Category Archives: News
NDP Critic Reminds Liberals of Promise to End Open Net Fish Farms, As Washington State Does Just That
NDP Fisheries and Oceans critic Lisa Marie Barron is reminding the Liberals of their promise to end open net fish farms. This week, the state of Washington officially banned the open pen farms from th...
Nov 17, 2022
DFO Issues Public Health Warning After Several Dogs Become Sick From Eating Beached Whale on Haida Gwaii
A beached whale carcass on Haida Gwaii is forcing the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to step into the realm of canine health. They have issued a public health warning, following several reports of...
Nov 17, 2022
Scientists Believe Fracking Responsible for Two Earthquakes Within 5 Days in Northeast BC
Preliminary data has scientists believing that two earthquakes near Fort St John over the past few says were caused by fracking. Each of the quakes occurred within 1 km of each other, roughly 130 kms ...
Nov 17, 2022
Smithers Residents Invited to Attend Community Transportation Meeting to Discuss Solutions to On-Going Woes
Smithers residents are invited to attend a Community Transportation Meeting next week, to discuss solutions for their on-going public transportation woes. In May Bulkley Valley Taxi announced that, fo...
Nov 17, 2022
Salvation Army gearing up for annual Kettle Collection in Terrace
With Christmas not being too far away now, the Salvation Army has begun preparing for their annual Kettle Collection. In Terrace, the drive will begin on November 22nd and will end on December 24th an...
Nov 17, 2022
Brucejack Gold Mine Resumes Operations Less Than a Month After Fatal Accident, Despite On-Going Investigation
Brucejack Gold Mine has resumed operations, despite an on-going investigation into a death at the mine last month. Newcrest Mining, who operate the site, suspended all activities on October 22nd, foll...
Nov 17, 2022
Support from Opposition Parties Ensures Urban Indigenous Voices Represented on Proposed Reconciliation Council
Support from opposition MPs will ensure Canada's urban Indigenous population has a seat at the proposed Reconciliation Council. Bill C-29, introduced by the Liberals last year, looks to create an inde...
Nov 17, 2022
PacifiCan Opens First Three Offices in the North, Announces Funding for Community Revitalization Projects
Three new PacifiCan offices have now opened in Northern BC, and with them comes funding for 11 new projects in the region. PacifiCan is the branch of the federal government's economic development agen...
Nov 17, 2022 Minister Sajjan Announces PacifiCan Facilities in Prince George
Prince Rupert RCMP enacts search warrant and seizes many illegal items
Back on November 8th, Prince Rupert RCMP executed a search warrant at 317 Crestview Drive, where they were able to seize money, suspected drugs and a shotgun. They also arrested 32-year-old Garret Wil...
Nov 17, 2022 Photos Courtesy of Prince Rupert RCMP
Federal Government investing over a million dollars into first of it's kind project in BC
It was announced in the evening of yesterday that the Federal Government will be investing about $1.04 million into a first of it's kind project in BC. The project in question is to help businesses in...
Nov 17, 2022