Category Archives: News
Winter Storm Watch Issued for North Coast Inland Sections
North Coast residents who thought they were in the clear after two days of decent weather will be... disappointed. Environment Canada has issued a winter storm watch which will cover inland sections o...
Jan 18, 2022 Winter landscape with small willage in snowy mountans
January 18th Covid-19 Update
British Columbia is reporting 5,625 new cases of Covid-19 over the three days between Friday and Sunday. That works out to an average of 1,875 new cases per day. It brings the province's active case t...
Jan 18, 2022
BC tourism relief fund being criticized for leaving out certain operators
A recently announced $15 million pandemic relief fund meant to help out BC tourism operators has come under fire for supposedly not including many people in the fund's eligibility who need the money t...
Jan 17, 2022
Prince Rupert re-opening Façade program for 2022
The city of Prince Rupert has decided to re-open their Faade Improvement Program for this year and now they are accepting applications for said program. The program's purpose is to help commercial are...
Jan 17, 2022
New team in BC created to help stop sexual assault in the North
A new team has been launched by the Northern Society for Domestic Peace in order to give around the clock support to sexual assault victims. After receiving some funding from the Ending Violence Assoc...
Jan 17, 2022
Tŝilhqot'in Nation Calls for Review of Pacific Salmon Treaty Following Alaskan Interception Report
Members of the Tilhqot'in Nation are calling for Ottawa to establish an independent review of the Pacific Salmon Treaty. That request comes following a new report by the Watershed Watch Salmon Society...
Jan 17, 2022
Update: Nearly 400 Residents Around Stewart Without Power After Two Outages Hit
Nearly 400 residents of Stewart and the surrounding area still find themselves without power, after a tree took out some power lines. According to BC Hydro, power went down for 388 residents of the ar...
Jan 17, 2022
'Wet'suwet'en Peace and Unity Gathering' Held by Land Defenders and Allies on Saturday
Gidimt'en land defenders were joined by allies at a gathering this weekend to call for an end to RCMP violence against them. Titled the Wet'suwet'en Peace and Unity Gathering, the event took place at ...
Jan 17, 2022
WorksafeBC Issues Rio Tinto $680,000 Fine Over Air Contaminants
Rio Tinto has been fined nearly 680,000 dollars after being warned in the past over harmful air contaminants. An inspection by WorksafeBC from last month revealed that a prior order to better control ...
Jan 17, 2022
RESTORED: Hydro Pole Collision Leaves Nearly 1,300 in Central Cariboo Without Power
Power has been restored to nearly 1,300 BC Hydro customers of Williams Lake, after a collision took out a power pole this morning. Just after 2:00 this morning, a vehicle travelling on Highway 20, nea...
Jan 17, 2022