Construction has officially started on the new $26.6-million Margaret “Ma” Murray Community school, benefiting Fort St. John students, teachers and the community for years to come.

Students, teachers and staff at North Peace Secondary school in the Peace River North school district will benefit from $656,800 in provincial School Enhancement Program funding.          

Families in the Peace River North school district will no longer pay fees for students riding school buses within their schools’ catchment areas thanks to $425,785 in funding under the new provincial Student Transportation Fund.

The Peace River North school district (SD 60) signed its second Aboriginal Education Enhancement Agreement (AEEA) to help more Aboriginal students graduate and reach their dreams and goals.

The British Columbia Conservation Officer Service is asking for the public’s help to solve a string of suspected wildfire arsons in the Peace region.

Service BC is expanding the services it offers, by partnering with the Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovation (SDSI) in the community of Fort St. John.

It’s a beautiful thing when a career and a passion come together, and that’s exactly what’s happened for new social worker, Jenna Roy.

The Province of British Columbia is providing $60,000 to two communities in the Peace Region to help host the 2015 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge.

The Ministry of Health, in partnership with Northern Health, is responding to an urgent need for more primary health-care resources in Fort St. John by funding three new nurse practitioners for the community's unattached patient clinic.