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Liberal MLA Tables Bill to Allow Traditional Indigenous Names on Government Documentation for a Second Time
Liberal MLA Doug Clovechok is once again attempting to have Indigenous names recognized on official government documents. Clovechok originally tabled the Indigenous Names Statutes Amendment Act in 202...
Mar 08, 2023
Prince Rupert RCMP Seeking Pair of Wanted Men
Prince Rupert RCMP are seeking public assistance to help locate two wanted men. 30 year-old Gerald James Michael Morrison (pictured right) is wanted on warrants for assault, assault by choking, and br...
Mar 08, 2023 Bailey Keith Barkhouse on left, Gerald James Michael Morrison on right
2024 BC Winter Games Will Officially Recognize a First Nations' Community as a Host for the First Time
For the first time in the event's history, a First Nation's community has been named as one of the official hosts of the BC Winter Games. Each year, the event brings together thousands of the province...
Mar 08, 2023
Pedestrian Passes Away After Being Hit by a City-Owned Snow-clearing Vehicle in Fort St John
A pedestrian has passed away after being hit by a City-owned vehicle in Fort St John on Monday. It was around 4:45 in the afternoon when a piece of snow-clearing equipment struck the man near the inte...
Mar 08, 2023
Transportation Safety Board Issues Four Recommendations Following Final Report on Fatal Sinking of the Tugboat Ingenika
After two years of investigation, the Transportation Safety Board has released their final report into the fatal sinking of the tugboat Ingenika. On the morning of February 11th, 2021, the Ingenika wo...
Mar 08, 2023
Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Taylor Bachrach Renews Calls for Ottawa to Help with Prince Rupert's Infrastructure Issues
Skeena- Bulkley Valley MP Taylor Bachrach is once again calling on the Federal government to help solve Prince Rupert's infrastructure woes. In January, Bachrach wrote to Infrastructure Minister Domin...
Mar 08, 2023
Incumbent Chief Councillor Don Roberts Re-Elected to Lead Kitsumkalum Band Council in a Tight Race
Incumbent Chief Councillor Don Roberts has been elected to lead the Kitsumkalum Band Council for another term. It was a tight race for the position as Band members hit the poles yesterday, with Robert...
Mar 08, 2023
First Nations Leadership Council Says DFO Manipulated and Cherrypicked Data in Sea Lice Report, Calls for Overhaul of Review Process
Members of the First Nations Leadership Council are calling for an overhaul of the DFO's scientific review and decision making process. Those calls come amid renewed anger over the DFO's failure to ac...
Mar 07, 2023
Police in Williams Lake Seize Sizeable Quantity of Fentanyl After Recognizing Drug Trafficking-involved Vehicle
A keen eye by police in Williams Lake helped remove a sizeable amount of illicit drugs from the streets last week. Members of the Cariboo Chilcotin Crime Reduction Unit were patrolling a known drug ne...
Mar 07, 2023
January Surpasses 200 Illicit Drug Overdose Deaths, Marking the 8th Time in the Past 16 Months
More than 11,000 British Columbians have lost their lives to illicit drug overdoses since a public health emergency was declared in 2016. According to the most recent report from the Coroners' Service...
Mar 07, 2023