Author Archives: Kobie Smith

Kindergarten students across B.C. will now take part in early literacy screening to help identify reading challenges sooner, including signs of dyslexia and other learning disabilities. Education Mini...

The province has approved funding for a new middle school in Kelowna, adding 800 much-needed seats for students in the growing Glenmore neighbourhood. Infrastructure Minister Bowinn Ma says the invest...

The District of Kitimat has opened a cooling centre at Tamitik Arena to help residents beat the heat. The centre will run daily from 8:30 in the morning until 10 at night, starting today and continuin...

An unexpected outage was affecting clinical systems at the Northern Health Virtual Clinic, leaving staff unable to access patient appointment information or contact patients. As of this morning, techn...

New Hazelton RCMP are investigating after four Gitxsan Development Corporation vehicles were set on fire early Monday August 18th Police say staff discovered the damage when they arrived for work. Sur...

Residents in Burns Lake and the surrounding area are being advised that the Emergency Department at Lakes District Hospital will be temporarily closed due to staffing shortages. The closure begain at ...

Public health officials are warning of more potential measles exposures in Smithers. Possible exposures occurred July 31st at Steelhead Hair Design from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m., August 3rd at the Telkwa Com...

LNG Canada says planned flaring will take place from August 11th to 13th as part of restarting Train 1. The flare could reach between 20 and 80 metres high, with more noise and visible black smoke exp...

Public Health is warning of two new possible measles exposure sites in Smithers. On August 4th, anyone at the Bulkley Valley District Hospital Emergency Department between 6 and 9:45 p.m. may have bee...

LNG Canada is advising the public of scheduled flaring activity taking place today August 7th and Tuesday August 12th as part of an inline inspection of the Coastal GasLink pipeline. The flare will re...