Category Archives: 2019
Dawson Creek RCMP still working a 45-year-old missing persons case
Dawson Creek RCMP are still trying to get to the bottom of a 45-year-old missing persons case. Murphy Williams was last seen at 3 a.m. on August 15th, 1974. Williams had been working for two days at a...
Aug 01, 2019
Haida director's film selected by Toronto International Film Festival
Christopher Auchter's first documentary with the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) will have a major debut. The Haida director's short film Now Is The Time has been selected at the prestigious Toron...
Aug 01, 2019
Sinclar announces temporary mill downtime
The cuts keep coming for B.C.'s beleaguered forestry industry. Sinclar Group Forest Products has announced a two-week curtailment for its operations in Prince George, Vanderhoof, and Fort St. James be...
Aug 01, 2019
Close call for driver near Terrace
Terrace RCMP were called out to a single vehicle crash Tuesday night. Mounties say a report of a car in the ditch along Substation Ave near Highway 37 came in shortly before 11:00. Witnesses say the d...
Jul 31, 2019
Regional Food Hub announced for Quesnel
The B.C. government has announced up to a half a million dollars to develop a regional food hub in the Cariboo. A food hub is a centralized shared-use processing facility for food and beverages. The i...
Jul 31, 2019
Cullen calls on feds for forestry aid
Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen is joining a chorus of B.C. mayors calling on federal help for the struggling forest sector. Curtailments and closures at a number of northern B.C. sawmills have...
Jul 31, 2019
First Nations want B.C. to boost financial assurance for mining companies
Five years after the catastrophic Mount Polley mine disaster, A B.C. First Nations group is calling on the provincial government to close a loophole that could leave taxpayers on the hook for future m...
Jul 31, 2019 (Jonathan Hayward/ The Canadian Press)
Territorial dispute flares up between Nisga'a, Gitanyow
A territorial dispute is one again brewing between two northwest B.C. First Nations. Gitanyow members conducting a scientific study of Nass River salmon and a selective economic fishery say they were ...
Jul 31, 2019
Missing Alberta man may be heading to B.C.
Alberta RCMP are trying to track down a missing man. Mounties say 37-year-old Jeremy Ray of Beaverlodge was last seen July 29 and may be travelling to Fort St John. Ray stands six feet tall, weighs 22...
Jul 31, 2019
Terrace chops down century-old tree over safety concern
The City of Terrace has cut down a tree that stood fo over 100 years in its downtown core. The tree at the corner of Lakelse Avenue and Emerson Street was planted in 1915 by city founder George Little...
Jul 31, 2019