Category Archives: News

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...
Rob Young 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...
Jeff Blagden 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...
Jeff Blagden 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...
Jeff Blagden Jul 14, 2022

Terrace city councillor invites discussion about new drug treatment centre
The Pacific Northwest Division of Family Practice are hoping to form a task force to develop plans for a new local detox and drug treatment centre. After Terrace Coun. James Cordeiro introduced the id...
Morgyn Budden Jul 14, 2022

BC introducing new tax credit to help building owners save on retrofits and reduce energy use
BC is introducing a new tax credit that will allow building owners to build up their savings a little bit more. The Clean Building Tax Credit will support CleanBC's commitment to reducing BC's emissio...
Rob Young Jul 13, 2022

Prince George RCMP seeking public help in locating wanted man
Prince George RCMP are looking for help from the public in order to locate a wanted man. 34-year-old Levi Eddie Stuparyk is wanted on four outstanding arrest warrants for multiple offenses, some of wh...
Rob Young Jul 13, 2022

Prince George RCMP arrest man for pointing firearm at another man
Prince George RCMP responded to a weapons complaint back on Saturday just before 10 in the evening. According to witnesses, two men got into an argument outside of a residence on the 1900 block of Cen...
Rob Young Jul 13, 2022

BC getting funding to add 128 car charging stations across the Province
In honor of Canada's EVWeek, funding that will look to reduce pollution and create more spots for electric vehicles to charge will be coming BC's way. BC's Minister of Natural Resources, Jonathan Wilk...
Rob Young Jul 13, 2022

Restoration of Ancestral Name for Daajin Giids, Formerly the Village of Queen Charlotte, in May Receives Provincial Recognition
An effort to restore the ancestral name of a community on Haida Gwaii has now received official provincial recognition. In May, Councillors of the former Village of Queen Charlotte unanimously voted t...
Jeff Blagden Jul 13, 2022