When Sechelt mayor John Henderson took office last November, one of his first tasks was to sign a local state of emergency order due to a shortage of drinking water. Since then, he’s been working to find at least some short-term solutions to his district’s water woes. That led Henderson to the halls of the […]
“It’s hard to believe a province could spend $30 to $40 million on a recovery process where we have not seen one house or one business rebuilt.” ––Jackie Tegart More than 100 frustrated residents of Lytton marched through the undeveloped dirt lots that used to be their homes Wednesday, protesting the slow pace, and rising […]
Written By Tania Finch, Special from The Broken Typewriter
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After 80 years in Fort St. John, 80 years of informing the city and surrounding area about news, events, births, deaths, job opportunities, new businesses and so on, the Alaska Highway News is no more. This week they’ll put out the final edition. The digital era has put an end to community newspapers as we knew them […]