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  VANCOUVER -- The cost to cancel a massive B.C. energy development project would be at least $10 billion, provincial officials revealed in an update on the future of Site C. Thus the project will go ahead, Premier John Horgan and Energy Minister Bruce Ralston announced Friday, but with an increased budget and timeline. Horgan and Ralston spoke at a news conference in Victoria about the findings of a status report into the hydroelectric dam project in northeastern B.C. The report was commissioned by the provincial government in the summer, after Crown-owned BC Hydro raised concerns abou...

Brandon Sun By: The Canadian Press VANCOUVER - A chronology of events in British Columbia’s Site C hydroelectric dam project: Late 1950s: The location for a third dam on the Peace River is first looked at after the locations of WAC Bennett Dam and Peace Canyon Dam were identified. 1970s: Engineering work is done to determine the feasibility of a third dam. 1989: Plans for Site C are shelved because of local opposition to the project. March 2001: The chairman of BC Hydro says he would like to see the project revived and get fast-t...

February 26, 2021 - 12:06 PM VANCOUVER - A chronology of events in British Columbia’s Site C hydroelectric dam project: Late 1950s: The location for a third dam on the Peace River is first looked at after the locations of WAC Bennett Dam and Peace Canyon Dam were identified. 1970s: Engineering work is done to determine the feasibility of a third dam. 1989: Plans for Site C are shelved because of local opposition to the project. March 2001: The chairman of BC Hydro says he would like to see the project revived and get fast-track approval from the government. April 2004: BC...

The Supreme Court of Canada has denied leave to appeal a ruling on the western boundary of Treaty 8, bringing a 16-year legal fight to an end. The decision confirms the western boundary of the . . .

CFNR Network Jan 13, 2021 12:30 PM Some more good news for Northern Health as Covid-19 vaccines arrive in Fort Nelson and the surrounding area. The vaccines began rolling out yesterday and were given based on the Provincial Vaccine Strategy. The groups being immunized are, long-term care and alternate level of care residents and essential visitors, hospital health care workers and medical staff, eligible residents of the Fort Nelson and Prophet River First nations and area residents over the age of 80. Anyone who is eligible for vaccination will be contacted directly to have an appointment b...