Category Archives: News
Skeena MLA Ellis Ross Raises Issues of Emergency Room Closures Alongside Other BC United Members
Skeena MLA Ellis Ross was among a number of BC United members to press for solutions to on-going emergency room closures yesterday. Ross rose in Legislature to ask the Premier why, despite seven years...
Oct 06, 2023
Lax Kw'alaams Band to Hold Ground Breaking Ceremony for 70-Unit Housing Development Next Week
A ground breaking ceremony is being held by the Lax Kw'alaams Band next week as they kickstart work on a new 70 unit housing development. Located at 830 11th Avenue in Prince Rupert, the project will ...
Oct 06, 2023
Portion of Duties Imposed on Canadian Softwood Lumber Exports by the US Ruled Unwarranted by Dispute Panel
Canada's challenge of duties imposed on Canadian softwood lumber exports to the US has nabbed the support of a key body. For decades, Canada has fought against what they call unfair anti-dumping and c...
Oct 06, 2023 Boards on timber warehouse outdoor, nobody, lumber industry, carpentry. Wood processing on factory, forest sawing in lumberyard, sawmill
Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Taylor Bachrach Continues Fight for Improved Air Passenger Protections as he Tables New Petition
Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Taylor Bachrach's months-long fight for improved air passenger protections continued in the House of Commons yesterday. Bachrach tabled a petition signed by 4,000 Canadians fr...
Oct 06, 2023
Provincial Homeless Counts Challenge Public Beliefs that Unhoused Residents are Being Shipped Between Communities
Provincial counts conducted in 20 communities show a rise in the number of people experiencing homelessness in every single one. A total of four northwestern communities were included in the counts, w...
Oct 05, 2023
Search and Rescue Crews Save Anglers on Kitimat River After Drift Boat Collides with Log Jam
Kitimat Search and Rescue crews were called into action on Monday to rescue an angler trapped on the Kitimat River. They had been among a pair of individuals fishing on the river when their drift boat...
Oct 05, 2023
Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Taylor Bachrach Questions Minister on Delays in Funding Critical Northwest Infrastructure Projects
Skeena Bulkley Valley MP Taylor Bachrach is wondering why it's taking so long to fund a number of critical infrastructure projects in the Northwest. Bachrach questioned new infrastructure minister Sea...
Oct 05, 2023
Few Details Available as Police Investigate Suspicious Death in Fort Babine From Last Week
Few details have been released regarding a suspicious death investigation currently underway in Fort Babine. Last Thursday, Smithers RCMP responded to a 9-1-1 call originating from a Fort Babine resid...
Oct 05, 2023
BC Introduces Legislation to Ban Public Drug Use in Certain Areas Following Months of Backlash from Municipalities
New legislation has been introduced which would ban the public use of illicit drugs in some areas just months after it became legal. Last May, the Province received authorization to decriminalize the ...
Oct 05, 2023
Northern Health Issues Toxic Drug Alert for Prince George, Warns Substance May Spread Throughout the North
Northern Health has issued a toxic drug alert for Prince George, but warns that the substance prompting it could spread throughout the North. They say a grey chunk substance being sold as down, which ...
Oct 05, 2023