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.

WorkBC’s Find Your Fit Tour will be in Fort Nelson at Fort Nelson Secondary school on Monday, Nov. 27, and open to the public from 3:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Under the BC Rural Dividend, the provincial government is providing $100,000 to the Fort Nelson region.

Opportunities for greater input into local forest management are expanding near Fort Nelson following an invitation from Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Steve Thomson to the Fort Nelson First Nation and Northern Rockies Regional Municipality to apply for a community forest agreement.

A new, community-based skills training and adult education project for the Prophet River First Nation will help Indigenous participants overcome job barriers, such as low literacy and limited workplace skills to attain secure and meaningful employment.

The B.C. government has distributed $38,112 in compensation for municipal property taxes to the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality.

Community-based skills training in northeast British Columbia is helping First Nations prepare for regional job opportunities, including those generated by natural gas development.

Students, teachers and staff at three schools in the Fort Nelson school district will benefit from $210,860 in provincial School Enhancement Program funding.