The Province and Halfway River First Nation are taking key actions together to protect the Nation’s Treaty 8 rights, heal the land and create more predictability for everyone in northeastern B.C. who relies on resource-industry jobs to support their lives and families.

The Bouffioux family of Fort St. John is being honoured with a Century Farm Award, recognizing its contribution and dedication to agriculture in British Columbia since 1916. 

Indigenous communities in northern B.C. are heading clean-energy projects with B.C. government funding, which will lower utility costs and contribute to more economic opportunities and stable telecommunications in emergencies.

People at risk of or experiencing homelessness in Fort St. John have access to 42 new homes with supports now that the Northern Centre of Hope West building is open.

Six Indigenous communities in the North will join the clean-energy sector with local projects following support from the Province.

British Columbian homes and workplaces will benefit from more made-in-B.C. solutions aimed at reducing building energy costs and pollution.

Indigenous communities, local governments and landowners can now identify specific orphan and inactive well sites for priority reclamation as part of the Province’s efforts to clean up wells in B.C. and create jobs for workers in oil and gas service companies.

A new program to restore dormant and inactive wells, and bring support to B.C. workers in oil and gas service companies has seen significant interest from applicants.

Under the BC Rural Dividend Program, the Government of British Columbia is providing $567,190 to five projects in the northeast, Doug Donaldson, Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, announced today.