Category Archives: News
BC Housing CEO Resigns Amid Threats After Losing Confidence In his Ability to Solve the Issues Ahead
BC Housing's CEO Shayne Ramsay has decided to resign, citing violence, threats, and an unwillingness of communities to help each other as contributing factors. In a resignation letter posted publicly ...
Aug 03, 2022
14 New Projects in the North Receive Funding to Enhance Social Services in their Communities
Fourteen projects in the North will split $1.3 million in fresh funding through the Northern Healthy Communities Fund. Among them is a $100,000 Ksan Society project to bring a full-time coordinator to...
Aug 03, 2022
New Housing Development in Kitimat Receives Second Permit, After Covid Forced the Project to the Backburner Last Time
A housing project in Kitimat has received a second development permit, after Covid prevented initial plans from going ahead. In 2019, the District awarded the first permit to IAG Enterprises to bring ...
Aug 03, 2022
Update: Blue River Fire Now Being Held, Still Largest in BC, 6 Wildfires of Note Burning in the South, Including 4 in Kamloops Fire Centre
While it's still the largest active wildfire in the province, the Wildfire Service has now listed the Blue River fire as being held. That fire is still covering 11,000 hectares west of Highway 37 and ...
Aug 03, 2022
Kitimat RCMP Reports Busiest May, in Terms of Service Requests, Since the Data Began Being Recorded
Kitimat's RCMP detachment saw more requests for service in the month of May this year than any since the data began being recorded in 2008. This year saw 422 files opened in May, compared to 401 last ...
Aug 03, 2022
Snowbird Aircraft crashes after trying to take off from Fort St John airport
Earlier this afternoon, paramedics were called out to the North Peace Regional Airport in Fort St. John after an incident involving a plane. The plane in question, a Canadian Military Snowbird aircraf...
Aug 02, 2022
Dawson Creek RCMP looking to identify hit and run suspect
Dawson Creek RCMP are asking for public assistance to help identify a suspect in a hit and run from Friday. At around 4:30 in the afternoon, police received reports of a hit and run between a vehicle ...
Aug 02, 2022
BC increasing max rebate amounts to allow for easier access to electric vehicles
According to a recent announcement, BC will be increasing maximum rebate amounts so that residents will more easily be able to access electric vehicles. A maximum provincial rebate under the CleanBC G...
Aug 02, 2022
Terrace RCMP investigating vehicle incident from Saturday on Highway 16
A vehicle incident between Terrace and Kitwanga closed roughly 70 kilometres of Highway 16 back on Saturday. That incident closed the road between the Chimdemash Loop, roughly 22 km east of Terrace, a...
Aug 02, 2022
Provincial Funding headed way of BC Central and North Coast First Nations to help clear shoreline debris
More Provincial Funding is coming the way of BC First Nations in order to help clear away marine debris off the coast of the Great Bear Rainforest and create opportunities for lasting change through c...
Aug 02, 2022