Category Archives: News

School Bus Runs in Terrace Area Will See Minor Changes Today, Though Most Are Going Ahead as Scheduled
School District 82 is making some changes to bus runs in the Terrace area today, though most will go ahead as scheduled. Runs 3 and 4, covering Queensway and Old Remo, will operate on their usual sepa...
Jeff Blagden Feb 24, 2023

Nurse Practitioners in BC Granted Authority to Assess Patients for Involuntary Admission into Mental Health Facilities
Nurse practitioners in BC now have the authority to assess patients for involuntary admission into mental health facilities. New changes to the Mental Health Act allow facility directors to admit pati...
Jeff Blagden Feb 23, 2023

Fort St John RCMP Seeking Public Assistance to Locate Wanted Prolific Property Offender
Fort St John RCMP are requesting public assistance to help locate a prolific property offender. 40 year-old Matthew Edmund Duffy is wanted on counts of possession of property obtained by crime over $5...
Jeff Blagden Feb 23, 2023

Ottawa Provides Additional $557 Million to Help Communities Recover from 2021 Floods
Ottawa is providing an additional $557 million to help communities recover costs related to 2021's devastating floods. Those floods, as well as a slew of landslides, were prompted by an atmospheric ri...
Jeff Blagden Feb 23, 2023

Film Reels Containing the Work of Renowned Tsimshian Ethnographer Discovered in Kitwanga
Four film reels featuring the work of renowned Tsimshian ethnographer and Hereditary Chief Gusgai'in have been discovered in Kitwanga. Also known as William Beynon, Gusgai'in is recognized as one of t...
Jeff Blagden Feb 23, 2023

Hobiyee 2023 celebrates tradition and the harvesting season in Laxgalts'ap
The Nisga'a Nation's annual Hobiyee starts tomorrow in Laxgalts'ap with the raising of a totem pole followed by traditional food and dance. Celebrating the start of the Nisga'a harvesting season and t...
Morgyn Budden Feb 23, 2023 Laxgalts'ap Culture Dancers whose village is hosting the 2023 Hobiyee celebrations, performing at the 2023 All Native Basketball Tournament in Prince Rupert. Photo by Morgyn Budden (CFNR).

First Nations Leadership Council Calls for Indigenous-Led Investigation into Allegations of Sexual Abuse by Prince George RCMP
First Nations leaders in BC are calling for an Indigenous-led investigation into allegations of sexual abuse by RCMP in Prince George. Those calls come after information from an unreleased report by t...
Jeff Blagden Feb 23, 2023

Province Launches New Online Tool to Help Communities Prepare for Climate Emergencies
A new online tool has been launched by the Province to help communities better prepare for climate-related emergencies. Users of the new ClimateReadyBC portal will have access to hazard and mapping to...
Jeff Blagden Feb 22, 2023

Melanie Mark, the First First Nations Woman to Serve as an MLA in BC, Resigns Months After Leaving Cabinet Position
Vancouver-Mount Pleasant MLA Melanie Mark has resigned, 7 years after becoming the first First Nations woman to serve in BC's legislature. Mark is of Nisga'a, Gitxsan, Cree, and Ojibway ancestry, and ...
Jeff Blagden Feb 22, 2023

Pair of Routine Traffic Stops on Highway 97 Lead to Seizure of Hundreds of Cannabis Plants, and Suspected Cocaine
A pair of routine traffic stops conducted along Highway 97 last week resulted in the seizure of a slew of illegal drugs. RCMP pulled the first vehicle over between 100 Mile House and Williams Lake on ...
Jeff Blagden Feb 22, 2023