Category Archives: News

BC Pharmacies get new guidelines on how to save their supply of special baby formula
BC's Ministry of Health has sent out new guidelines to pharmacies regarding steps they need to take to protect their supply of specialized baby formula. Now, pharmacies will be required to keep the fo...
Rob Young Jun 17, 2022

Northern Health sends out alert regarding rising overdose rate in Prince George
Northern Health has sent out a report stating that there has been an increase in overdoses in Prince George recently. The Health Authority has issued an alert about a light or bright neon pink substan...
Rob Young Jun 17, 2022 Northern Health logo // Courtesy: Northern Health

Poll reveals that lots of BC residents are upset with plan to rebuild Royal BC Museum
A poll that was conducted by the Angus Reid Institute has found that not many BC residents are happy with the idea of lots of money going into the plan to rebuild the Royal BC Museum. According to the...
Rob Young Jun 17, 2022

Update: All home invasion suspects in custody
Update: Small turned himself into Police. Original story: Prince Rupert RCMP have charged three people, while looking for the third person after a man was injured in a home invasion and taken to hospi...
Rob Young Jun 17, 2022

BC COVID cases continue to go down in weekly report
Covid cases and hospitalizations have dropped in every region of BC over the past week yet again, according to the CDC's weekly report. Between June 5th and 11th, BC reported a total of 726 new cases,...
Rob Young Jun 17, 2022

More flood watches and streamflow advisories put in place in BC
Most of yesterday's flood watches and advisories are still in place, with the addition of a few more alerts. The High streamflow advisory in place for the town of Smithers, village of Telkwa and the R...
Rob Young Jun 17, 2022

Program coming to BC Schools to teach students about how help people overdosing
Due to the rising amount of overdose deaths in the Province over the past couple of years, a new program will be making its way to schools throughout BC to teach high school students and teachers how ...
Rob Young Jun 16, 2022

BC and Japanese company form partnership to manage transportation projects better
A brand new partnership between the Province of BC and the group known as Japan Overseas Infrastructure Investment Corporation for Transport and Urban Development (JOIN) has formally been put together...
Rob Young Jun 16, 2022

UBC and UNBC teacher gets high level post secondary teaching award
A faculty member of the UNBC and UBC Northern Medical Program has been recognized with a top level award for post-secondary teaching. Dr. Sean Maurice has become only one of ten educators this year to...
Rob Young Jun 16, 2022

COVID Restrictions for flight travel lifted
Travelers are now able to fly without worrying about COVID restrictions. After enduring pressure from the tourism sector for months, Ottawa has dropped the requirement of having to produce proof of va...
Rob Young Jun 16, 2022 White commercial airplane standing on the airport runway at sunset. Passenger airplane is taking off. Airplane concept 3D illustration.