Category Archives: News
Logistics and Cost Issues Lead to Curtailment at Canfor's Taylor Pulp Mill
An inability to ship product out fast enough has led to curtailments at Canfor's Taylor Pulp Mill. According to Canfor, the final straw which led to the minimum 6 week curtailment, were ongoing transp...
Feb 17, 2022
Fire at Sonder House in Terrace Sends One to Hospital with Severe Burns
A fire at a supportive housing facility in Terrace from yesterday afternoon saw one man sent to hospital due to his burns. At around 3:00 yesterday afternoon, fire crews responded to the blaze at Sond...
Feb 17, 2022
Elect Her! Northwest Campaign Looks to Eliminate Barriers Preventing for and Support Women Running for Office
Women looking to run for municipal office in the northwest will soon have access to new supports. Both the District of Kitimat and Town of Smithers have acquired 10,000 dollars each in grant funding t...
Feb 17, 2022
February 17th Covid-19 Update
British Columbia is reporting 750 new cases of Covid-19, as of last night. Of the new cases, 108 come from Northern Health, while 277 are from the Interior. There are currently 762 active hospitalizat...
Feb 17, 2022
Trial for man charged with murder of Indigenous woman started yesterday
Dozens gathered in front of the Quesnel courthouse yesterday to demand justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. Family members, friends, and strangers all came together prior to th...
Feb 16, 2022
Pilot program being launched to re-seed Chilcotin Plateau
A Pilot program is being launched by Central Chilcotin Rehabilitation in order to re-seed forests in the Chilcotin Plateau with the help of drones. With help from the Forest Enhancement Society of BC,...
Feb 16, 2022
Drug Alert Issued Covering All of Interior Health Due to Samples with High Levels of Fentanyl and Benzodiazepine
Interior Health has issued a drug alert, covering all communities within the Health Authority's boundaries. Multiple drug samples have been found across the region recently, containing extremely high ...
Feb 16, 2022
All Native Basketball Tournament Will Go Ahead as Planned in Early April, Free of Capacity Limits
With yesterday's announcement of loosening Covid restrictions, the All Native Basketball Tournament is set to go ahead in early April. Event organizers confirmed today that the tournament will kick of...
Feb 16, 2022
Campaign for Indigenous youth to share vaccine journey available until end of March
Last week, a campaign that is encouraging Indigenous kids to recount their COVID-19 vaccination journey was launched. This campaign was created as a result of a partnership between the National Indige...
Feb 16, 2022
Gitmaxmak'ay Nisga'a Society reschedules Virtual Community meeting
A Gitmaxmak'ay Nisga'a Society Virtual Community meeting has just been rescheduled. This meeting will now be happening on March 1st at 7 pm via Zoom video conferencing. A Zoom link will be sent to eve...
Feb 16, 2022