Chetwynd airport will receive $1,301,350 in funding from the B.C. Air Access Program this year for runway resurfacing, announced MLA for Peace River South Mike Bernier, on behalf of Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Todd Stone.

Ten participants from the Saulteau First Nations received the training they need for jobs in their communities, thanks to a federal-provincial partnership under the Canada-B.C. Job Fund Agreement.

Northern Lights College (NLC) will receive $150,000 to support training for workers affected by the temporary decreased production at the Chetwynd Mechanical Pulp Mill.

Fifty elementary students will help release 14,000 lake trout into Moberly Lake as part of an ongoing effort to restore the species in its historic habitat.

The new Wildmare Bridge on Highway 97 is now complete, announced Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Todd Stone. The $4.1-million project is part of the Province’s 10-year transportation plan, B.C. on the Move.

The Saulteau First Nations are replacing a plant nursery’s propane heating with a biomass heating system, with funding support of $150,000 from B.C.’s First Nations Clean Energy Business Fund.

Wildfire Management Branch is asking the public to refrain from entering the area where the Mt. McAllister wildfire is currently burning.

Fourteen thousand juvenile trout were released into Moberly Lake at Spence Tuck Regional Park, as part of a six-year project launched in 2010 to recover lake trout in Moberly Lake.