Category Archives: News
Uptick in White Sturgeon Deaths in Nechako River Have Provincial Scientists Puzzled
An uptick in dead white sturgeon found in the Nechako River has the province asking the public to report any they may come across. White sturgeon are listed under the Species at Risk Act as endangered...
Sep 07, 2022 A white sturgeon at the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's Sturgeon Center at Bonneville Dam in January 2010.
Disturbance Call Leads Kitimat RCMP to Seize a Variety of Drugs, as well as Cash and a Shotgun
What began as a disturbance call on Friday morning ended with Kitimat RCMP seizing a variety of drugs, weapons, and cash. Just before 4:00 in the morning, police were called out to a residence in the ...
Sep 07, 2022
Three Wildfires of Note Burning in Prince George Fire Centre Continuing Evacuation Alerts and Orders Near Hudson's Hope
A pair of evacuation orders and alerts remain in place in the Northeast, with three of the province's four wildfires of note burning in the Prince George Fire Centre. An evacuation order is covering a...
Sep 07, 2022
Contentious BC Housing Plan to Move Supportive Housing Services in Quesnel to Ramada Hotel Thwarted by Council Vote
A plan to establish new, and relocated existing supportive housing in Quesnel has been cancelled, following significant public backlash. Proposed by BC Housing, the plan would have seen them establish...
Sep 07, 2022
Ceremony Hosted to Honour Official Name Change for Daajing Giids; First Ancestral Name Restoration in BC
Numerous ministers, local officials, and Indigenous leaders were on hand as the Village of Daajing Giids became the first community in BC to have its ancestral name officially restored. In May, the Co...
Sep 07, 2022
IIO Investigating RCMP Involvement After Alleged Self-Inflicted Wounds Lead to Death of a Man in Custody
BC's Independent Investigations Office is looking into the role police played in the death of a man who had been in their custody. Police had initially arrested the 34 year-old on September 1st, in co...
Sep 07, 2022 Independent Investigations Office of British Columbia Logo / Courtesy: IIO BC
Terrace Man loses significant amount of money in rental property scam
According to the recently released Terrace RCMP weekly review, a man reportedly lost around $1,200 in a rental property scam on August 29th. After having a conversation with a person on Facebook about...
Sep 07, 2022
Update on City of Quesnel's Clean Team and Day Labour program released
An update on the city's Clean Team and Day Labour Program was recently sent out by the City of Quesnel. This program's intention is to provide work to those that have previously been homeless or had i...
Sep 07, 2022
Williams Lake First Nation Holding First Annual Speaking Our Truth Competition Pow Wow This Weekend
Members of the Williams Lake First Nation are bringing back an old tradition this weekend with their first annual Speaking Our Truth Competition Pow Wow. Hosted at the newly-renovated Chief William Ar...
Sep 07, 2022 Image from Williams Lake First Nation's Website
Multiple School Bus Drivers in Prince George suddenly quit right before School year starts
After multiple bus drivers for School District 57 suddenly quit their jobs, around 60 to 80 school students in Prince George had to quickly find others means of getting to class. In an email sent out ...
Sep 07, 2022