Category Archives: News
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
Nov 28, 2022
Prince George RCMP respond to fire in hotel back on Saturday
Back on Saturday just a little after 11 in the evening, Prince George RCMP had to make their way to a hotel on 1500-block of Victoria Street due to one of the rooms being on fire. When they arrived on...
Nov 28, 2022
Burns Lake Man Takes Home North Area Minister's Award for Innovation and Excellence in Woodlot Management
A Burns Lake area man has been honoured with the Minister's Award for Innovation and Excellence in Woodlot Management in the North Area. Each year, the Ministry of Forests recognize three woodlot lice...
Nov 28, 2022
BC Cancels Plans to Phase Out Individualized Autism Funding, After Meeting with First Nations Leadership
BC has decided to cancel plans to phase out individualized autism funding, after meeting with the First Nations Leadership Council, and AutismBC. Last October, the province plans to cease individual f...
Nov 28, 2022
Dawson Creek RCMP Catch Suspects Who Fled Numerous Times in One Night, After They Crash Their Truck
A pair of suspects who fled from Dawson Creek RCMP numerous times in one night were finally caught, after crashing their truck. Just after 4:30 in the morning last Tuesday, police were called out to P...
Nov 28, 2022
Nominations open for 2022 BC Reconciliation Awards
Nominations are now open for the 2022 BC reconciliation awards. The nomination period began last Tuesday with the installation of two canoe paddles by Lieutenant Governor Janet Austin at Government Ho...
Nov 28, 2022