Category Archives: News
Masset mayor says ferry fare cuts a step in the right direction
The mayor of a Haida Gwaii community calls ferry fare reductions in the NDP budget a step in the right direction. Tuesday’s budget contained 15 per cent fare cut on non-major routes like the fer...
CFNRNews Feb 21, 2018
RCMP say counterfeit cash popping up in Prince George
Prince George RCMP are warning businesses about a rash of recent counterfeit currency surfacing in the city. Since January 1st, police have received seventeen reports from various businesses about cou...
CFNRNews Feb 21, 2018
Missing Dawson Creek man found safe
Dawson Creek RCMP have located a missing man. Mounties say 33 year-old Jeremiah Alexander Smith has been located safe and sound. Smith was reported missing last week after he was last seen February 13...
CFNRNews Feb 21, 2018
Board to decide on proposed Greyhound cuts Wednesday
BC’s Passenger Transportation Board is expected to decide Wednesday on an application that would see Greyhound cut its bus services across northern BC. Greyhound wants to eliminate nine routes, ...
CFNRNews Feb 21, 2018
Sunken fishing vessel raised from Kitamaat Village docks
The Canadian Coast Guard says a fishing vessel that sank at the Kitamaat Village docks last week has been towed to Prince Rupert after a clean-up operation. The Zodiac Light, a 65 foot fishing vessel,...
CFNRNews Feb 20, 2018
BC Budget to help preserve, revitalize Indigenous languages
The NDP budget will fund the preservation and revitaliztion of Indigenous languages. Finance Minister Carol James says the government will provide $50 million this fiscal year with the aim of strength...
CFNRNews Feb 20, 2018
Housing, childcare, MSP featured in NDP's first full budget
The BC NDP’s first full budget tackles housing, childcare, and MSP premiums. The fiscal blueprint contains a new tax on property speculators, higher taxes on foreign homebuyers and a fiscal plan...
CFNRNews Feb 20, 2018
Quesnel RCMP nab suspect after stolen vehicle spotted
Quesnel RCMP have one person in custody after officers spotted a stolen vehicle near G.R. Baker hospital Tuesday morning. When the driver noticed police, he sped away from the area while police notifi...
CFNRNews Feb 20, 2018
Flood cleanup continues at Vanderhoof hospital
Northern Health says it’ll be at least three weeks before reconstruction can start on damaged areas of St. John Hospital in Vanderhoof. A failed hot water heater on the second floor of the hospi...
CFNRNews Feb 20, 2018
RCMP catch drunk driver after snowmobiles dragged along Highway 97
An unexpected light show alerted police to an impaired driver along Highway 97 over the weekend. North District RCMP were on routine patrol Sunday night when they spotted sparks flying from a Dodge Ra...
CFNRNews Feb 19, 2018