Category Archives: News
New Response team for Mental Health and Substance use problems sent out to Northwest BC
A brand new response team has been sent to northwest B.C. in order to provide rapid response for the communities that are facing big time mental health and substance abuse challenges. The Northwest Sp...
Jul 27, 2021
Rio Tinto reducing production at Smelter because of strike
In a news release from earlier today, Rio Tinto announced that they have begun reducing production at their BC Works aluminum smelter in Kitimat because of a strike initiated by the Unifor Local 2301 ...
Jul 27, 2021
BC launching month long Vaccination Campaign
B-C is launching a month-long vaccination blitz to encourage as many people as possible to get immunized against COVID-19. The Vax for B-C campaign begins today and continues through August -- aimed a...
Jul 27, 2021
BC Wildfire Service officials worried about people not following evac orders
Officials with the B-C Wildfire Service say they're making progress fighting some 250 blazes, but they're concerned about people defying evacuation orders. Director of operations Rob Schweitzer told a...
Jul 27, 2021
Rio Tinto Workers officially begin Strike
About 900 Rio Tinto workers at the company's aluminum smelting facilities in Kitimat, B-C, have gone on strike. The walkout began Sunday at one minute after midnight. Unifor Local 2301, which represen...
Jul 26, 2021
Hope Air receives donation from Coastal Gaslink and LNG Canada
Hope Air, the only Canadian charity that provides flights and accommodations for those in financial need who need to travel for medical care far from home, announced earlier today that Coastal Gaslink...
Jul 26, 2021
BC Children's Hospital Researchers give warning to watch out for a common virus in infants
Researchers at B-C Children's Hospital warn that infants and children could suffer more respiratory infections this summer as pandemic restrictions ease -- and they say doctors should watch for an ill...
Jul 26, 2021
Coastal Gaslink completes first facility in Pipeline project
Coastal GasLink says it has fully completed its first facility as part of the project to build a natural gas pipeline from Dawson Creek to Kitimat in northern B-C. An update from the company says the ...
Jul 26, 2021
Northern Health planning on holding celebration at Terrace Sportsplex
Northern Health is holding a celebration at the Terrace Sportsplex on July 28 to mark the end of their mass vaccination campaign in the city. The event, which will be know as 'VAX the NORTH,' will fea...
Jul 26, 2021
Experts say Western Wildfires are generating their own weather systems
Experts say a combination of intense heat and drought conditions is causing wildfires in Western provinces to generate their own weather systems. A meteorologist with the United States Naval Research ...
Jul 26, 2021 Photo courtesy BC Wildfire Service