Trent Ernst, Editor After a near-riot broke out in the rural areas of the Peace River Regional District, the PRRD is taking another look at the recently-revised bylaw. The Revised Building Bylaw will be discussed at the PRRD Committee of the Whole Meeting May 23 at 9 am at the Dawson Creek PRRD office. The [...]

Teresa Erickson, Success by 6 Program Coordinator Research has shown that the first six years of life lays the foundation for a person’s life. A unique provincial partnership that bases its work on this principle is now celebrating its tenth anniversary. Success by Six helps to ensure that children ages zero to six develop the [...]

Trent Ernst, Editor Last election, the BC Peace had the worst turnout of any area in the province. The two electoral districts that make up the Peace Region—South and North—ranked in the top three worst voter turnout of the last election, with Peace River South placing third and Peace River North placing first of the [...]

Lynsey Kitching Though the expected boom for Tumbler has yet to arrive, the town is already seeing their assessment values rise substantially due to lack of housing, housing sale prices increasing and increased taxes to the municipality from industry such as the wind farm. And with two new residential developments underway, assessments may continue to [...]

Former Editor Recovering After Fall

Trent Ernst, Editor Former Tumbler Ridge News Editor Greg Amos is recovering after falling while rock climbing at Smoke Bluffs in Squamish. Amos, a passionate outdoorman and athlete was climbing at the bluffs when he fell about 20 meters, breaking his femur and his wrist. “I have no idea what happened,” says Amos, “but I [...]

Lynsey Kitching The budget was set and passed, and then council, after reviewing the tax situation here in Tumbler, reopened the debate last weekend. The financial plan for 2013 has now been passed with a few changes which are going to lower municipal tax levies and adjust the surplus allocations. A number of council members [...]

Lynsey Kitching It was a win-win situation for the residents of Tumbler Ridge regardless of the outcome of the MLA election. Either our mayor would go on to represent the South Peace Region, or we would get to keep our mayor. In the last hours of May 14, we all knew the answer. Mayor Darwin [...]

High Winds Set Turbines A-Spinning

Trent Ernst, Editor After the high winds of last weekend, which sent sheds tumbling into neighbour’s yards and saw trees get blown down, Thursday was a remarkably calm day. For the folks at Capital Power, somewhere between the two would be perfect, but as BC’s newest wind park, its all about the highs and the [...]

PRINCE GEORGE – As a result of dry conditions and an increasing wildfire risk, effective noon on Thursday, May 9, 2013, Category 2 open fires and the use of fireworks will be prohibited in the Fort St. John and Dawson Creek fire zones. This prohibition will be in place until June 15, or until the [...]

Welcoming the World to Tumbler Ridge

Trent Ernst, Editor Have you ever felt like you didn’t belong? Carmen Drapeau has felt like that. She says that one of the most noticeable times was when she went to the Caribbean for vacation. “I felt like a foreigner there,” she says. “It’s a French island, and I speak French, but they humiliated me [...]