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Nexen’s BAR Team Receives 2013 Canadian Society of Safety Engineering’s (CSSE) Special Project Award

Congratulations to Nexen’s Balzac Abandonment and Reclamation (BAR) Team on receiving the 2013 Canadian Society of Safety Engineering (CSSE) Special Project Award, a category that received numerous submissions. The CSSE…

Nexen invested approximately $13.1 million in communities

CALGARY – Nexen Energy ULC reported the release of its 2012 Sustainability Report, a review of the company’s health, safety, environmental, social and economic performance for the year. The report…

10 years for “To Dye For Hair Studio & Colour Bar”

10 years for “To Dye For Hair Studio  & Colour Bar”

  By Kathy Smith On Saturday, July 20th, approximately 50 attended the 10th anniversary celebration and grand re-opening of To Dye For Hair Studio & Colour Bar. Clients were treated…

5th annual Nenan Youth & Elders Gathering at Bear Flats

5th annual Nenan Youth & Elders Gathering at Bear Flats

By Kathy Smith Bear Flats near Charlie Lake was the location for this year’s Youth and Elders Gathering hosted by Nenan Dane zaa Deh Zona Children and Family Services Society. …

“I Can, Yukon, We Alcan”

“I Can, Yukon, We Alcan”

  Christine Allegretto alerted Fort Nelson News to a group of cyclists who were travelling from Anchorage to Dawson Creek. “They are a family of troopers,” she wrote. “Two grandmothers,…

Watch your driving!

Watch your driving!

On Saturday evening this lumber truck was involved in a single vehicle accident while travelling southbound toward Fort Nelson on the Alaska Highway. BC Ambulance attended, however, there were no…

The Chief married the photographer

The Chief married the photographer

Just married!  Fort Nelson First Nation Chief Sharlene Wildeman and well known local outdoor photographer and songwriter, Chris Gale, were married on the weekend at Toad River under the watchful…

IBC launches VIN Verify Service to identify flood-damaged vehicles

TORONTO – To protect consumers, Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) and its member insurance companies have compiled a database of flooded vehicles that have been reported and branded as non-repairable…

Midtown Community Garden seeks artistic flair and donation of concrete

Midtown Community Garden seeks artistic flair and  donation of concrete

By Kathy Smith In the spring of 2011, Danny Soles and the Farmer’s Institute held a meeting to discuss interest in creating a second community garden.  He proposed that the…

Fundraiser for Drop-in Centre

Fundraiser for Drop-in Centre

The Northern Lamplighters Association just held a fundraiser raffle of three donated prizes.  The grand prize was the picture shown above, donated by Jim Cobbett, and was won by Colin…