Category Archives: 2019

Fittest Of The Valley
Teams of 3 compete against the Smithers Saltos Gymnasts in individual, and team events for cash prizes! All proceeds from this fundraising event go towards much needed new equipment for the Smithers S...
Craig Ellis Aug 13, 2019

Bulkley Valley Exhibition
The 100th Bulkley Valley Exhibition will be taking place August 22nd-25th at the Smithers Fair Grounds! There will be rodeo action every day, including bull-a-rama on Sunday! The midway full of your f...
Craig Ellis Aug 13, 2019

Williams Lake RCMP searching for missing man after bridge incident
Williams Lake RCMP are asking for help finding a missing man. Mounties say Branton Regner has not been seen since an incident at the Rudy Johnson bridge Friday, August 9. Few details about the inciden...
Craig Ellis Aug 12, 2019

Smithers, other northwest communities receive housing grants
Some northern B.C. communities will share in nearly $1.5 million in provincial grants to study housing needs. The money comes from the government's first intake of the housing needs reports funding pr...
Craig Ellis Aug 12, 2019

Fire near Highway 37 could grow depending on weather
The BC Wildfire Service says the flames burning four kilometres south of Bell II remain at 58 hectares, but that could change. Fire Information Officer Carolyn Bartos says there are sixty firefighters...
Craig Ellis Aug 12, 2019

Another tourist drowns in the Robson River
RCMP say another tourist has died after falling in the Robson River. Mounties say the 53-year-old Chinese man fell into the swift-moving stream while he was walking along the lower section of the Berg...
Craig Ellis Aug 12, 2019

Tanker rollover causes traffic tie-ups near Halfway River turnoff
Fort St. John RCMP say Highway 97 south of Wonowon will likely be reduced to single-lane alternating traffic for the next 24 hours. Mounties say a tanker truck carrying natural gas rolled near the Hal...
Craig Ellis Aug 12, 2019

Telecom outage affects Fort Nelson emergency numbers
A major telecommunications network outage is affecting emergency phone numbers in Fort Nelson. NorthwesTel says the outage is affecting phone services in northern B.C., Yukon, Nunavut, and Northwest T...
Craig Ellis Aug 12, 2019

Illegal seafood seizure could net charges
A northwest B.C. man is facing possible charges after a major seizure of illegal seafood earlier this month. Sergeant Tracy Walbauer of the BC Conservation Officer Service says officers were conductin...
Craig Ellis Aug 12, 2019

Terrace SAR conducts helicopter rescue
Terrace Search and Rescue was able to help pull an injured worker out of a tough spot over the weekend. Search manager Dave Jephson says they got a call Saturday at 3 p.m. from Smithers Search and Res...
Craig Ellis Aug 12, 2019