Category Archives: News
UBCIC Concerned Freedom of Information Act Changes Could Disproportionately Affect Indigenous Peoples
The Union of BC Indian Chiefs is concerned that planned changes to the Freedom of Information and Privacy Act could disproportionately affect Indigenous peoples. Those plans would introduce a fee for ...
Oct 29, 2021
New Report Finds High Levels of Indigenous Representation in the Oil and Gas Industry Workforce
Indigenous participation in the upstream oil and gas industry, both on the worker and management sides, has increased in recent years, according to a new report. Released yesterday, the Canadian Assoc...
Oct 29, 2021
Métis Nation BC Acquires New Properties in Fort St John, Will Provide Housing for Nation
Two new properties acquired by the Mtis Nation of BC will allow them to build new offices, and affordable housing for the Nation. Both of the properties, an existing passive house and a vacant lot, co...
Oct 29, 2021
October 29th Covid-19 Update
British Columbia is reporting 758 new cases of Covid-19, as of last night. That brings the total number of active cases in the province to 4,961, with 155 in ICU. Of the new cases, 133 were reported f...
Oct 29, 2021
Tensions Continue to Flair Between Wet'suwet'en and Coastal GasLink
Two more Wet'suwet'en land defenders have been arrested as tensions continue to escalate with Coastal GasLink. Chief Dtsa'hyl and Kolin Sutherland-Wilson were arrested yesterday at a blockade on Shea ...
Oct 28, 2021
Two recovery liaisons appointed to help with Lytton recovery
Two parliamentary secretaries that have some experience in helping a community recover after a disaster, like when they helped Gran Forks recover after they were flooded in 2018, have now been chosen ...
Oct 28, 2021
MP Taylor Bachrach Returns From Alaska Trip
Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Taylor Bachrach has returned from his trip to DC with good news. Bachrach departed for the States last week with the goal of discussing salmon and steelhead trout stock soluti...
Oct 28, 2021
Workers at Gibraltar mine taking part in multiple strike votes
Multiple strike vote meetings are going to be held both this week and next week in Williams Lake and Quesnel by the union that represents over 500 mine workers at Taseko Mine Limited's mine in Gibralt...
Oct 28, 2021
Premier John Horgan to Have Surgery to Treat Throat Lump
Premier John Horgan will undergo surgery tomorrow after discovering a suspicious lump in his throat. According to the Premier, he has been in hospital for testing multiple times since discovering the ...
Oct 28, 2021
NH Provides Updates on Outbreaks at GR Baker Memorial and Bulkley Valley District Hospitals
Northern Health is updating the public on the situation of Covid outbreaks declared earlier this month at two hospitals. On October 19th, an outbreak was declared covering the Inpatient Unit, excludin...
Oct 28, 2021