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Budget 2023: Council reviews proposed budget

On March 27, Council took its first kick at the 2023 overall budget. At the start of the night, the budget was sitting at $20,736,976,...

Budget 2023: The cost of water is going up

In 2022, the District of Tumbler Ridge collected $461,000 in user fees for water. Those rates have been the same for the last number...

Council considers Grants in Aid and Fee for Services for 2023

Council considered a handful of Grant in Aid and Fee for Service requests for 2023 at the February 21 council meeting.  These include a proposed...

BC Hydro takes another step towards fast charging in Tumbler

In May of 2020, the District of Tumbler Ridge was approached by BC Hydro to see if the town was interested in participating in...

New Council inaugurated

On Monday, November 7, Tumbler Ridge’s new council was officially sworn in.  Of the seven, only two—mayor Darryl Krakowka and Councillor Chris Norbury—have previous council...

Words of wisdom from outgoing mayor

Former Mayor Keith Bertrand says that his biggest issue when he came on as mayor was learning about how Tumbler Ridge fit into the...

Geopark and Museum secure funding

In the end, it wasn’t even close. After nearly two years of waiting, the Tumbler Ridge Global Geopark and the Tumbler Ridge Museum Foundation are...

Krakowka wins mayoral seat in close race

The votes have been cast and counted and recounted after some of the data was not entered properly, and the winners have been announced.  Congratulations...

2023 Permissive Tax Exemption bylaw goes before council

One of the last items on the docket for the current council was to give the first three readings to the 2023 Permissive Tax...

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