Category Archives: News
Williams Lake RCMP Looking for Tips in Suspicious Death Investigation
A disturbance call in Williams Lake from Saturday has prompted RCMP to launch a suspicious death investigation. Police were called out to a residence on Carson Avenue just before 6:00 yesterday mornin...
Jan 24, 2022
Kitimat and Haisla Nation Fire Departments Team Up to Tackle MK Bay Marina Fire
A ship fire which sparked in Kitimat this weekend had two fire crews springing in to action. According to Kitimat Fire Department, the blaze, which popped up at MK Bay Marina in the afternoon, was cha...
Jan 24, 2022 Photo Posted to Kitimat Firefighter Paramedics Facebook Page
Replica of the Witness Blanket Coming to Northern BC Museums and Galleries this Summer
A replica of a famous art installation commemorating the tragic legacy of Residential Schools, is making the rounds in northern BC. In 2009, master carver Carey Newman began designing a quilt-like art...
Jan 24, 2022 Photo by Aaron Cohen of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.
Droves of Truckers Headed to Ottawa to Challenge Border Vaccine Mandate
Droves of truckers are headed from the west coast to Ottawa in an effort to challenge newly installed vaccination mandates. On January 15th, new mandates took effect requiring all truckers to be vacci...
Jan 24, 2022
January 24th Covid-19 Update
British Columbia is reporting 2,364 new cases of Covid-19, as of Friday night. That brings the province's active case total to 33,997, with 924 in hospital, and 130 in ICU. Of the new cases, 190 come ...
Jan 24, 2022
Federal Government giving out asset management funding to BC communities
Ottawa is helping 36 BC communities to build stronger communities through better asset management. Those communities will benefit from a combined 1.6 million dollars in federal funding through the Mun...
Jan 21, 2022
RCMP warn of new bail money scam
The RCMP has begun warning residents about a new scam that currently making the rounds known as the "bail money scam" where it begins with a conversation on the phone and ends with the scammers coming...
Jan 21, 2022
Port Edward LNG Readying for Site Prep After New Agreement with PNG
A proposed LNG facility in the Northwest is finally preparing for site preparation, scheduled to begin this year. In September of last year, the BC Oil and Gas Commission granted a facilities permit t...
Jan 21, 2022
British Columbians Being Told to Assume They are a Close Contact to Someone With Covid
British Columbia's top doctor is advising everyone to assume they have been a close contact to someone with Covid. That was just one piece of a significant shift in provincial guidance announced by Dr...
Jan 21, 2022
Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc Chief Roseanne Casimir Appointed as Shuswap Nation Tribal Council Chairperson
Tk'emlps te Secwpemc Chief Roseanne Casimir has been selected as the next Chairperson of the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council, at least until Spring. Casimir was elected by the Council's nine Chiefs yest...
Jan 21, 2022