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Province cuts maximum allowable rental rate increase
Facing the largest increase in rental rates since 2004, the province has decided to take action. Based on recomendations made on Monday by the Rental Housing Task Force, the province will be limiting ...
CFNRNews Sep 26, 2018
Supportive housing unit in Quesnel comes closer to reality
A proposed 32 unit supportive housing building in Quesnel is coming closer to fruition. With the signing of the Good Neighbourhood Agreement, the planned 3 story Elliot Street building has filled near...
CFNRNews Sep 26, 2018
BC Ombudsperson scheduled for Northern BC meetings next week
The BC Ombudsperson Mobile Complaints team are looking to hear from Northern BC residents. Serving as a link between residents and government agencies, the Ombudsperson collects public complaints and ...
CFNRNews Sep 26, 2018
Gathering in honour of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women to take place in Prince Rupert
A gathering to pay respects to all Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women along the Highway of Tears will take place in Prince Rupert this Saturday. The event is an opportunity to share respects and pr...
CFNRNews Sep 26, 2018
Washington criticizing Canada's Trans Mountain pipeline spill plan
Even the state of Washington is coming forward to criticize the Canadian government’s Trans Mountain pipeline spill response plan. When Canada purchased the pipeline for 4.5 billion dollars in M...
CFNRNews Sep 26, 2018
Quesnel to ban public consumption of cannabis post-legalization
While the use of recreational cannabis will become legal country-wide in under a month, the City of Quesnel is taking a harsher stance. The city will not allow any public consumption within municipal ...
CFNRNews Sep 26, 2018
Terrace Fire Department sees 68 percent increase in calls from 2016
In their second quarter report for 2018, the Terrace Fire Department noted 349 calls to action, marking a 68 percent increase since 2016. Medical aid and first responder calls saw the biggest jump wit...
CFNRNews Sep 26, 2018
Safe needle disposal "clean team" a possibility for Terrace
With the disposal of needles becoming a more prominent issue of late, the City of Terrace could be taking a page out of Quesnel’s book. Discussions during the most recent meeting of the cityR...
CFNRNews Sep 26, 2018
Crash kills father and son
RCMP say a nine year-old boy and his father were killed in a crash Monday afternoon north of Williams Lake. Investigators say the two were in a north-bound SUV along with three other family members wh...
CFNRNews Sep 26, 2018
Report says LNG Canada to get tariff exemption
It looks like the federal government could exempt a major LNG development in Kitimat from steel tariffs. The Globe and Mail is reporting that Ottawa has conceded that LNG Canada won’t be able to...
CFNRNews Sep 26, 2018