Category Archives: 2019
Province awards new northern B.C. road maintenance contracts
The B.C. government says new maintenance contracts for three regions in the north will mean better winter highway conditions. Yellowhead Road & Bridge Ltd. was awarded Service Areas 19 and 23 whic...
Apr 30, 2019
$9.5 million announced for Indigenous clean energy projects
The New Relationship Trust (NRT) has announced $9.5 million over the next three years to help fund Indigenous clean energy projects. The funding, between NRT, Western Economic Diversification Canada, ...
Apr 30, 2019
Pile burning extended near Williams Lake
Williams Lake residents may see some more smoke and flames over the next four weeks. The BC Wildfire service has extended pile burning of wood debris to reduce the wildfire risks in the region. Crews ...
Apr 30, 2019
Terrace RCMP investigate theft from Thornhill Elementary
Terrace RCMP are asking for help finding a big metal box stolen from Thornhill Elementary School over the weekend. Police say the box was secured to the ground under the covered area near the ball fie...
Apr 29, 2019
Gitxsan Hereditary Chiefs ban all recreational sport fishing for 2019
Citing a crisis in salmon numbers, Gitxsan Hereditary leaders have banned all sport fishing from their territory in northwest B.C. The Huwilp Government, composed of 38 Hereditary Chiefs, has been wor...
Apr 29, 2019
Squatter complaint leads to drugs, guns, and and charges against PG man
A Prince George man is facing charges after a complaint about unwanted persons from a rural area north of the city. RCMP were called out to a Salmon Valley home Friday afternoon to find that someone w...
Apr 29, 2019
Maternity services to resume in Williams Lake this week
Expectant mothers in the Williams Lake area will once again be able to deliver their babies closer to home. Interior Health has announced the maternity services at Cariboo Memorial Hospital for low-ri...
Apr 29, 2019
Weather postpones planned search for Cindy Martin
Bad weather hampered scheduled search efforts for a 50 year-old woman missing from Hazelton. Cindy Martin was last seen the night of December 23, 2018. The vehicle she was driving was found locked wit...
Apr 29, 2019
EAO grants extensions for pipeline projects to Prince Rupert
Two proposals to pipe gas to Prince Rupert are still alive, even though the LNG plants they would feed are dead in the water The BC Environmental Assessment Office has approved five-year extensions fo...
Apr 29, 2019
Quesnel RCMP investigating donation jar theft
Quesnel RCMP are trying to track down two restaurant patrons with sticky fingers. Police say a male and female made off with a donation jar from the A&W on the city's north end shortly after 10:30...
Apr 29, 2019