Category Archives: News

Premier David Eby to make announcement in Prince Rupert tomorrow
Premier David Eby will be dropping into Prince Rupert tomorrow. He'll be at the Museum of Northern BC at 9:15 in the morning to make an infrastructure related announcement. No details have been made a...
Morgyn Budden Mar 16, 2023

11 Projects Receive Fresh Funding from Northern Healthy Communities Fund, Including 9 in Terrace
Just over $2.4 million is being provided for 11 projects through the most recent intake of the Northern Healthy Communities Fund. Of that, roughly $2 million will go towards nine projects being undert...
Jeff Blagden Mar 16, 2023

Province Provides $8 Million in Funding for Two Waste Management Projects in the Northwest
Two waste management projects in the Northwest are splitting $8 million in newly announced provincial funding. $5 million of that will go to the City of Terrace to help fund on-going remediation work ...
Jeff Blagden Mar 16, 2023

Lisims-Nass Valley RCMP Seeking Public Assistance to Locate a Missing Man
Lisims-Nass Valley RCMP are seeking public assistance to locate a missing man. 20 year-old Arthur Alexcee was reported missing by family on Monday, but has not been seen since last Thursday. He is des...
Jeff Blagden Mar 15, 2023 Photo provided by RCMP

Tŝilhqot'in National Government Purchases Former Tolko Industries Building to Serve as New Williams Lake Office
A former Tolko Industries lot in Williams Lake has been purchased by the Tilhqot'in National Government to serve as a new office building. Over the past 5 years, the TNG has experienced significant gr...
Jeff Blagden Mar 15, 2023 Image of building provided by the Tŝilhqot’in National Government.

BC Increasing Freshwater Angling License Fees for the First Time Since 2003
Freshwater angling fees will be going up in BC this year for the first time in nearly two decades. Angling license fees will increase by 9.9 percent for the 2023-24 licensing year, and by an additiona...
Jeff Blagden Mar 15, 2023 Rear view of mature fisherman sitting on chair with fishing rod and waiting for a catch at the lakeside outdoors

Second round of Sm'algyax Yoga on the way for Terrace
After their first round finished last weekend, organizers Bhavani Britt McDougall, Emily Bryant, and Ocean Georgelin are getting ready to start Sm'algyax Yoga again in April. Each class starts with a ...
Morgyn Budden Mar 15, 2023 A second round of Sm'algyax Yoga is on the way for Terrace. Formline art done by Frances Campbell-Sam, photo courtesy of the City of Terrace Facebook page.

Public Inquest into 2017 Death of Nadine Marcy Solonas in Quesnel to Begin in May
A public inquest into the death of a Quesnel woman in 2017 is scheduled to begin on May 23rd. On October 1st of that year, police were called out to a hotel on the 800 block of Front Street for report...
Jeff Blagden Mar 15, 2023

Simpcw and Gitsegukla First Nations Enter into Declaration to Recognize and Stand Up for Each Other's Inherent Jurisdiction Over Child Welfare
Members of the Simpcw and Gitsegukla First Nations came together in ceremony today to celebrate the signing of a new declaration. Under the declaration, both Nations agree to recognize, respect, and s...
Jeff Blagden Mar 15, 2023

Federal Ministers Join Province in Issuing Approval for the Haisla-Nation Owned Cedar LNG Project
Ottawa has now joined the Province in permitting one of the largest First Nations-led infrastructure projects in Canada's history. Cedar LNG is a proposed floating LNG facility and marine export termi...
Jeff Blagden Mar 15, 2023