Site C

Camp company is applying to run a licenced lounge in the facility

Lounge would only be open to camp workers and their guests

Oil and gas rights will no longer be auctioned in an area near the Saulteau and West Moberly First Nations reserves

2016 is shaping up to be a slower year for Mounties in Dawson Creek, according to new statistics from the RCMP. The local detachment has respond to 3,416 calls so far this year, according to statistics presented at the June 27 city council meeting.

Peace Region MLAs Pat Pimm and Mike Bernier have created a committee to make sure backcountry users aren't cut off from their favourite hunting, fishing and sledding grounds when future land deals with First Nations go through.

More than 1,200 British Columbians were working on the Site C dam as of May 2016, but Peace Region residents made up less than one-third of the total workforce. Local MLAs Pat Pimm and Mike Bernier announced the "employment milestone" of the B.C.

Band pulled out of a lawsuit against dam in 2015

Crown corp. hasn't kept tabs on per cent of local hires on mega project

Four challenges against controversial project remain

Bill Bennett, the minister who ushered the Site C dam from approval to nearly one year of construction, has announced he will not seek re-election in 2017. As Minister of Energy and Mines, Bennett has overseen some of the B.C.