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Province Invests $30 Million in New Indigenous Food Sovereignty and Security Program
Indigenous communities across BC are set to benefit from a new $30 million Provincial investment in food security and sovereignty. Delivered by the New Relationship Trust, the program aims to strength...
Jeff Blagden Jul 27, 2023

Quesnel RCMP Seek Two Suspects of Armed Carjacking After Being Forced to Call of Pursuit Due to High Speeds
Two suspects of an early-morning carjacking in Quesnel remain on the lamb, after RCMP were forced to call off their pursuit due to speed. Police responded to initial reports of an armed robbery at the...
Jeff Blagden Jul 27, 2023

Prince Rupert city staff confront new slew of water breaks amid construction work
City crews in Prince Rupert have been dealing with another slew of water breaks due to construction work. Earlier this month, the city had to issue a boil water notice in order to re-route the water s...
Morgyn Budden Jul 27, 2023

TC Energy to Split into Two Separate Companies to Manage Natural Gas and Crude Oil Pipelines Independently
TC Energy's board of directors have approved plans to split the company into two independent, publicly-listed, entities. Expected to be completed by mid-2024, the plan would create a new spin-off comp...
Jeff Blagden Jul 27, 2023

Williams Lake RCMP officer dealt four criminal charges following 2020 motor-vehicle incident
A Williams Lake RCMP officer is facing four criminal charges stemming from an incident in 2020. Constable Madeline Hjelden is facing charges of assault with a weapon, assault causing bodily harm, crim...
Morgyn Budden Jul 27, 2023

Prevost RV and Marine Selling Hotdogs This Weekend to Raise Funds for On-Going Neo-Natal Care Unit Fundraiser
Those in the Terrace area this weekend will have a chance to fill their bellies while also supporting community health care. Prevost RV and Marine is hosting a charity barbecue at the Skeena Mall this...
Jeff Blagden Jul 27, 2023

Tahltan Central Government Continues to Oppose Doubleview's Operations on Sacred Land Where Ancestors Are Buried
Tahltan Central Government President Chad Norman Day says his Nation has been continually ignored by a mining company on their land. Despite signing a communications agreement with Doubleview Gold in ...
Jeff Blagden Jul 27, 2023

Kitimat RCMP Remind Residents of Open Fire Ban, After Catching Two Maintaining Backyard Fires
Police in Kitimat are reminding residents of the on-going open fire ban, after catching two residents maintaining backyard fires. With more than 400 active wildfires and most of BC experiencing drough...
Jeff Blagden Jul 27, 2023

Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Taylor Bachrach Calls for Federal Support for Farmers Impacted by Drought in Northwest BC
Skeena- Bulkley Valley MP Taylor Bachrach is calling on Ottawa to help support farmers in Northwest BC impacted by this summer's drought. A rapid spring snow-melt and lack of precipitation since has h...
Jeff Blagden Jul 27, 2023

UPDATE: BC Sees Drop in Total Wildfires for Second Day in a Row, Roughly 80 Fires Still Raging in the Northwest
BC has seen a drop in total wildfires for the second day in a row, with crews making progress on the nearly 80 fires burning in the northwest. An evacuation order which had been in place south of Hous...
Jeff Blagden Jul 27, 2023