Category Archives: News

New Funding to Help Bring High School Entrepreneurship Program to Five Communities in Northern BC
New federal funding will help ensure students in rural and remote communities have the same access to education programming as those in urban centres. PacifiCan is providing $233,000 to expand the You...
Jeff Blagden Mar 02, 2023

Ridley Island Export Logistics Project Wraps Up Federal Environmental Review Process With Positive Determination
Federal authorities have determined that the Ridley Island Export Logistics Project is unlikely to cause significant adverse environmental impacts. Undertaken by the Prince Rupert Port Authority, the ...
Jeff Blagden Mar 02, 2023 Photo of Ridley Island provided by the Prince Rupert Port Authority

Ottawa Releases Consultation Draft for Proposed First Nations Drinking Water and Wastewater Legislation
A consultation draft for proposed First Nations drinking water and wastewater legislation has been revealed by the Federal Government. Since last summer, Federal officials have met with more than 80 F...
Jeff Blagden Mar 02, 2023

Fresh Funding Pushes Innovative Wetlands Wastewater Treatment Pilot Project in Prince Rupert Closer to Fruition
Fresh funding is on the way to help explore an innovative solution to one of Prince Rupert's many infrastructure woes. Ottawa and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities are providing $487,000 for a...
Jeff Blagden Mar 02, 2023

Indigenous Land Defenders to Appear in Court Next Week to Attempt to Have Criminal Contempt Charges Stayed
A group of twelve Indigenous land defenders arrested at a blockade in 2021 say the charges against them should be stayed. Each were among 27 arrested while opposing the Coastal GasLink pipeline on Wet...
Jeff Blagden Mar 02, 2023

Artemis Gold Finalizes $385 Million Project Loan Facility to Fund the Construction of Blackwater Gold Project
Artemis Gold has finalized a new $385 million Project Loan Facility to finance the construction of their Blackwater Gold Project. Funding for the loan will be provided by the National Bank of Canada, ...
Jeff Blagden Mar 01, 2023

BC Reaches Agreement in Principle to Secure $27.47 Billion in Federal Health Care Funding Over the Next 10 Years
BC has finally reached an agreement with Ottawa to increase Federal healthcare funding to the province, following months of negotiations. Last month, Ottawa unveiled a new plan to provide $196.8 billi...
Jeff Blagden Mar 01, 2023

Roughly 21,700 Health Care Support Workers Covered in New Collective Bargaining Agreement with the Province
A new collective bargaining agreement has been ratified between the province and the Community Health Bargaining Association. Negotiated with the Health Employers Association of BC, the agreement cove...
Jeff Blagden Mar 01, 2023

Coastal GasLink Pipeline Surpasses 84% Completion Mark as In-Stream Works Wrap-up at the Clore River
Work has wrapped up on a portion of the Coastal GasLink pipeline which has drawn recent criticism from opponents of the project. CGL says that in-stream works at the Clore River Crossing are now compl...
Jeff Blagden Mar 01, 2023

Ksan Society sees record breaking Coldest Night of the Year campaign
Terrace's Ksan Society had a record breaking fundraising season for their local Coldest Night of the Year (CNOY) campaign. Since 2017, Ksan Society has hosted the Terrace edition of the nation-wide ca...
Morgyn Budden Mar 01, 2023