Category Archives: News
RDBN wants to know if residents around Smithers would pay for fire trailer
RDBN director Mark Fisher wants to know how much Smithers residents are willing to pay for wildfire protection. Fisher has launched a survey for residents of Smithers Rural Area A to determine public ...
Jan 31, 2019
Aboriginal graduation rate in Prince Rupert drops in 2018
Aboriginal student graduation rates in Prince Rupert have dropped 8 percent below the provincial average. According to a report released by the Ministry of Education, Indigenous high school students i...
Jan 31, 2019
Second year of Highway 16 Transportation Action Plan more than triples use
Ridership more than tripled in the second year of the Highway 16 Transportation Action Plan. Celebrating its second anniversary, the plan has provided safe inter-community travel to roughly 18 thousan...
Jan 31, 2019
BC's Auditor General releases 4 new reports
It was a big day for the Office of the Auditor General in BC as they released four new reports today. In the first report, the Office found the Ministry of Finance's controls were not adequate for ens...
Jan 31, 2019
Canada could be down 1 billion dollars on Trans Mountain Pipeline purchase, according to new report
Canada may have over paid for the Trans Mountain pipeline project by nearly 1 billion dollars, a number which, according to a new report, could still grow. A Parliamentary Budget Office report release...
Jan 31, 2019
3Nations collaborate on youth mining industry initiative
A new learning initiative led by three First Nations will give youth an opportunity to explore the mining industry. Organized by the Tahltan Central Government, youth from the Kaska and Tlingit Nation...
Jan 30, 2019
Forestry Practices Board investigates two public complaints on Haida Gwaii
Two public complaints investigations in to forestry practices on Haida Gwaii have now wrapped up. One complaint surrounded a BC Timber Sales logging operation near Port Clements, while the other invol...
Jan 30, 2019
Kermode Friendship Society beginning planning for National Indigenous Day
All First Nations individuals and businesses in the Terrace area are being invited to help plan ahead for National Indigenous Day this summer. On Monday at 1:00 in the afternoon, the National Indigeno...
Jan 30, 2019
Quesnel Chamber of Commerce officially welcomes new board members
Five fresh faces are joining five familiar ones as Quesnel's Chamber of Commerce welcomed their new board of directors earlier this week. Among the newly elected directors, who will serve until the en...
Jan 30, 2019
Williams Lake sawmill scheduling employees after 2017 fire
A Williams Lake sawmill devastated by a fire on 2017 is finally scheduling employees to return to work. Tolko's Lakeview Division sawmill in Williams Lake was forced to shut down operations by a Novem...
Jan 30, 2019