Category Archives: News
Gidimt'en enforcement updates
This thread will continue to be updated as the day goes on After over a week of speculation, RCMP have confirmed they will be enforcing an injunction against a Gidimt’en Camp in Wet’suwet&...
Jan 07, 2019
Kitimat RCMP searching for missing teen
Kitimat RCMP are requesting public assistance in locating a missing teen. 15 year-old Elizabeth Stone was last seen at Dolce Verona at approximately 4:30 last Thursday. Officers believe Stone is activ...
Jan 07, 2019
RCMP to enforce injunction against Wet'suwet'en members today
RCMP confirm they will be enforcing an injunction against Indigenous camps preventing access to Wet’suwet’en territory near Houston Monday. The interim injunction granted last month gave t...
Jan 07, 2019
BC paces country in unemplyment rate for 16th straight month
BC’s unemployment rate is the lowest in Canada for the 16th month in a row. Overall, Canada’s unemployment is the lowest it’s been since the data started being compiled in 1976, with...
Jan 04, 2019
BC Ferries asking for public input
BC Ferries wants to know what you think of their service. A call for public input has been put out by Ferry Commissioner Sheldon Stoilen ahead of his quarterly report. Users have until January 31st to...
Jan 04, 2019
Changes to Fair PharmaCare to eiliminate drug deductibles for low income families
Fresh changes to Fair PharmaCare will eliminate prescription drug deductibles for lower income families. Families earning less than 30 thousand dollars in total income will no longer have to pay out o...
Jan 04, 2019
Port Edward forced to shut off water to RV Sanidump
District Officials in Port Edward have shut off water to the RV Sanidump at the District’s entrance. Normally, the District shuts the water supply off in late November, but they had left the wat...
Jan 04, 2019
More than 200 customers in Central Interior and southern Cariboo still without power
Roughly 130 residents between Quesnel and Williams Lake still find themselves without power after a series of outages yesterday. At one point, more than a thousand customers were without power yesterd...
Jan 04, 2019
Five residents escape house fire in Prince Rupert
An early morning house fire yesterday called emergency crews in Prince Rupert in to action. Both RCMP and firefighters responded to the fire on the 500 block of 8th Avenue West just after 4:00 yesterd...
Jan 04, 2019
Kitimat and Prince Rupert finally welcome New Years babies
Kitimat and Prince Rupert had to wait a bit longer than most for their New Year’s babies. Neither of the two communities saw their first births of 2019 until yesterday, with Prince Rupert having...
Jan 03, 2019