Category Archives: News
COVID Cases up according to BC's weekly COVID update
Both the province and the North saw an increase in Covid cases last week, although hospitalizations are still trending down, according to the CDC's weekly report. Between July 3rd and 9th, the provinc...
Jul 14, 2022
Coastal GasLink Required to Take Additional Measures to Control Sedimentation and Erosion Under New Agreement
A new compliance agreement will require Coastal GasLink to take more proactive measures to control sedimentation and erosion. Signed between CGL and the Environmental Assessment Office, the agreement ...
Jul 14, 2022
Health Canada Approves First Covid-19 Vaccine for Children Under 5 years Old
Health Canada has approved its first Covid-19 vaccination for children between 6 months and 5 years olds. Known as Spikevax, the Moderna-made vaccine is given in doses a quarter of the size of those g...
Jul 14, 2022
$17.3 million in funding going towards development in Prince George that will protect women and children from violence
It was announced earlier today that $17.3 million in funding will be used to help construct the development that will be known as My Sister's Place. This development will be providing 55 homes to chil...
Jul 14, 2022
New Woodland License Gives Lheidli T'enneh Exclusive Rights Over an Additional 200,000 Hectares of Forests
A new license agreement will expand the Lheidli T'enneh First Nation's exclusive harvesting rights over an additional 200,000 hectares of forests. That license, the largest First Nations Woodland Lice...
Jul 14, 2022
Ottawa Providing More than $35 million to Support Indigenous Communities During Papal Visit Later This Month
Ottawa is providing more than $35 million in funding for Indigenous communities to support activities related to the upcoming Papal visit. Pope Francis is set to visit Canada between July 24th and the...
Jul 14, 2022
BC Parks asks people to follow Camper's Code on Parks day
With this Saturday being Parks day in Canada, BC Parks is asking that everyone who makes their way to a national park this weekend follows the Camper's Code. This code is meant to ensure that everyone...
Jul 14, 2022
Province Once Again on Pace to Break Illicit Drug Overdose Record in 2022, North Sees Highest Overdose Death Rate in May
195 illicit drug overdose deaths in May have the province once again on pace to break their annual record total. That figure represents the most illicit overdose deaths ever recorded in the month of M...
Jul 14, 2022
False Overdue Boater Report Prompts Kitimat RCMP to Remind Boaters to Notify Family When They Return, and to Prepare Trip Plans
A false alarm from, this weekend has Kitimat RCMP reminding boaters to notify people when they return from trips, and to leave a trip plan with someone. That comes after police received a call of a bo...
Jul 14, 2022
Most Wildfires in the Northwest Fire Centre Now Under Control or Held, Though the Largest Remain Out of Control
Most of the fires that had been keeping wildfire crews busy in the northern portion of the Northwest Fire Centre are now under control. But, the largest of those, a 4,700 hectare blaze west of Highway...
Jul 14, 2022