Eby makes stops across the Peace Region

Premier David Eby made his way through the Peace Region this week, spending time in Fort St. John and Dawson Creek where his visit included meetings with local governments, a stop at Northern Lights College and tours of the John Horgan Dam and Dawson Creek's new hospital.

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While in Fort St. John Eby toured the recently renamed John Horgan Dam which is his first visit to the facility since the name change, giving him a closer look at the dam and generating station with the roughly two-hour tour.

The facility currently produces enough electricity to power about half a million homes each day, with Premier’s office noting British Columbia has some of the most affordable hydro rates found around the world.

“I had a great visit today to the newly named John Horgan Dam,” Eby wrote in a Facebook post following the visit. “The Dam and Generating Station in Fort St. John provide clean electricity for 500,000 homes every day.”

Eby met with Fort St. John Mayor Lilia Hansen and city council as well, to discuss priorities facing the region before making his way to Northern Lights College for a look at the training that happens on campus.

The college is preparing students for careers in the skilled trades and technical fields, areas Eby said will be needed as major projects and clean energy development continue to move forward across northern British Columbia.

“Spent the day in Fort St. John and met with Mayor and council on the region’s priorities. I then toured Northern Lights College, where students are training for the skilled trades and technical careers that major projects and clean energy development will need across the North,” Eby wrote on Facebook.

His time in the Peace Region also included a stop in Dawson Creek, where Eby joined Mayor Darcy Dober and council for a look at the city’s new hospital, which is expected to open next year.

Once complete, the new hospital will be more than 50 per cent larger than the current facility and is being built to provide healthcare services for residents living throughout the Peace Region.

“Joined Dawson Creek’s Mayor and Council today and checked in on the new hospital. It’s set to open next year, bringing essential care to people across the Peace region,” Eby wrote. “This is more than an expansion. It’s a state-of-the-art facility, over 50% bigger than the current hospital, built to meet the needs of the region for decades to come.”

The stops covered three very different parts of life in the North, but each gave the premier a closer look at the projects, training and services expected to serve the Peace Region for years to come.