Category Archives: News
IIO investigating Police shooting incident between Houston and Burns Lake
News of a shooting incident nearby Houston that involved police has made its way to the Independent Investigations Office of British Columbia. It was the RCMP itself that informed the IIO of this part...
Aug 31, 2022
Fire Bans in BC Northwest Fire Centre lifted
With the previous few days seeing lots of rain in Northern BC compounded with the number of wildfires decreasing as of late, the BC Wildfire Service has decided to end their Category 2 and 3 fire ban ...
Aug 31, 2022
WorksafeBC warning of tripping hazards at restaurants
In a recent news release from WorksafeBC, the company is warning of dangers in a type of workplace that doesn't seem particularly dangerous at 1st glance. But according to WorkSafeBC, restaurants, pub...
Aug 31, 2022
CRTC implementing new number for mental health help and suicide prevention
It was announced earlier today that the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission will be implementing a new number for people who need immediate mental health help or a suicide inte...
Aug 31, 2022
Number of Wildfires in BC slowly going down
In terms of wildfires that are taking place in the Northwest Fire Centre, the number of fires has been steadily decreasing over the past couple of days. The number of fires currently burning in the Ce...
Aug 31, 2022
Report says BC Economy recovered a lot faster than expected over last fiscal year
According to a recently released end of fiscal year report, BC's economy is reported to have recovered a lot faster than expected over the past fiscal year. Even with the Province spending a lot of mo...
Aug 30, 2022
New pilot agreement sees legal protection added for Stó:lō Nation heritage sites
Thanks to a recently settled pilot agreement, brand new legal protections are going into place to provide protection for sacred, spiritual and ceremonial heritage sites on Crown lands within St:l Nati...
Aug 30, 2022
Strike ends after BCGEU and Provincial Government make progress bargaining talks
With negotiations between the B.C. General Employees' Union and the Provincial Government reportedly going well, the Union and their members decided to end their strike at two weeks. Both sides will c...
Aug 30, 2022
Crisis Centre of BC holding webinar on how to support suicide survivors
With World Suicide Prevention Day coming up on September 10th, an event on the internet is being held to help educate people on an area of the subject that is very important but also rather tricky in ...
Aug 30, 2022
Fort Nelson sees food supplies for grocery stores and restaurants delayed due to tanker crash
According to the Fort Nelson Chamber of Commerce, a deadly crash that involved a tanker truck that happened last Thursday is causing the town's restaurants and grocery stores to run low on supplies. T...
Aug 30, 2022