Category Archives: News
Highway Patrol Officers in the Cariboo Hand Out Several Infractions At Commercial Vehicle Safety Check Stops
BC Highway Patrol officers in the Cariboo handed out numerous infractions during a commercial vehicle safety crackdown last week. On Friday, officers from Williams Lake and 100 Mile House set up a num...
Dec 13, 2022
RCMP Believe Speed and Alcohol May Have Played a Role in Serious McLeese Lake Collision Over the Weekend
Police believe that speed and alcohol may have played a role in a two-vehicle collision in McLeese Lake over the weekend. Williams Lake RCMP were called to the intersection of Highway 97 and Macaliste...
Dec 13, 2022
Canada Post Refuses to Renegotiate Atlin Postmaster's Contract After Former Post Office Site Burns Down, Leading to Resignation
Atlin residents may be without mail service for much of the holiday season, after their only postmaster was forced to tender her resignation. For the past 6 years, the town's only post office had been...
Dec 13, 2022
Prince Rupert RCMP Reminding Drivers Alcohol and Cars Don't Mix After Impaired Driver Collides with Parked Car
Impaired drivers have kept RCMP detachments across the north busy over the past few weeks, and Prince Rupert is no different. Just before 4:00 Saturday afternoon, RCMP were called out to the 1400 bloc...
Dec 13, 2022
8 Northern Projects Receive Funding to Increase Accessibility of Child Care and Mental Health Services in the North
$2.1 million in fresh provincial funding will help to increase the capacity of child care, and mental health support services in the North. Split between 8 projects, the funding comes from the Norther...
Dec 13, 2022
Williams Lake Volunteer Fire Department Able to Limit Damage from Sizeable Morning Blaze to Building's Interior
More than 20 firefighters were on-scene this morning to battle, and eventually extinguish, a sizeable structure fire in Williams Lake. Members of the Williams Lake Volunteer Fire Department were calle...
Dec 13, 2022
5 Individuals Become the First to Receive Criminal Convictions for Violating Coastal GasLink Injunction
Five individuals charged with criminal contempt while opposing the Coastal GasLink pipeline project have received their sentences. That makes them the first to receive criminal convictions for violati...
Dec 13, 2022
Canfor announces funding for future early childhood educators
Working to support new early childhood educators, Canfor has announced a 50,000 dollar gift for students. Over the next 2 years College of new caledonia's early childhood care and learning program stu...
Dec 13, 2022
Sunken U.S. Army ship leaks oil again off the coast of Hartley Bay
After previous work to remove oil, an Emergency Coordination Centre has been formed to respond to a new oil leak from the MG Zalinski. In 1946 a United States Army transport ship, the MG Zalinski ran ...
Dec 13, 2022 Photo courtesy of the Canadian Coast Guard's Twitter account
Ottawa Invests $10 Million into Indigenous-Led Climate Initiatives in BC
Ottawa is investing an additional $10 million into an Indigenous-led climate initiative aimed at reducing emissions in BC. Established in 2016, the BC Indigenous Clean Energy Initiative provides suppo...
Dec 12, 2022