Category Archives: News
Police Seize Significant Amount of Drugs Following Saturday Collision in New Hazelton
A vehicle collision from this weekend led RCMP in New Hazelton to discover and seize a sizable quantity of drugs. Police were initially called out to the single-vehicle crash on Highway 16, west of Wi...
Mar 21, 2022
Williams Lake RCMP Seeking Information on Weekend Shooting Which Left One in Hospital
Williams Lake RCMP are investigating a shooting from this weekend which left one man in hospital. Police received initial reports of a man suffering from a gunshot wound at around 3:20 Saturday aftern...
Mar 21, 2022
16 Northern Communities Split $1.9 Million in Fresh HeritageBC Grants
16 northern communities will benefit from a combined $1.9 million in newly announced HeritageBC grants. That funding comes from the newest stream of the 150 Time Immemorial Grant Program, which handed...
Mar 21, 2022
UPDATE: Power Returned After Being Cut to Nearly 4,000 Kitimat Residents This Morning
3:00 Update: Power has been restored to nearly 4,000 BC Hydro customers in Kitimat, following an outage which stretched into the afternoon. A vehicle collision from this morning resulted in the outage...
Mar 21, 2022
March 21st Covid-19 Update
British Columbia is reporting 199 new cases of Covid-19, as of last night. Of the new cases, 14 come from Northern Health, while 72 are from the Interior. There are 290 active Covid hospitalizations, ...
Mar 21, 2022
Kitimat RCMP Remind Residents What To Do If They Call 9-1-1 in Error, After Uptick in Abandoned Calls
After a recent uptick in abandoned 9-1-1 calls, Kitimat RCMP are reminding residents of what to do if you accidentally call in. If you make a 9-1-1 call in error, do not hang up, remain on the line un...
Mar 18, 2022
Terrace RCMP Investigating Stolen Truck Abandoned in Empty Lot
Terrace RCMP are looking for information on a stolen truck that was found abandoned last week. Witnesses reported seeing two men and a woman park a truck with expired plates in an unused lot, before d...
Mar 18, 2022
Horgan Says Ottawa's Plans to Eliminate Open-Net Pen Salmon Farms Should Come With Workforce Transition Plan
Premier John Horgan says that Federal plans to eliminate open-net pen salmon farming should come with a job transition plan. Ottawa began phasing out the open-net pens on the west coast in 2020, and a...
Mar 18, 2022
Premier John Horgan and Actor Mark Ruffalo Have Back and Forth Over CGL Pipeline
Premier John Horgan issued his disappointment yesterday at American actors choosing to weigh in on BC politics. Horgan was responding to questions about a digital press conference organized by the Wet...
Mar 18, 2022
Kitimat RCMP Still Seeking Witnesses to Fatal Highway 37 Crash From Last Week
Kitimat RCMP are seeking witnesses as they continue to investigate a fatal Highway 37 crash from last week. That crash claimed three lives when a commercial vehicle and passenger vehicle collided on t...
Mar 18, 2022