Category Archives: News
College Running program to help out Northern Indigenous students
During this spring and summer, 20 Indigenous students from Canada's North have been taking part in a unique 4-month transition program that is looking to prepare them for their upcoming education this...
Cael Maslin Jul 29, 2021
VAX the NORTH event held yesterday at Terrace Sportsplex
A lot of community members went to the Terrace Sportsplex yesterday, which marked the end of Northern Health's mass vaccination drive in Terrace. The event, which was known as 'VAX the NORTH', consist...
Cael Maslin Jul 29, 2021
BC Wildfire Service says weather should bring rain in coming days
The B-C Wildfire Service says the weather is going to shift over the coming days to bring some rain for firefighting crews but also the risk of lightning. Spokesman Rob Schweitzer says scorching tempe...
Cael Maslin Jul 29, 2021
Emergency Management BC gives all clear for residents worried about potential Tsunami
Residents in some coastal communities of northwestern B-C spent several anxious hours overnight waiting for word about a possible tsunami. Alerts sounded after an 8.2-magnitude earthquake hit off the ...
Cael Maslin Jul 29, 2021
New Study says western Canada needs to take precautions for future Fire seasons
A new paper by a team of scientists and forest experts says Western Canada barely has a decade to act if there's any hope of heading off more destructive wildfires. Former wildfire fighter and current...
Cael Maslin Jul 29, 2021
Stats Canada says cost of living in Canada has gone down
The cost of living in Canada edged down to 3.1 per cent in June -- a full-half-point lower than the decade-high of 3.6 per cent in May. But Statistics Canada cautions that June's decline might have mo...
Cael Maslin Jul 28, 2021
Northwest Fire Centre helping out other parts of BC with Wildfires
The Northwest Fire Centre is continuing to closely monitor the Northwest's fire situation, but they have been able to send multiple crews and other personnel to help out other fire centres through the...
Cael Maslin Jul 28, 2021
Finance Minister says B-C has lower-than-projected deficit
Finance Minister Selina Robinson says B-C has a lower-than-projected deficit of 5.5-billion dollars, despite the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis. Robinson updated B-C's public accounts, saying the stre...
Cael Maslin Jul 28, 2021
Unifor 2301 releases update on contract negotiations
With there currently being few details from both parties as to what's going on in the contract talks between the Unifor Local 2301 union and Rio Tinto, the union has released a brand new news bulletin...
Cael Maslin Jul 28, 2021
Restrictions imposed in Central Okanagan because of COVID-19 outbreak
Some public health restrictions are being re-imposed in the central Okanagan due to an outbreak of COVID-19, primarily among people who are unvaccinated. The Interior Health authority says masks will ...
Cael Maslin Jul 28, 2021