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A British Columbia regional district and three neighbouring First Nations have agreed to work together to restore a river that has been diverted for the last 70 years in order to generate hydroelectricity for aluminum smelting and the province's power grid.
The Nechako, among the major tributaries of the Fraser River, runs through the town of Vanderhoof
A new drone delivery project is officially underway in a remote Northern B.C. First Nation.
The project's first drone took off on Wednesday afternoon, flying about four kilometres to carry health-care supplies from the village of Fraser Lake to a nearby Indigenous community, located about 100 kilometres north of Prince George, B.C.
VANCOUVER -- The University of British Columbia has inked a deal with Drone Delivery Canada to deploy drones to the Stellat’en First Nation and the Village of Fraser Lake in Northern B.C. The project is part of UBC’s “Remote Communities Drone Transportation Initiative.” The drones will be transporting medical supplies, such as personal protective equipment, COVID-19 tests and pharmaceuticals. "This is a project to start our learnings on how this piece of technology can augment care in communities that are really disadvantaged in the health-care system,” said Dr. John Pawlovi...