Category Archives: News
Trio Arrested in Quesnel After Crime Spree That Would Make a Kleptomaniac's Mouth Water
A trio of suspected are now facing several charges after a Quesnel-based crime spree that would make a kleptomaniac's mouth water. According to police, the group had been driving around in a stolen ve...
Jul 08, 2022
Covid Cases Up, but Hospitalizations Continue to Drop, According to CDC's Weekly Report
Both the province and the North saw an uptick in Covid cases last week, though hospitalizations continue to trend down, according to the CDC's weekly report. Between June 26th and July 2nd, the provin...
Jul 08, 2022
New Provincial Funding Aims to Address Anti-Indigenous Racism in the Community Social Services Sector
$8.4 million in new provincial funding will help to eliminate anti-Indigenous racism from BC's community social services sector. With that funding, the province will develop a reconciliation framework...
Jul 08, 2022
Rogers Outage Affecting Many Services Across the Country, Including Debit and Credit Transactions and Emergency Services
A wide spread network outage from early this morning is continuing to impact Rogers customers across the country. Both wireless and hardlined networks are affected by the outage, causing it to impact ...
Jul 08, 2022
Flood Related Advisories Maintained Across BC, with Heavy Rain in the Forecast
With heavy precipitation expected the next few days, the River Forecast Centre is maintaining a number of flood-related advisories. A Heavy Streamflow Advisory is in place covering the Skeena and Bulk...
Jul 08, 2022
Lightning Sparked Wildfires Continue to Burn in Northern Portion of Northwest Fire Centre
Lightning sparked fires continue to keep wildfire crews busy in the northern portion of the Northwest Fire Centre. Currently listed as out of control, the largest of those is a 3,250 hectare blaze nor...
Jul 08, 2022
Prosecution Service Decides to Pursue Criminal Charges Against Four More Arrested While Opposing Coastal GasLink's Pipeline
Four more land defenders are being charged with criminal contempt, following a BC Supreme Court ruling from yesterday. In total, 19 of the 27 arrested last November while opposing the Coastal GasLink ...
Jul 08, 2022
Press event held regarding info for Kamloops concert
Earlier today, a press event was held by the organizers of 'For The People - A Cultural Experience' in Kamloops in order to provide details about the event. This event is a concert that will held on A...
Jul 07, 2022
84 First Nations and Communities in BC getting funding for emergencies
Around 84 local governments and First Nations in BC are expected to receive provincial emergency-preparedness funding in order to improve all their local emergency operations centres and make sure the...
Jul 07, 2022
Telus announces 10 million dollar Haida Gwaii investment
Back on Monday, Telus announced that they were investing $10 million into bringing high speed internet and proper cell service to the Haida Gwaii area. This investment comes after Telus was able to co...
Jul 07, 2022