Category Archives: News
School District 52 and Prince Rupert Port Authority Bring New, Outdoor Learning Experience to Lax Kxeen Secondary
School District 52 and the Prince Rupert Port Authority have teamed up to give students a way to learn and experience nature at the same time. Together, the two helped to bring a new outdoor classroom...
Nov 30, 2022
Both Northern Health and Northwest on Pace to Surpass 2021's Record Illicit Drug Overdose Death Tolls
Nearly 6 British Columbians lost their lives to illicit drug overdoses each day in October, according to the Coroners' Service. Preliminary data from their monthly report shows at least 179 illicit ov...
Nov 30, 2022
Williams Lake Highway Patrol catches multiple impaired drivers
Back on the evening of November 19th, the Williams Lake BC Highway Patrol set up a check point on 2nd Avenue North and Boundary Street checking for impaired drivers. Two vehicles made their way to the...
Nov 30, 2022
ICBC internal operating costs expected to rise to over a billion dollars next year
According to a recent news release, the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia has projected that their annual internal operating expenses is going to grow to over a billion dollars next year. That...
Nov 30, 2022
Dawson Creek RCMP Seeking Information After Recovering Multiple Stolen Vehicles in Same Area
Dawson Creek RCMP are looking to gather public information after recovering multiple stolen vehicles this month. On Saturday, Grand Prairie RCMP came across a vehicle in Kelly Lake which had been repo...
Nov 29, 2022
Vopak's Proposed Ridley Island Bulk Liquid Gas Storage Facility Passes Provincial and Federal Environmental Reviews
A project to bring a bulk liquids storage facility to Ridley Island is one step closer to fruition, after completing their Federal environmental review. If approved, the facility would store Liquid Pe...
Nov 29, 2022
Elevated Pollution Levels Prompt Air Quality Advisory and Open Burning Restriction in Williams Lake
Elevated air pollution levels in and around Williams Lake have prompted an air quality advisory and open burning restriction. Issued due to high concentrations of fine particulate matter in the air, t...
Nov 29, 2022
Kitimat Resident Arrested After Getting Drunk and Borrowing Car Without Permission
Mondays can be rough, but RCMP are reminding residents that that isn't an excuse to get drunk and borrow a friend's car without permission. Yesterday morning, Kitimat RCMP received a report of a vehic...
Nov 29, 2022
'In Ukraine' photography exhibit in Prince Rupert shows beauty pre-invasion
Opening this weekend, "In Ukraine" is a Prince Rupert Ukrainian Society photography exhibit that shows the beauty of pre-invasion Ukraine. Originally started as a Ukrainian Club in the 1990s, the soci...
Nov 29, 2022
Numerous Weather Warnings in Place for the North and Central Coasts with Frigid Temperatures on the Way
Winter is on the way, and it's bringing the customary northern BC weather warnings with it. An arctic outflow warning has been issued covering inland sections of the North and Central Coasts, includin...
Nov 29, 2022