Category Archives: News

Coast Mountain College international students seemingly benefiting from temporary work hour allowance
In an announcement that was made last week, it was made know that Canada will be temporarily allowing international post secondary students to work more than 20 hours a week in order to help mitigate ...
Rob Young Oct 11, 2022

Smithers-Area Couple Reaches $300,000 Settlement with Province After Claiming Negligent Logging Led to Flooding on Their Property
A couple has settled a lawsuit with the province in a peculiar way, after claiming negligent logging practices led to flooding on their Smithers-area property. In 2009, BC Timber Sales auctioned off a...
Jeff Blagden Oct 11, 2022

Williams Lake First Nation to Monitor Boitanio Mall Excavation Work, After Initial 1974 Build Disturbed Burial Sites
Ground-disturbing excavation at the Boitanio Mall is set to begin today, but this time the Williams Lake First Nation will be on site to monitor activities. During its initially construction in 1974, ...
Jeff Blagden Oct 11, 2022

RCMP North District Major Crime Unit looking into shooting death of Dawson Creek man
The RCMP's North District Major Crime Unit is investigating the death of a man in Dawson Creek that took place over the weekend. Police say they were called to a vehicle collision on Highway 97 on Sun...
Rob Young Oct 11, 2022

Terrace Voters Will Have Opportunities to Both Meet Their Council Candidates, or Cast Advanced Ballots Tomorrow
A total of 212 ballots were cast last Wednesday in the first of two advanced voting opportunities in Terrace. Residents are looking to elect 6 councillors from a pool of 15 candidates in this year's m...
Jeff Blagden Oct 11, 2022

BC Parks new reservation service results in record campsite reservations
According to a recent report, BC Parks new reservation service resulted in several records being set during the 2022 camping season. Over 317,000 reservations were made on the service for this season ...
Rob Young Oct 11, 2022

Province changing employment standards to keep teenagers away from hazardous work
Changes to employment standards are being implemented by the Province of BC starting on Jan 1st next year. Namely, the standards will be altered to better outline suitable types of work for teenagers ...
Rob Young Oct 11, 2022

Williams Lake RCMP Remind Residents That Police Aren't Looking to Collect Gift Cards
Unless it's in response to the question "what do you want for your birthday?", police will never ask you for a gift card. That is exactly what Williams Lake RCMP are reminding residents following a ra...
Jeff Blagden Oct 07, 2022

Coast Mountain College to Offer Accelerated Early Childhood Education Program in Kitimat
In an effort to address the growing need for child care in the region, Coast Mountain College is bringing a new, accelerated, training program to Kitimat. Now open for registration, the program will g...
Jeff Blagden Oct 07, 2022

2022 Smithers all candidates forum
Smithers held their all candidates forum last night at the Della Herman theatre. 2 mayoral candidates and 8 council candidates were in attendance to answer questions on topics like housing, taxes, inf...
Morgyn Budden Oct 07, 2022