People travelling the Alaska Highway can look forward to improved public safety with expanded access to 911 emergency services through five new roadside emergency call boxes.

A notice to proceed has been issued for the transfer of a forest tenure in the Fort Nelson Timber Supply area from Canadian Forest Products Ltd. (Canfor) to Peak Fort Nelson Properties Ltd.

Two northeast First Nations communities are receiving $1 million for clean energy projects as part of a funding partnership between the Province of British Columbia, Government of Canada and New Relationship Trust.

People living in British Columbia’s northern-most region are benefiting from annual infrastructure funding that supports critical infrastructure development and will strengthen the local economy.

Residents and area communities that have long fought to revive Fort Nelson’s forest sector are starting to realize the benefit of their efforts with the approval of the Fort Nelson Community Forest Agreement, in partnership with the British Columbia government.

Below-normal stream flows and signs of drought in smaller streams have caused the Province to declare a Level 3 drought rating for the Fort Nelson area.

Comments are being accepted until Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, on a discussion paper that is part of a comprehensive timber supply review for the Fort Nelson Timber Supply Area.

A community meeting for B.C.’s first Poverty Reduction Strategy will take place in Fort Nelson on Thursday, March 22, 2018.

Fort Nelson-area residents and media are informed that the Find Your Fit Tour stop scheduled for today at Fort Nelson Secondary School, to be open to the public from 3:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., has been cancelled due to weather concerns.