Category Archives: News
March 3rd COVID-19 update
British Columbia is reporting 442 new cases of Covid-19 as of Wednesday Of the new cases, 59 come from Northern Health, while 105 are from the Interior. There are currently 517 active Covid hospitaliz...
Mar 03, 2022
Federal Government launches call for proposals about dealing with Indigenous reserve water issues
Canada's Minister of Indigenous services, Patty Hajdu, announced today that Canada is launching a call for proposals addressing water issues on Indigenous reserves. Specifically, this call is seeking ...
Mar 02, 2022
UNHBC drummers holding ceremony to honor health workers March 26th
In order to honor health care workers for all that they've done, the UNHBC Prince George Traditional Drummers will be holding a ceremony to celebrate them on March 26th, the official two-year annivers...
Mar 02, 2022
Northern Development approves plan to give $2.3 million in funding to 11 BC projects
Earlier today, Northern Development's board of directors decided to approve a plan to hand out over $2.3 Million in grant funding to a total of 11 different BC projects. Some notable projects include ...
Mar 02, 2022
District of Kitimat changing administration hours
As a response to residents letting them know the general timeframe they wish to meet, the District of Kitimat is going to be adjusting their administration hours. Beginning tomorrow, the new hours for...
Mar 02, 2022
Newly released study sees BC's renewable and low carbon gas use doubling by 2050
According to a study that was released earlier today, BC's renewable and low carbon gas supply may end up doubling it's use by the time 2050 comes around. This joint study, which was done by the provi...
Mar 02, 2022
Interior Health opening up more vaccine clinics
Over the next couple of weeks, Interior Health is planning on opening up more COVID vaccine clinic locations. However, instead of opening up more mass immunization clinics, they instead will be bringi...
Mar 02, 2022
UNBC creating fund for students looking to travel internationally
The University of Northern BC is making a brand new fund available to their students that travel internationally as a part of their studies. This fund, known as the Travelling Knowledges program, will...
Mar 02, 2022
Tourism and Hospitality fund created thanks to Indigenous organizations partnering up
A partnership between Indigenous Services Canada, Indigenous Tourism BC and the Aboriginal Financial Institutions will bring about a $5-million-dollar tourism and hospitality fund. All of said funds a...
Mar 02, 2022
Quesnel Mayor encourages patience regarding reaming provincial health orders
Earlier today, Quesnel mayor Bob Simpson sent out a letter reminding residents to be patient when it comes to BC's remaining health orders. He said that he understood why people were celebrating the r...
Mar 02, 2022