Category Archives: News
Four Projects Receive a Combined $885,000 in New Grant Funding from Northern Development
Four projects are splitting $885,000 in fresh grant funding from the Northern Development Initiative Trust. $300,000 of that will go towards the construction of a new, zero-carbon, accessible gymnasiu...
Mar 03, 2023
Premier Eby Upset After Learning Health Canada May Have Approved a Company to Manufacture and Distribute Cocaine
Premier David Eby is looking for answers after learning that a Langley-based cannabis company may have been approved to distribute cocaine. Adastra Labs says that Health Canada approved an amendment t...
Mar 02, 2023
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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, ...
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...
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...
Mar 01, 2023