Category Archives: News
Terrace Residents' Christmas Trees Can Serve a Purpose in the New Year
Terrace residents wondering what to do with their Christmas tree after Old Saint Nick has come and gone are in luck. On Saturday, January 8th, between 11:00 and 3:00, residents can bring their trees t...
Dec 21, 2021 New Year, celebration. Beautiful, shiny Christmas tree
Sandspit Adventures Fishing Lodge in Haida Gwaii Faces Fisheries Fines
A fishing lodge operator on Haida Gwaii is set to pay the price for not doing his due diligence. Chad James Whiteside, the owner of Sandspit Adventures, will be paying a total of 75 thousand dollars i...
Dec 21, 2021
Terrace Nisga'a society accused of delaying holiday payments
Delays in the Gitlaxdax Nisga'a Terrace Society's efforts to pay out their treaty gift allocation have drawn the attention of a former Nisga'a Lisims electoral officer. Rhonda Peal, a former Chief ele...
Dec 21, 2021
Winter Conditions and Snowfall Warnings Continue in Northwest
It's going to be another uniquely wintery affair in the Northwest today. In Terrace and Kitimat temperatures will hit -20 with frigid winds gusting up to 60 km/h. That cold will be joined by up to 20 ...
Dec 21, 2021 Detail of the tire on winter road
$20 Million Dollar Joint Federal-Provincial Investment to Help Water Issues in 4 Communities
Four communities in BC are set to benefit from just under 20 million dollars in joint funding for water and wastewater infrastructure. As part of the Green Infrastructure Stream of the Investing in Ca...
Dec 21, 2021
Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Open to Independent Review of Residential School Compensation
Canada's Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations says he is open an independent review of a Residential School compensation deal. That deal was made between Ottawa and the Catholic Church in 2005, and ...
Dec 21, 2021
DFO Issues First Lifetime Ban to Pacific Fisher in a Decade
In a rare act of punishment, the DFO has issued a pacific-based fisherman a lifetime ban, the first in more than a decade. Scott Steer is a repeat offender under Canada's Fisheries Act, though the ban...
Dec 21, 2021
New Bylaw Adds and Alters Rules for Food Trucks in Kitimat
The recent prevalence of food trucks has altered the wording of a District of Kitimat bylaw, and added some new rules. All references to mobile restaurants in the District's Food Vendor Bylaw have now...
Dec 21, 2021
6 Northern Students Nab Forestry Scholarships Under Council of Forest Industries Program
6 forestry students in the North are among 13 in BC receiving scholarships to help advance their future in the industry. Each year since 2007, the BC Council of Forest Industries have handed out the s...
Dec 21, 2021
Man Charged in Relation to 2020 Homicide on Highway of Tears
A man has been charged in relation to a 2020 homicide along the Highway of Tears. In August of 2020, the remains of 34 year-old Crystal Chambers were found near the Highway, rougly 40 kms east of Prin...
Dec 21, 2021