Category Archives: 2019
Toilet stolen from storage unit in Terrace
A Terrace resident may be without a toilet after a storage unit was ransacked sometime last week. Numerous items were reported stolen from a unit on the 4200 block of Sparks Street on Friday. Along wi...
Mar 11, 2019
BC Oil and Gas Commission says Houston area not likely original home of artifacts discovered last month
According the the BC Oil and Gas Commission, Indigenous artifacts discovered near Houston likely did not originate there. Last month, a pair of ancient stone tools and various artifacts were discovere...
Mar 11, 2019
Federal funding to go to killer whale research
2.9 million dollars in fresh federal funding is going towards scientific research on southern resident killer whales. Minister of Fisheries Jonathan Wilkinson announced the funding, which will be spli...
Mar 11, 2019
RCMP investigating Valemount homicide
The North District Major Crime Unit is investigating a death in Valemount. Police were called Sunday morning shortly after 11 and found a 60 year-old man dead at an undisclosed location in the communi...
Mar 11, 2019
Second driest February on record for Terrace
Terrace residents experienced an extremely dry and cold February. According to Environment Canada, the city experienced the second driest month and had the sixth coldest February since 1913. BC River ...
Mar 11, 2019 Photo Jeff Blagden
Charles Hays Rainmakers win Provincial AA basketball championship
For the first time in 18 years, the Charles Hays Rainmakers are double-A provincial basketball champions. Finals wrapped up in Langley this weekend, where the Prince Rupert based secondary school secu...
Mar 11, 2019
Prince Rupert now accepting applications for business facade improvement program
20 thousand dollars in funding is being made available to improve the look of Prince Rupert businesses. Applications are now being accepted by the City's Economic Development Office for the 2019 intak...
Mar 11, 2019
Wolf killing contest in Williams Lake draws ire of environmentalists
Williams Lake has become the focus of a group of nearly 50 pro-animal activists speaking out over alleged "killing-contests". Environmentalists are calling for the Ministry of Forests and Lands to tak...
Mar 11, 2019
Crashes, slippery conditions along Northwest highways
Overnight snowfall is causing some trouble on northwest B.C. Highways. Kitimat RCMP responded to a collision on Highway 37, about 30 km north of Kitimat around 6:30. Police say it was initially report...
Mar 11, 2019
Air quality advisories ended in Houston and Terrace
A change in the weather has helped clear pollution out of two northwest B.C. communities. The environment ministry and Northern Health have ended air quality advisories for Terrace and Houston. The ad...
Mar 10, 2019