Category Archives: News

Carrier Sekani Family Services Looking to Get Funding to Families of Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Carrier Sekani Family Services is looking to connect families of children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder with the funding they need. Together with the Vancouver Foundation, they are working to d...
Jeff Blagden Feb 06, 2023

MP Taylor Bachrach Appointed NDP Deputy Critic for the DFO and Canadian Coastguard
Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Taylor Bachrach has been appointed as the NDP's deputy critic for the DFO and Canadian Coastguard. Bachrach will bring a crucial, and long-absent, north coast point of view to...
Jeff Blagden Feb 06, 2023

15 West Coast First Nations Endorse New Marine Protected Area Network for North Coast Alongside BC and Ottawa
Ottawa, BC, and 15 west coast First Nations are endorsing a new Marine Protected Area Network Action Plan. Developed through two decades of collaboration, the Plan seeks to protect portions of the 100...
Jeff Blagden Feb 06, 2023

PRPA Pitches in to Help Improve Safety, Efficiency, and Space at Salvation Army Community Kitchen in Prince Rupert
Newly completed upgrades to their community kitchen will ensure the Salvation Army can continue to support Prince Rupert's growing needs. Those upgrades will bring the facility in line with commercial...
Jeff Blagden Feb 06, 2023 Photo courtesy of Prince Rupert Port Authority

Northern Health Working to Prevent Emergency Department Service Interruptions in Masset, Amid Staffing Challenges
Temporary emergency department service interruptions may be in store for the Northern Haida Gwaii Hospital in the coming months. Northern Health says that the Masset-based facility is experiencing dif...
Jeff Blagden Feb 03, 2023

Kitimat invests in new local composting facility
The District of Kitimat has invested in a new compost facility in an effort to reduce their community's greenhouse gas emissions. With both the provincial and federal governments chipping in $910,000 ...
Morgyn Budden Feb 03, 2023

Taseko Mines in Discussions to Purchase an Even Greater Stake in the Gibraltar Mine
Taseko Mines may be set to purchase an even larger stake in the Gibraltar Mine. Currently, Taseko owns 75 percent of the Williams Lake are mine, while Cariboo Copper Corporation holds the remaining qu...
Jeff Blagden Feb 03, 2023

Prince Rupert RCMP Seeking Public Assistance to Locate Man Wanted on Outstanding Assault Warrants
Prince Rupert RCMP are seeking public assistance to locate a wanted man. 34 year-old Jonah Samuel Edgar is wanted on outstanding warrants for assault causing bodily harm, and mischief under $5,000. He...
Jeff Blagden Feb 03, 2023

UNBC and CUPE 2278 Ratify Collective Bargaining Agreement Covering Graduate Teaching Assistants
More than 100 graduate teaching assistants at the University of Northern BC are covered under a newly ratified collective bargaining agreement. Signed between the University and CUPE 2278, the agreeme...
Jeff Blagden Feb 03, 2023

Avalanche Canada Raises Danger Rating on the Northcoast to High Once Again
Avalanche risks are on the rise once again across most of the north, according to Avalanche Canada. Danger ratings have been set to stage 4 for both coastal and inland sections of the Northcoast, west...
Jeff Blagden Feb 03, 2023