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Five Indigenous-led Food Security Projects in the North Receive Fresh Provincial Funds
Five Indigenous-led food security and agriculture projects are among 15 splitting more than $1 million in fresh Provincial funding. Just over $78,000 will help the Gitxaala Nation develop a food secur...
May 17, 2023
Northern Health Issues Toxic Drug Alert in Prince George, but Warns That Substance May Have Spread to Other Areas
Northern Health has issued a toxic drug alert, following an series of overdose deaths in Prince George, linked to one substance. It is being sold as brown sugar granules, and the Authority warns that ...
May 17, 2023
Northern BC's First Official Passport Office Now Open in Prince George, Following Slight Delay
After years of advocating for services closer to home, residents of Northern BC now finally have an official passport office to call their own. Last November, Ottawa announced their plans to begin off...
May 17, 2023
Criminal Contempt Trial Begins for Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chief Arrested While Opposing the Coastal GasLink Pipeline
This week saw the start of a criminal contempt trial for a Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chief arrested while opposing the Coastal GasLink pipeline. Chief Dtsa'hyl was arrested alongside other land defender...
May 17, 2023
UPDATE 2: Crews Make Progress on Peace Region Fires, Prompting Some Evacuation Orders and Alerts to be Lifted or Reduced
UPDATE 2: Shifting winds have pushed two massive wildfires away from the City of Fort St John, allowing them to lift their evacuation alert. But, a number of properties in other communities in the are...
May 17, 2023
UPDATE: City of Terrace Issues Local State of Emergency, as Evacuation Alerts and Orders in the Area Continue to Grow
A local state of emergency has been declared for Areas B and C of the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine, as the Skeena River continues to rise. It comes alongside evacuation orders for properties i...
May 17, 2023
High Waters near the Skeena Bridge
May 16, 2023
Witset Water Treatment Plant Temporarily Shutdown Following Unprecedented Rise in Turbidity
An unprecedented rise in turbidity levels has forced the Witset First Nation to temporarily shut down their water treatment plant. Nephelometric Turbidity Units, or NTUs, are used to measure the conce...
May 16, 2023 Photo shared to the Witset First Nation's Facebook page.
Seabridge Gold Sells Off $200 million Royalty Stake to Help Achieve Substantially Started Mark for KSM Mine
Seabridge Gold has sold off a small royalty stake in their KSM Mine project in exchange for roughly $200 million in funding. That deal will see the Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corporation ac...
May 16, 2023
Canada Introduces Legislation to Amend National Bail Laws, Following Unanimous Pleas from Premiers
Newly introduced Federal legislation looks to answer the pleas of Canada's Premiers by amending the country's bail rules. If passed, Bill C-48 would amend the Criminal Code to make it more difficult f...
May 16, 2023