Category Archives: News
Municipal Affairs Minister Believes in Community-based Approach to Solving the Housing Crisis
It's no secret that British Columbians, especially those in the North, are facing a housing crisis. But, newly appointed Municipal Affairs Minister Nathan Cullen says the solution to that crisis will ...
Mar 17, 2022
March 17th Covid-19 Update
British Columbia is reporting 235 new cases of Covid-19, as of last night. Of the new cases, 23 come from Northern Health, while 182 are from the Interior. There are 329 active Covid hospitalizations ...
Mar 17, 2022
Province of BC updating BC parks reservation service
For those that are big fans of camping, the province has announced that they updated their BC Parks reservation service and are encouraging residents to look it over before bookings open on March 21st...
Mar 16, 2022
Northern schools benefiting from program that provides local food
A relatively new initiative known as Feed BC is going to be providing locally-sourced food to 20 of BC's public post-secondary schools. Of the 20 partners in the program, 3 have campuses in the North:...
Mar 16, 2022
BC conducting brand new type of report to help combat homelessness
BC is going to be conducting a type of report that has never been done before on homelessness to get better information on how they should tailor their provincial programs and services to help people ...
Mar 16, 2022
Literal Dumpster Fire Turns into Figurative Dumpster Fire For Arsonist With Prince George Arrest
Prince George RCMP responded to a dumpster fire of a crime scene on Monday, both literally and figuratively. Just before midnight, police were called out to the 1600 block of Spruce Street following r...
Mar 16, 2022
Terrace RCMP Arrest Property Offender After 3 Months of Break-ins in Terrace and Prince George
Terrace RCMP have arrested a property offender following a 3-month, multi-community, crime spree. Anthony Keenan Pearson was arrested in Terrace on March 9th after a break-and-enter from two days prio...
Mar 16, 2022
Quesnel RCMP Arrest Man, Seize Drugs, Cash and Weapons, Following Week-Long Investigation
Quesnel RCMP have seized drugs, cash, and weapons, following a week-long drug trafficking investigation. At around 2:30 yesterday afternoon, police executed an investigation-related search warrant at ...
Mar 16, 2022
8 Northern Communities Split Over $905,000 from Newest Northern Development Initiative Trust Grants
Eight northern communities will split over $905,000 from the most recent distribution of Norther Development Initiative Trust grant funds. Each of the projects supported through the Northern Healthy C...
Mar 16, 2022
More Information on First Nations Equity Agreement for CGL Pipeline Released
Since last week's announcement that 16 First Nations have signed an equity agreement with TC Energy, more information has come out. That agreement will see the 16 Nations split a 10 percent equity sta...
Mar 16, 2022