Category Archives: News

Tamitik Jubilee Sports Complex holding ammonia leak drill Wednesday
An ammonia leak drill is being conducted at the Tamitik Jubilee Sports Complex by the building's staff and the Kitimat Fire Department. This drill will take place within a couple of days on November 9...
Rob Young Nov 07, 2022

BC delegation making first post COVID trip to Japan for forestry trade mission
A delegation from BC will be making it's first post COVID trip to Japan on a forestry trade mission. The main goal of the mission is to create more market opportunities, meet with overseas customers a...
Rob Young Nov 04, 2022

Prince Rupert and First Nations sign MOU to help develop local renewable energy
In a press release sent out earlier today, it was revealed that a memorandum of understanding was signed by the City of Prince Rupert, Prince Rupert Legacy Inc, Metlakatla, Lax Kw'alaams and Pattern E...
Rob Young Nov 04, 2022

Lac La Hache Boil Water Advisory lifted today
A Boil water advisory that was put out for the Lac La Hache Water System last week was rescinded earlier today. Interior Health decided that the system was all good to use and now all residents may re...
Rob Young Nov 04, 2022

Gidimt'en Checkpoint puts out call to action looking to start protests around Canada due to Wedzin Kwa river drilling
According to some recent reports, the group opposing the construction of the Coastal Gaslink Pipeline, known as the Gidimt'en Checkpoint, has put out a call to action asking their supporters to help t...
Rob Young Nov 04, 2022

Williams Lake and surrounding area school buses out of service due to snow
With the City of Williams Lake getting hit with a lot of snow today, multiple school buses serving the city and its nearby areas are not in service today. Namely, the areas of Wildwood, 150 Mile House...
Rob Young Nov 04, 2022 Rows of School Buses

Tentative agreement put together between Health Employers Association and Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association
A tentative agreement has been reached between the Health Employers Association of BC and the Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association under BC's Shared Recovery Mandate. Details of the agr...
Rob Young Nov 04, 2022

BC Liberal Party holding vote to determine if the party will change it's name
Starting on November 13th, the BC Liberal Party will start its members only vote to determine a potential new name for the party. Namely, the vote will be to decide if the members would like to change...
Rob Young Nov 04, 2022

BC releases latest weekly report of COVID cases
British Columbia is reporting 486 new cases of Covid-19 as of this week. That brings the active total in the province to 387,936, with 32 in ICU. Of the new cases, 32 are from the Northern Health Regi...
Rob Young Nov 04, 2022

Labour Arbitrator rules against Northern BC bus driver fired for using phone while driving
In a recent ruling from a labour arbitrator, a Northern BC bus driver that was seen talking on her phone for a brief time while she was driving kids home from School was determined to not have been wr...
Rob Young Nov 04, 2022 Rows of School Buses