Category Archives: 2019
Terrace RCMP arrest same man twice last Friday
A Terrace man was escorted once to hospital and twice to jail by RCMP near the end of last week. Last Thursday, RCMP responded to the 4300 block of Lakelse Avenue for concerns of a man breaking in to ...
Apr 17, 2019
Presumptive illness rules expanded for health care professionals
Regulatory changes in effect today will make it easier for health care and emergency service workers to access mental-health compensation. Nurses, emergency dispatchers, and publicly funded health-car...
Apr 16, 2019
Linda Innes elected as new Chief Councillor for Gitxaala Nation
Linda Innes has defeated incumbent Clifford White to become the new Chief Councillor for the Gitxaala Nation. Elections for the Nation's elected Chief and Council spots took place yesterday, with Inne...
Apr 16, 2019
Province provides half million dollars to Upper Skeena Rec Centre
The final amount of funding needed to finish off the Upper Skeena Recreation Centre is now in place. Stikine MLA and forests minister Doug Donaldson was on hand in Hazelton Monday to announce $500,000...
Apr 16, 2019
Crime prevention funding announced for Smithers/Hazelton region
Northwest programs supporting youth, Indigenous healing, and women escaping violence will benefit from one-time provincial funding. Over $200,000 though the Crime Prevention and Remediation grant prog...
Apr 16, 2019
CFN says assertions that Bill C-48 will lead to less jobs are unfounded
According to the Coastal First Nations, implications that Bill C-48's passing will negatively impact jobs are unfounded. Bill C-48, the focus of Senate Committee hearings being held in Prince Rupert t...
Apr 16, 2019
Provincial Tuition Waiver Program benefiting less students in the north
While BC as a whole has benefited greatly from the Provincial Tuition Waiver Program, the north appears to be lagging behind. In 2017, the province launched the program to help former youth in care ga...
Apr 16, 2019
National Inquiry in to Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls still fighting for 2 RCMP files
With the June release of their much anticipated report looming, the National Inquiry in to Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women is still fighting for access to two files. Those files are the last of ...
Apr 16, 2019
Blackwater Gold mining project receives federal approval
A billion dollar mining project in Northern BC has been approved, but not without a number of stipulations. This morning, the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change announced that they were approv...
Apr 16, 2019
CGL drops civil contempt charges against Wet'suwet'en members
Coastal GasLink has decided not to proceed with civil contempt charges against 14 Unist'ot'en members arrested in January. Yesterday, the BC Prosecution Service said there was insufficient evidence to...
Apr 16, 2019