Recent History – 1998 July 24, 1998 The value of building permits in Dawson Creek is on the rise. Some 40 permits worth a total taxable value of about $6.4 million have been issued so far this year, compared to $4.1 million for the same period last year. Mayor Blair Lekstrom said the increase shows… Read More

Recent History – 1998 Dec. 2, 1998, By Mark Nielsen, Daily News Staff Some tough issues were dealt with in 1998, but the good has outweighed the bad according to Mayor Blair Lekstrom in his year in review. By the end of November, council had completed its second year since the 1996 municipal elections. “Overall,… Read More

Recent History – 1998 Dec. 9, 1998, Alethea Wiesner, Daily News Staff Reduced activities and cramped spaces have some Rotary Manor residents upset. The problem, simply, is space or lack thereof. Some 10,000 square feet were lost when the top floor of Rotary Manor was closed Feb. 28 this year, a third of the total… Read More

Recent History – 1998 By Daily News Staff and CP, Dec. 21, 1998 British Columbia municipalities were hit with a $40-million cut to their budgets Friday, a day after the province announced its deficit would be almost twice what it forecast earlier. Municipal Affairs Minister Jenny Kwan announced a massive restructuring of B.C.’s system of… Read More

Recent History – 1998 By Alethea Wiesner, Daily News Staff — Dec. 11, 1998 After eight months of hard work by Hegge Construction, the new Lake View Credit Union building on the corner of 9 St. and 102 Ave. and is finally finished. A grand opening is scheduled for Feb. 6, 1999 although the new… Read More

Recent History – 1998 JANUARY Keanan Doucette is Dawson Creek’s New Year’s Baby 1997. Keanan was born at 6:36 a.m. at the Dawson Creek hospital to mother Dana Wilson and father Don Ross. He was 7 lbs. and 14 oz. heavy and 19 1/4 inches tall. Dawson Creek’s assessments went up nearly six per cent,… Read More

Recent History – 1998 By Daily News Staff, Dec. 30, 1998 Property assessment in Dawson Creek rose by nearly two per cent, says Brian Hawkins, area assessor with BC Assessment. Dawson Creek’s assessment roll increased from $467,116,845 to $476,338,600 in the last year — an increase of 1.97 per cent. The 1999 assessment roll is… Read More

Recent History – 1998 By Mark Nielsen, Daily News Staff, Dec. 31, 1998 It was a good year for tourism and Dawson Creek InfoCentre manager Marilyn Croutch has reason to believe that 1999 will be a good one as well. According to recently-compiled statistics, some 39,456 people filed through the info-centre during the course of… Read More

Recent History – 1998 Condensed from feature articles appearing in the Peace River Block News between December 24, 1998 and January 5, 1999. JANUARY Mikaela McKay, daughter of Amanda Jones and Rob McKay is the New Year’s baby Net value of property rose 1.3% over the past year, according to the assessor Hart Hotel owners… Read More

Recent History – 2005 By Gary Rusak, 4 April 2005 The city’s portion of the one-time $35 million infrastructure payment announced as a part of the new memorandum of understanding (Fair Share) will be used to help cover the cost of the South Peace Community Multiplex, mayor Wayne Dahlen said on Friday. “That was set… Read More