Giant vegetable season is back!
Who says it’s impossible to grow nice produce in the muskeg around Fort Nelson? Once again, the Fort Nelson News office has been the lucky recipient of abnormally large (and…
Former Fort Nelson businessman and civic leader dies
Al left us unexpectedly on the morning of Friday, September 6th at the age of 73 years. He is survived by his sons Allan (Caroline) Brown of Surrey, BC; Kurtis…
A Heartfelt Thank you
On Wednesday September 25th, Ken Rombough took flight from Gordon Airfield in a Seawind 2000. These planes are considered amateur or kit built, however this particular aircraft was built at…
Cruisin for A Cause!
Last Thursday A&W employees dressed 50s style for restaurant’s country-wide fundraiser ‘Cruisin’ for a Cause’ to raise money for Multiple Sclerosis. The event brings back an earlier time when car-hops…
Farris comments on Kitimat LNG and FEED agreement with Chevron
Apache’s third-quarter results August 1, 2013 Brady Parish, Vice president Apache Investor Relations, said gas revenues are slightly higher than the first quarter, and higher prices offset a slight decline…
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…
“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!
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…
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…
4th Annual Toad River Run
What a great day! The 4th Annual Toad River Run was a big success this year – 86 participants came to walk, run and shoot skeet. Although the participants woke…
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