Category Archives: News
Pacific Salmon Commercial Transition Program
The Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Bernadette Jordan, has announced the creation of a Long-Term Commercial Closures and License Retirement Program in the Ef...
Jun 29, 2021
Tears To Hope Society Successful Weekend Run
The Tears to Hope Society's third annual relay run for Murdered & Missing Indigenous Women, Girls (MMWIG) and boys/men was able to take place over the weekend despite temperatures in most parts of...
Jun 29, 2021
Tighter Water Restrictions For RDKS
Tighter Water Restrictions are now implemented for the residents of the Thornhill and North Terrace water systems. In a news release from the regional district of Kitimat Stikine, residents are being ...
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BC Set For The Next Step In Returning To Normal
Both Personal gatherings and many businesses are being allowed to return to the way they operated before the pandemic this week as B.C. public health officials have officially given the green light to...
Jun 29, 2021
Port Authority Spawns Grant for Coho and Chinook Salmon Enhancement
The Prince Rupert Port Authority is floating a $60,000 grant upstream to the Toboggan Creek Hatchery in Smithers to help improve Coho and Chinook salmon productivity. The funding commitment from the p...
Jun 29, 2021
Summer Heat Means More Fire Restrictions
The B-C Wildfire Service has banned campfires across the province starting at noon tomorrow. The ban will remain in effect until October 15th, as will a ban on larger open fires announced last week. C...
Jun 29, 2021
Funding for Residential School investigations.
The province of BC is providing 12-million dollars in funding to help First Nations investigate or commemorate residential school sites where children's remains may be located. It says a number...
Jun 28, 2021
Terrace Sprinklers banned
The city of Terrace has just placed a ban on any lawn and garden sprinkling with the record heat wave continuing to bear down on most of B.C. According to the city's data, water consumption has...
Jun 28, 2021
Fast and Furious High Speed Pursuit On Highway 16
A high speed chase Friday evening on highway 16 which was believed to have begun in Prince Rupert, held up traffic and presumably ended with an arrest. Witnesses report a black car was travelling east...
Jun 28, 2021
Prince Rupert dock workers suspension reduced
The 94 ILWU Local 505 workers that were suspended for refusing to cross a picket line in protest of an Israeli-linked container ship have had their suspension reduced from 4 days without pay to one. I...
Jun 28, 2021