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All Intervenor Applications Approved for Gitxaala Nation's Challenge of BC's Mineral Claim Staking Process
BC's Supreme Court has approved all intervenor applications in the Gitxaala Nation's case against BC's mineral claim staking process. In October of 2021, the Nation filed the legal challenge against t...
Jeff Blagden Jan 17, 2023

Dawson Creek RCMP Launch Suspicious Death Investigation After Discovering Two Bodies Inside Local Residence
RCMP in Dawson Creek have launched a suspicious death investigation after finding two deceased individuals inside a residence. Police discovered the pair while attending a home on the 1200 block of 11...
Jeff Blagden Jan 17, 2023

Six More Indigenous-Led Corporations Sign Agreements to Help Construct Coastal GasLink Pipeline
Six more Indigenous-led companies have signed on to help construct a portion of the Coastal GasLink pipeline. Michels Canada, the prime contractor for Section 6 of the pipeline, has formalized agreeme...
Jeff Blagden Jan 17, 2023

Terrace City Staff Complete Clean-Up of Temporary Homeless Encampment to Address Safety Concerns
City staff have completed a clean-up of a temporary homeless encampment in Terrace, in an effort to address safety concerns. Last Wednesday, Bylaw Officers teamed up with multiple partner agencies to ...
Jeff Blagden Jan 17, 2023

Williams Lake First Nation to Announce Preliminary Findings from 2nd Phase of Geophysical Investigation at former St Joseph's Mission Residential School
Next week, the Williams Lake First Nation will reveal the most recent findings of their geophysical investigation at the site of the former St Joseph's Mission Residential School. Preliminary results ...
Jeff Blagden Jan 17, 2023

Province to Transition to New Coordinated Permitting Strategy for Housing to Streamline the Approval Process
A new provincial permitting strategy aims to streamline the approval process for developers looking to build housing. Currently, authorization can require several provincial permit applications to mul...
Jeff Blagden Jan 16, 2023

Peace Region and Alberta RCMP Detachments Team Up to Bring in Two Wanted Men
Members of RCMP units in both the Peace Region and Alberta teamed up to apprehend two wanted individuals last week. On January 11th, officers in Grande Prairie located a Dodge Nitro which had been sto...
Jeff Blagden Jan 16, 2023

Community Health Bargaining Association Signs Tentative Agreement With Province, Impacting Roughly 21,700 Employees
A tentative collective bargaining agreement has been reached between the province and the Community Health Bargaining Association. If ratified, the agreement would cover roughly 21,700 unionized healt...
Jeff Blagden Jan 16, 2023

BC IIO Looking into Incident Which Saw a Man in Kitimat Sent to Hospital Following an Interaction with Police
BC's Independent Investigations Office has been called in after a man was sent to hospital following an interaction with police in Kitimat last week. Just before 5:00 in the morning last Friday, RCMP ...
Jeff Blagden Jan 16, 2023

College of New Caledonia Providing Up to $50,000 for Projects Which Support Natural Resource Sustainability and Revitalization
Natural resource sustainability and restoration projects in communities served by the College of New Caledonia are getting a shot at fresh funds. Proponents can now apply for up to $50,000 through the...
Jeff Blagden Jan 16, 2023