Matt Preprost

Matt Preprost is a Fort St. John writer with more than a decade of award-winning reporting experience in daily, weekly, and student newsrooms across Western Canada. He arrived in the Peace River country in 2013, covering the height of the last boom through to the start of Site C and LNG development in the region. He has won eight provincial awards for his reporting and photography in Manitoba, and six awards in B.C. for his work with Alaska Highway News. Matt is an active volunteer and board director for the North Peace Historical Society, and member of the Fort St. John Rotary Club.

Phone

250-785-5631

Email

editor@ahnfsj.ca

Recent Work by Matt

Court Docket: Peace Region, March 13 to 17

Sentences and fines from Fort St. John and Dawson Creek provincial courts

Mar 21, 2023 4:00 AM Read more >

Northern B.C. healthcare worker honoured

Fort St. John health care practitioner Viva Swanson is being recognized by BC Patient Safety & Quality Council.

Mar 17, 2023 7:00 PM Read more >

Local farmland values up 6.6%

The value of farmland in the Peace-Northern region of B.C. increased to an average $2,200 per acre last year; up from $2,100 in 2021, and $1,800 in 2020

Mar 14, 2023 10:05 AM Read more >

Fort Nelson school apologizes for sexual materials given to students

A card deck of provocative sexual slang was given by a public health nurse to students at Fort Nelson Secondary School

Mar 9, 2023 3:10 PM Read more >

10,000 trees to be planted

Ten thousand trees will be planted in Lower Post after the area was scorched by wildfire in 2018.

Mar 9, 2023 11:13 AM Read more >

$25M treatment centre planned

North Winds progressing plans for 60-unit addictions recovery facility in Pouce Coupe

Mar 9, 2023 8:43 AM Read more >

Canfor hopes for quick solution to repurpose Taylor mill site

'A good facility in a good location,' says Canfor Pulp president

Mar 8, 2023 4:57 PM Read more >

Crowdfunding for very sick new mom

Efforts are underway to support the family of new Fort St. John mother being medevaced in critical care to Prince George.

Mar 8, 2023 12:00 PM Read more >

B.C.'s industrial heritage being mapped

Heritage BC seeks public submissions for its new digital Industrial Heritage Cultural Map

Mar 8, 2023 9:27 AM Read more >

Three years jail for 2019 sex assault

32-year-old Ryan Matthew Fallows will be put on the National Sex Offender Registry for 20 years

Mar 6, 2023 4:40 PM Read more >