Category Archives: News
New Provincial Health Order Requires Health Colleges to Release Vaccination Info by End of March
A new Provincial Health Order requiring all health care workers to report their vaccination status took effect today. Under the new order, professional health colleges will be required to provide the ...
Mar 08, 2022
Provincial Government tabling proposed amendments to Transportation Act
Earlier today, the Provincial government announced that they are tabling Bill 13, which looks to amend the Passenger Transportation Act. New amendments would make the record-check review process, whic...
Mar 08, 2022
Tourism in Kitimat Looking to Bounce Back in 2022 With New Renos, Rentals, and Digital Support
Last year was a rough one for the tourism industry, but the District of Kitimat is looking to bounce back strong this year. In 2021, the District saw just 453 total tourist visits, down from 1,677 in ...
Mar 08, 2022
Canada and Vancouver Island-Based First Nation Reach Settlement Over Generations Old Land Dispute
Canada and the Ts'uubaa-asatx Nation have reached an agreement to settle a grievance more than 100 years later. In 1911, 22.5 acres of land was cut from Lake Cowichan Reserve 1 by Canada, and sold to ...
Mar 08, 2022
Northern Health Taking Health Order Defying Prince George Nightclub to Court
Northern Health is taking a defiant Prince George nightclub to court in yet another attempt to shut it down. Yesterday, the Health Authority filed a civil lawsuit, and injunction request, against the ...
Mar 08, 2022
Kitimat Water Rates Could Take a 13.9% Jump This Year
For the first time in quite a while, water rates could be taking a leap in the District of Kitimat. During yesterday's regular meeting, council agreed on the structure for the water rate bylaw, which ...
Mar 08, 2022
New Indigenous Women Entrepreneurship Program Introduced in Honour of International Women's Day
In honour of International Women's Day, the National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association are launching a new program. Alongside 32 of their Aboriginal Financial Institutions, they will begin o...
Mar 08, 2022 Indigenous Women Entrepreneurship Program (CNW Group/National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association)
Joint Federal and Provincial Investment Promises High-Speed Internet to All of BC by 2027
Everyone living in BC will have access to high-speed internet by 2027, thanks to a new joint investment by the province and Ottawa. That investment will see a total of 830 million dollars go toward cl...
Mar 08, 2022
Large Commercial Development Proposed for Kitimat receives Development Permit
A large commercial development proposed for Kitimat is moving forward, after checking a few more bureaucratic check boxes. Proposed for a sub-divided lot at 36 Highway 37, the development would featur...
Mar 08, 2022
March 8th Covid-19 Update
British Columbia is reporting 997 new cases of Covid-19 over the three days between Saturday and Monday. That works out to an average of 332 cases per day. Of the new cases, 79 come from Northern Heal...
Mar 08, 2022