Category Archives: News

City of Williams Lake Provides List of Overnight Shelter Options as Frigid Temperatures Approach
Frigid temperatures are in the forecast for the Interior, prompting the City of Williams Lake to release a list of shelter locations. 30 overnight beds are available Cariboo Friendship Society's shelt...
Jeff Blagden Nov 29, 2022

Prince Rupert Community Members Gather for Walk to Pay Respects to Murder-Suicide Victim
A community walk was held in Prince Rupert on Sunday to honour the life of a woman killed in a murder-suicide at the Ocean Centre Mall last week. Roughly 150 residents gathered to pay respects to Patt...
Jeff Blagden Nov 29, 2022

Coastal GasLink Pipeline Reaches 80% Completion, but Parent Company Expects Another Cost Increase
Coastal GasLink's pipeline project is now officially 80 percent complete, but its parent company says costs may be on the rise once again. Construction itself is now three quarters complete, with roug...
Jeff Blagden Nov 29, 2022

BC appointing new Provincial Court Judge soon
In a recent news release, it was revealed that BC is going to be appointing a new Provincial Court judge in order to support continued access to justice. The person in question being appointed is Grac...
Rob Young Nov 29, 2022

BCAA Survey reveals that many BC drivers are not prepared for winter
A recently released BCAA survey has discovered that the preparation levels for winter are not where they should be when it comes to many BC drivers. In the survey's results, 47 percent of BC drivers h...
Rob Young Nov 29, 2022 Detail of the tire on winter road

New Provincial Measures Introduced to Eliminate Barriers for Internationally Educated Doctors to Become Licensed in BC
BC is introducing a number of new measures to help expand the number of internationally educated doctors allowed to practice in the province. One such measure will see the province triple the number o...
Jeff Blagden Nov 28, 2022 Physician giving bottle of pills to patient with impairment, helping with prescription medicine and drugs at checkup visit appointment. Old woman with disability in wheelchair at consultation.

National Police Federation Calls Sentencing of Man Who Violently Assaulted a Prince George RCMP Officer "Egregious"
A sentencing decision made by the BC Courts is being lambasted as egregious and offensive by the National Police Federation. That decision came down last week, stemming from a violent assault on a Pri...
Jeff Blagden Nov 28, 2022

Remains of All 3 Occupants of Downed Floatplane on Central Coast Recovered by RCMP Dive Team
Members of the RCMP Dive Team have recovered the remains of all 3 occupants of a floatplane which crashed along the Central Coast last week. Operated by Air Cab, the plane had been on its way back to ...
Jeff Blagden Nov 28, 2022

Province Says They Are Close to a New Resource Development Agreement with the Blueberry River First Nation
Provincial officials say they are close to an agreement on a new resource development approach with the Blueberry River First Nation. Last summer, the BC Supreme Court ruled that the province's mass a...
Jeff Blagden Nov 28, 2022

Driver Airlifted to Hospital After Rolling Truck into Tree Near Liard Hotsprings
A driver had to be airlifted to hospital in Vancouver last week, after his vehicle rolled and struck a tree near the Liard Hotsprings. According to RCMP, the 23 year-old driver had been travelling nor...
Jeff Blagden Nov 28, 2022