Love and the Northern Development Initiative Trust.

The Northern Rockies Regional Airport is getting a major facelift, thanks to $4.3 million in funding from the Federal government, the Alaska Highway News has learned. The money will go towards two different projects.

The provincial Community Adult Literacy Program (CALP) funding of $52,424 was renewed for two Fort Nelson literacy programs, which work to help adults and families improve reading and writing skills.

If you’re hoping to get into the spirit of Oktoberfest this weekend but can’t afford a trip to Germany, you’re in luck if you live in Fort Nelson.

Fort Nelson is already lacking medical personnel, so the idea of doubling or tripling the population concerns local leaders. The town is staring down the barrel of an LNG boom, and all of the labor force that comes with it.

As Fort Nelson both embraces and braces for an LNG-fueled economic boom that could begin as early as this year, it’s trying its best to prepare for an influx of residents who will suddenly require more housing, medical care and transportation than th

The cries are growing for a new skate park in Fort Nelson. Brody Mould, 12, says the current park's days are numbered. "We need a new park," he said. "This one is too old.

After Bill Woollam asked Northern Rockies Regional Municipality to impose a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, British Columbia's northernmost municipality did the opposite - it issued a letter in support of the controversial procedure.

When Joshua Kiiza, an 11-year-old from Uganda, arrives in Fort Nelson later this month, he'll be one step closer to achieving his dream of getting an education and becoming a minister.