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B.C. Expands Addiction Recovery Services with New Treatment Beds
As many as 250 people in B.C. struggling with addiction will have increased access to recovery services with newly opened substance-use treatment beds in their communities. Josie Osborne, Minister of ...
Jan 20, 2025
Kitimat General Hospital Undergoes Lobby Flooring Replacement Until March
Over the next several weeks, the main lobby flooring at Kitimat General Hospital will be replaced. While this will not affect hospital services, it may impact patient flow as work progresses through d...
Jan 20, 2025 Northern Health Notification graphic / Courtesy: Northern Health
Terrace to Repave Kalum and Emerson Streets by Spring 2025 After Delay
During a January 13th council meeting, the City of Terrace's Engineering & Public Works department announced that Kalum Street and Emerson Street will be repaved with a new layer of asphalt by spr...
Jan 20, 2025
Prince Rupert Port Reports Slight Decline in 2024 Cargo Volumes Amid Growth and Diversification Efforts
The Prince Rupert Port Authority reports 23.1 million tones of cargo moved through the port in 2024, marking a slight one percent decline from 2023. Intermodal volumes at DP World's Fairview Container...
Jan 20, 2025
Prince Rupert Launches Free 'Unplug and Play' Week to Get Residents Active
The City of Prince Rupert and Northern Savings Credit Union are teaming up to get residents moving with a program called Unplug and Play. The credit union has pledged $5,000 annually for the next thre...
Jan 20, 2025 File photo of the Welcome to Prince Rupert sign
Terrace Outpaces Prince Rupert in Reducing Compostable Waste at Thornhill Landfill
Terrace is performing better than Prince Rupert when it comes to keeping compostable materials out of the Thornhill landfill. The Kitimat-Stikine Regional District says 38 percent of trash collected s...
Jan 20, 2025
BC Firefighters Deployed to California to Battle Devastating Wildfires
Firefighters from Burns Lake and Houston are in California to assist with the devastating wildfires sweeping the state. The team, part of a BC Wildfire Service contingent, includes two supervisors fro...
Jan 17, 2025 hannatv / Depositphotos.com
B.C. Hydro Expands Renewables but Rejects Houston Wind Farm Proposal
B.C. Hydro is expanding renewable energy but has rejected a proposed wind farm near Houston. The 5,000-hectare KLO site, southeast of the Bulkley Valley, was not granted a purchase agreement in last D...
Jan 17, 2025
Rise Memorial Construction Set to Begin in February After Funding Setbacks
Construction on the Rise Memorial, a tribute to five men-including Kitimat's Cailen Vilness-who tragically died in a crane collapse in downtown Kelowna on July 12, 2021, is set to begin in February. T...
Jan 17, 2025
Indigenous Seafood Conference Tackles Fisheries Challenges in Prince Rupert
The second annual Indigenous Seafood Conference kicked off yesterday at the Crest Hotel in Prince Rupert. Hosted by the Native Fishing Association and the Native Brotherhood, the event brought togethe...
Jan 17, 2025 This photo was taken at the Indigenous Seafood Conference In Prince Rupert (Photo credit -Matt Fisher - CFNR)