Category Archives: News

B.C. announces new investments for old growth forests and jobs fund
The Province has announced fresh funding to both protect old growth forests and support innovation in the forestry industry. As part of an eight point plan to protect old growth forests, $25 million w...
Morgyn Budden Feb 16, 2023

Hypercharge Networks to Install New Electric Vehicle Charging Stations at a Pair of School District 52 Sites
School District 52 has partnered with a Vancouver-based company to bring two new electric vehicle charging stations to the Prince Rupert area. Hypercharge Networks will provide the level 3 DC fast cha...
Jeff Blagden Feb 15, 2023

Prince Rupert RCMP Seeking Public Assistance to Locate Wanted Man
Prince Rupert RCMP are seeking public assistance to help locate a wanted man. 58 year-old John Rufus Brown is wanted on charges of driving while prohibited, stemming from two separate warrants from 20...
Jeff Blagden Feb 15, 2023

LNG Canada and Fortis BC Leave Canadian LNG Alliance in Favour of First Nations LNG Alliance
Two of the industry's biggest players are leaving the Canadian LNG Alliance, in favour of the First Nations LNG Alliance. LNG Canada and FortisBC are set to make the transition next month, as part of ...
Jeff Blagden Feb 15, 2023

LNG Canada to Begin Work to Reverse 70 year-old Alterations to Sumgas Creek, Restoring it to its Natural State
LNG Canada is set to begin restoration work at Sumgas Creek in Kitimat in the coming days. In the 1950s, a number of barriers were installed in the creek, rendering it impassable by fish swimming upst...
Jeff Blagden Feb 15, 2023

Ottawa Invests $830,000 in Six Tourism Projects in the Northwest
More than $830,000 in fresh Federal funding aims to help enhance tourism in Northwest BC. Provided through the Tourism Relief Fund, the investment will be split between six projects in the Skeena-Bulk...
Jeff Blagden Feb 15, 2023

Reports of an Explosive Device at a Quesnel School Yesterday Deemed False by RCMP
Reports of an explosive device, which prompted the evacuation of a Quesnel school yesterday, have been determined to be false. RCMP received reports of a possible explosive device at McNaughton Centre...
Jeff Blagden Feb 15, 2023

Engagement Sessions Being Held to Help Develop Canada's First Urban, Rural and Northern Indigenous Housing Strategy
A series of engagement sessions over the next few months will help inform Canada's first Urban, Rural and Northern Indigenous Housing Strategy. That strategy seeks to compliment Canada's three existin...
Jeff Blagden Feb 14, 2023

Tahltan Central Government Re-Assert Territorial Boundaries Following Taku River Tlingit Declaration of Protected Area
Recent announcements by neighbouring Nations have the Tahltan Central Government re-asserting their territorial boundaries. Last month, the Taku River Tlingit First Nation announced the T'aku Tlatsini...
Jeff Blagden Feb 14, 2023 T'aku Tlatsini Indigenous Protected Area on left, Tahltan Territory on right

BC's 2023 Avalanche Death Toll Climbs to 7 After Slide Claims the Lives of Two Backcountry Skiers in the Interior
An avalanche roughly 40 kms south of Tatla Lake from this weekend has claimed the lives of two backcountry skiers. Avalanche Canada says the pair had used snowmobiles to get the east-facing slope of P...
Jeff Blagden Feb 14, 2023 Winter landscape with small willage in snowy mountans