Category Archives: 2019
Williams Lake residents could see taxes increased by as much as 6% in 2019
Williams Lake residents could be facing a minimum one percent tax increase this year. Council brought up the increase during their regular meeting as a way to fund additional asphalt recycling and ens...
Feb 21, 2019
Bulkley Valley School District announces new superintendent
School District 54 will have a new man at the helm come April 1st. Michael McDiarmid will take over for outgoing superintendent Chris van der Mark, who is making the move to the Cariboo-Chilcotin. McD...
Feb 21, 2019
Houston hosts Coastal GasLink open house
Northwest residents have a chance to check out the job prospects with a multi-billion dollar pipeline development in northern B.C. today. Coastal GasLink is holding its Economic Summit in Houston whic...
Feb 21, 2019
Village of Fraser Lake teaming up with area First Nations to build camp for pipeline workers
Fraser Lake is teaming up with a number of area First Nations to build a pipeline work camp of their own. Construction on the Coastal GasLink pipeline which will fuel the 40 billion dollar LNG project...
Feb 21, 2019
WestJet cuts Terrace-Calgary flights
WestJet is bailing on its Terrace to Calgary route next month. The company confirms that it's suspending the twice-weekly direct flight due to less than stellar numbers. In an email, spokesperson Morg...
Feb 21, 2019
Federal Government says it has met with 75% of First Nations communities affected by TransMountain expansion
According to the Federal Government, meetings with 75 percent of First Nations communities included in their TransMountain pipeline consultation process have already been completed. Last year, a Feder...
Feb 21, 2019
2019 International Conference on Indigenous Languages to be held in Victoria this summer
This summer, Indigenous language experts from around the world will gather in Victoria for the 2019 International Conference on Indigenous Languages. 2019 has been declared by the United Nations as th...
Feb 21, 2019
Quesnel agrees to return land for Cultural Centre to Lhtako Dene
One northern BC First Nation's application to build a cultural centre has received a massive boost thanks to the City of Quesnel. Last year the Lhtako Dene Nation filed an application for the cultural...
Feb 21, 2019
Cullen introduces winning Create Your Canada bill
Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen and the NDP have tabled a bill that would require all consumer product packaging in Canada to be compostable or 100 percent recyclable. The private member's bill...
Feb 20, 2019
New MRIs paying off for patients/Northern Health
Northern Health says it's on track to perform about 70 percent more MRI scans than it used to. The health authority credits the installation of new MRI machines in Terrace and Fort St John, and a new ...
Feb 20, 2019