Category Archives: News

One Injured Following Firearms Incident at Williams Lake Property Known to Police
One individual is in hospital following an incident at a Williams Lake residence well-known to police from yesterday. RCMP were called out to the 600 block of Winger Road in the late morning following...
Jeff Blagden Nov 29, 2021

Pacific Northwest Music Festival to End Covid Hiatus Next Year
A two year, Covid-induced, hiatus is set to come to an end next year for the Pacific Northwest Music Festival. In 2020, the Festival was cancelled for the first time in it's 5 decade history. This yea...
Jeff Blagden Nov 29, 2021

Union Workers at Gibraltar Mines Vote to Ratify New Agreement
A tentative agreement reached between workers at Gibraltar Mine and Taseko has now been ratified. Prior to the agreement, more than 500 workers at the mine represented by Unifor Local 3018 had voted 9...
Jeff Blagden Nov 29, 2021

BC's Indigenous Affairs Minister Says it's "Unfair" to Blame Province for Police Actions
BC's Indigenous Affairs Minister says it is unfair to blame the provincial government for the RCMP's actions on Wet'suwet'en territory. Minister Murray Rankin says that it is not the job of the provin...
Jeff Blagden Nov 29, 2021

BC Maritime Employers Association Donates to Red Cross's BC Flood Appeal
More funding is on the way to help BC communities recover from the recent extreme weather events, thanks to the BC Maritime Employers Association. On behalf of their 49 member companies, the Associati...
Jeff Blagden Nov 29, 2021

Coast Mountain College Students and Kasan Society Host Fine Dining Events in Terrace
Gordon Ramsey will need to hide his jealousy of 50 Terrace residents who were treated to the meals of their lifetime last week. Those 50 residents were lucky enough to join in on one of two days of ex...
Jeff Blagden Nov 29, 2021

MLA Nathan Cullen to Meet with Gitxsan Hereditary Chiefs Who Issued Him Hazelton Eviction Notice
Stikine MLA Nathan Cullen will meet with a group of Gitxsan Hereditary Chiefs who issued him an evictio notice last week. Members of the Gitxsan Huwilp Government posted the notice on Cullen's Hazelto...
Jeff Blagden Nov 29, 2021

Skeena Sawmills Reopens After Supply Issues Force Closure Last Week
Skeena Sawmills is open once more, after log supply issues shut down operations last week. According to the mill, a slew of compounding issues prevented them from being able to obtain enough logs to j...
Jeff Blagden Nov 29, 2021

November 29th Covid-19 Update
British Columbia is reporting 341 new cases of Covid-19 as of Friday night. That brings the province's active total to 3,035, with 115 in ICU. Of the new cases, 31 come from Northern Health, while 77 ...
Jeff Blagden Nov 29, 2021

Fort St James RCMP, Community Members, Continue Search for Missing Man
Fort St James RCMP are seeking public assistance in the search for a missing man. 28 year-old Janos Joseph has not been seen since around 2:00 in the afternoon last Sunday, in the Fort St James area. ...
Jeff Blagden Nov 28, 2021