Category Archives: News
Horgan Says Ottawa's Plans to Eliminate Open-Net Pen Salmon Farms Should Come With Workforce Transition Plan
Premier John Horgan says that Federal plans to eliminate open-net pen salmon farming should come with a job transition plan. Ottawa began phasing out the open-net pens on the west coast in 2020, and a...
Jeff Blagden Mar 18, 2022
Premier John Horgan and Actor Mark Ruffalo Have Back and Forth Over CGL Pipeline
Premier John Horgan issued his disappointment yesterday at American actors choosing to weigh in on BC politics. Horgan was responding to questions about a digital press conference organized by the Wet...
Jeff Blagden Mar 18, 2022
Kitimat RCMP Still Seeking Witnesses to Fatal Highway 37 Crash From Last Week
Kitimat RCMP are seeking witnesses as they continue to investigate a fatal Highway 37 crash from last week. That crash claimed three lives when a commercial vehicle and passenger vehicle collided on t...
Jeff Blagden Mar 18, 2022
School District 82 Selects New Superintendent, Set to Take Over in August
After an extensive search, School District 82 has selected their next superintendent. Aaron Callaghan has been selected to replace incumbent Janet Meyer as Superintendent and CEO of the Coast Mountain...
Jeff Blagden Mar 18, 2022
March 18th Covid-19 Update
British Columbia is reporting 240 new cases of Covid-19, as of last night. Of the new cases, 34 come from Northern Health, while 66 are from the Interior. There are 298 active Covid hospitalizations p...
Jeff Blagden Mar 18, 2022
Nisga'a Valley Health Authority Issues Covid-19 Exposure Notice For Hoobiyee Attendees
A Covid exposure notice has been issued for attendees of Hoobiyee celebrations hosted in Gitwinksihlkw last week. Last Friday and Saturday, residents gathered for the first full in-person Hoobiyee cel...
Jeff Blagden Mar 17, 2022
Northwest Regional Airport of Terrace-Kitimat Receives New 58,000 LB Snowblower
Winter weather will have a tougher fight on its hands at the Northwest Regional Airport in Terrace, thanks to their herculean new snowblower. Touted as the most powerful snowblower on the market, the ...
Jeff Blagden Mar 17, 2022
Video Commemorating Demolition of Former Lower Post Residential School Released Online
A video commemorating the demolition of a former Residential School in Lower Post was released publicly this afternoon. That video depicts the ceremonial demolition of the building on Kaska Dena terri...
Jeff Blagden Mar 17, 2022
RCMP Turn Down City of Terrace's "No-Go Zone" Motion for Repeat Offenders
A motion by City Council to look in to instituting a "no-go zone" for repeat offenders in downtown Terrace has been denied by RCMP. The motion to restrict prolific offenders from entering the area was...
Jeff Blagden Mar 17, 2022
Quesnel receives funding to help tell stories of marginalized groups
At their last Council meeting, the city of Quesnel got approval to receive $49,330 in funds from the 150 Time Immemorial Program. The reason that the city was looking to get this funding is so they ca...
Cael Maslin Mar 17, 2022