Site C

After making documents about a future mitigation and compensation agreement with BC Hydro over the Site C dam public for community feedback, the District of Hudson’s Hope says it has only had positive responses.

Little is known about a landslide in Hudson’s Hope that's releasing toxic metals into a creek, but residents fear it's a bad sign for the Site C reservoir.

Under pressure from municipal leaders, BC Hydro looks set to bring a hiring fair for the Site C dam to Dawson Creek. The city had been left out of Hydro's most recent round of job fairs, despite protests from local businesses.

A group of First Nations leaders have asked Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau to wade into the Site C debate.

Peter Kiss, owner and president of Morgan Construction, doesn't think his company is getting a fair shake in the debate over local hires for the construction of the Site C dam.

Jason Linley, owner of JD Piling & Anchor Ltd., is frustrated he was not consulted on Site C-related upgrades to the 269 Road in Fort St. John, where his business is located.

Around 50 Site C opponents staged the first of what may be many rallies at the dam site Saturday morning. Outside the site entrance off the Old Fort Road, people lit a fire, drummed, and paraded signs as trucks came and went from the busy work site.

BC Hydro is responding to concerns that not enough is being done to hire local workers for the Site C dam. "Construction on the project has only just started," a spokesperson for the Crown Corporation said in an emailed statement.

Members of the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 115 are petitioning civic leaders in the Peace Region to back their plea for provisions giving bidding preference to local businesses for contracts related to Site C.

BC Hydro released new details Wednesday today about a contract awarded in May for the construction of the Site C worker camp. The contract for construction of the camp is worth about $470-million and is expected to create 360 jobs.