Category Archives: News
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
Hazelton Secondary School Re-Opens Following Functional Closure Last Week
After a staffing shortage prompted an extended winter break, students at Hazelton Secondary School are returning to classes today. School district 82 had issued a functional closure of the school due ...
Jan 17, 2022
Search for Missing Takla Woman Ends Tragically With Homicide Charges
A search for a missing Indigenous woman tragically became a homicide investigation last week. 33 year-old Takla Nation member Carmelita Louise Abraham was reported missing on January 4th, having not b...
Jan 17, 2022
January 17th Covid-19 Update
British Columbia is reporting 2,275 new cases of Covid-19, as of Friday night. That brings the province's active case total to 35,943, with 646 in hospital, and 95 in ICU. It's the first report of the...
Jan 17, 2022
UPDATE: Tsunami Advisory CANCELLED For Haida Gwaii, Prince Rupert, and Areas of North Coast (Video)
Emergency BC has cancelled a tsunami advisory which had been issued for areas of the North and Central Coasts, as well as Haida Gwaii. Said advisory was the result of a volcanic eruption off the coast...
Jan 15, 2022
BC Supreme Court Says Federal and Provincial Governments Have Obligation to Protect Nechako River
BC's Supreme Court says that both the Federal and Provincial governments have an obligation to protect First Nations rights to fish in the Nechako River. In a ruling from last week, the Court found Ri...
Jan 14, 2022
City of Terrace Closes Donald Hill Walkway Due to Unsafe Ice Build Up
In order to ensure its safety, the City of Terrace is temporarily closing down the Donald Hill Walkway. Said walkway stretches from Bailey St on the Bench, to the base of the Landfear Drive hill. Acco...
Jan 14, 2022
Nuxalk Nation Declares Local State of Emergency Due to Rising Covid Cases
A First Nation on BC's Central Coast has declared a local state of emergency due to the rapid spread of Covid in the community. Put in place by the Nuxalk Nation on Wednesday, the state of emergency w...
Jan 14, 2022
Nearly Double the Health Care Workers Off With Illness Last Week Compared to in Previous Years
No one can deny that, while we've all felt the impacts of the Covid pandemic, none have been hit harder than health care workers. Between January 3rd and the 9th, 21,517 health care workers in BC took...
Jan 14, 2022 Health Minister Adrian Dix
BC Transit Cancels Trips on Two Out-of-Town Routes This Afternoon
Due to continued rough road conditions on Terrace area side roads, BC Transit has decided to cancel trips on two out-of-town routes. Both the #5 Thornhill, and the #14 Gitaus/ Queensway routes will se...
Jan 14, 2022