Category Archives: News
Trial for man charged with murder of Indigenous woman started yesterday
Dozens gathered in front of the Quesnel courthouse yesterday to demand justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. Family members, friends, and strangers all came together prior to th...
Feb 16, 2022
Pilot program being launched to re-seed Chilcotin Plateau
A Pilot program is being launched by Central Chilcotin Rehabilitation in order to re-seed forests in the Chilcotin Plateau with the help of drones. With help from the Forest Enhancement Society of BC,...
Feb 16, 2022
Drug Alert Issued Covering All of Interior Health Due to Samples with High Levels of Fentanyl and Benzodiazepine
Interior Health has issued a drug alert, covering all communities within the Health Authority's boundaries. Multiple drug samples have been found across the region recently, containing extremely high ...
Feb 16, 2022
All Native Basketball Tournament Will Go Ahead as Planned in Early April, Free of Capacity Limits
With yesterday's announcement of loosening Covid restrictions, the All Native Basketball Tournament is set to go ahead in early April. Event organizers confirmed today that the tournament will kick of...
Feb 16, 2022
Campaign for Indigenous youth to share vaccine journey available until end of March
Last week, a campaign that is encouraging Indigenous kids to recount their COVID-19 vaccination journey was launched. This campaign was created as a result of a partnership between the National Indige...
Feb 16, 2022
Gitmaxmak'ay Nisga'a Society reschedules Virtual Community meeting
A Gitmaxmak'ay Nisga'a Society Virtual Community meeting has just been rescheduled. This meeting will now be happening on March 1st at 7 pm via Zoom video conferencing. A Zoom link will be sent to eve...
Feb 16, 2022
Vaagen Fibre Working With Osoyoos on Unique Forestry Management Partnership
Vaagen Fibre Canada and the Osoyoos Indian Band have carved out a unique forestry management partnership. Through that partnership, Vaagen aims to bring sustainable and reliable access to wood fibre t...
Feb 16, 2022
Quesnel Mayor releases letter addressing incident at Council meeting earlier in this month
Earlier in the month, a Quesnel regular council meeting was disrupted by anti-mask and anti-vax protesters looking to speak with council about issues that concerned them. Quesnel's mayor, Bob Simpson,...
Feb 16, 2022
Terrace RCMP Looking to Identify Pair of Break-and-Enter Suspects
Terrace RCMP are seeking public assistance in identifying two suspects of a break-and-enter from earlier this month. In the early morning on February 1st, one male and one female suspect broke in to a...
Feb 16, 2022
Free Family Day Events This Weekend Across Northwest
With the Family Day long weekend nearly upon us, and Covid restrictions loosening, some free activities in the Northwest will allow you to make up for the missed quality time. In Terrace, the District...
Feb 16, 2022