Category Archives: News
Pope Says Forced Assimilation of Indigenous Peoples Amounts to Genocide During Flight Departing Canada
While he may not have acknowledged the Church's role in it, the Pope has acknowledged the residential school tragedy as a genocide. He did so on a flight departing Iqaluit on Friday after spending the...
Aug 02, 2022
City of Prince Rupert Downgrades Boil Water Notice to Water Quality Advisory
A boil water notice issued by the City of Prince Rupert earlier today has been downgraded to a Water Quality Advisory. A Water Quality Advisory is the lowest form of form of alert, and is generally is...
Jul 30, 2022
UPDATE: Highway 16 Re-Opens Between Terrace and Kitwanga After a Vehicle Incident Closed it for Nearly 9 Hours
UPDATE 3 (10:00 pm): Highway 16 has now fully re-opened between Terrace and Kitwanga. More information on the incident will be available in the coming days. UPDATE 2 (8:00 pm): A vehicle incide...
Jul 30, 2022
UPDATE: Prince Rupert Downgrades Boil Water Advisory to Water Quality Advisory
UPDATE: A boil water notice issued by the City of Prince Rupert earlier today has been downgraded to a Water Quality Advisory. A Water Quality Advisory is the lowest form of form of alert, and is gene...
Jul 30, 2022
Pope makes final stop on Canadian Tour
Earlier today, Pope Francis started his final stop on his tour of Canada at Iqaluit and was greeted by Politicians, Inuit throat singers, Residential school survivors and drummers among the crowds. To...
Jul 29, 2022
Tseshaht First Nation and Federal Government complete settlement over land sale from 1913
According to an announcement from earlier today, the Federal government and the Tseshaht First Nation have finally completed a settlement agreement regarding the Nation's 1913 purported Surrender and ...
Jul 29, 2022
Terrace confronts period poverty with free period product dispensers
The City of Terrace is working to tackle period poverty and social stigma by providing free period products in municipal bathrooms. Mayor Carol Leclerc originally brought up the idea in a June 2021 co...
Jul 29, 2022 George Little Park period product dispenser, photo courtesy of Morgyn Budden (CFNR)
Interior Health announces closure of emergency room in Clearwater
A major public service announcement from Interior Health regarding the emergency department of a hospital in Clearwater was just released. The residents of Clearwater and the surrounding area are bein...
Jul 29, 2022
Cariboo Regional District sends out water overuse advisory
With the Province going through a large heatwave at the moment, the Cariboo Regional District has sent out a water overuse notice to multiple communities. The communities in question getting this noti...
Jul 29, 2022
Monkeypox vaccines soon to be available in BC
Announced earlier today, monkeypox vaccines are soon going to be made available to BC Residents. A public health emergency of international concern regarding this disease was declared back on July 23r...
Jul 29, 2022