Category Archives: News
$100,000 Donation from the Prince Rupert Port Authority
The Prince Rupert Port Authority is donating $100,000 to the North Coast Health Improvement Society's Cancer Care Unit upgrade project. The project will renovate the Cancer Care Unit at the Prince Rup...
Apr 13, 2021
Prince Rupert to Spend $565,000 for Waste and Recycling Bins
The City of Prince Rupert will spend almost $565,000 on residential garbage and recycling bins. The bins will be embedded with an RFID chip that will allow city staff to track contamination and other ...
Apr 13, 2021
Lanfear Drive to Get Five Year Fix
Terrace city council has approved remediation work for the road on Lanfear Hill. The gravel shoulder has been closed to pedestrians and cyclists since March 16th due to the deterioration. A geotechnic...
Apr 13, 2021
Latest COVID-19 Update
B.C. records 3,289 new COVID-19 cases over the last three days, pushing the number of active cases to 9,937. Of those cases, 368 with COVID-19 are in hospital, and 125 of those cases are in the Northe...
Apr 12, 2021
Kitselas First Nation to Grow Market Produce
The Kitselas First Nation is developing a demonstration garden that will provide skills training for community members, but also bring locally grown, organic produce, to the Terrace Farmers Market thi...
Apr 09, 2021
Two Bear Cubs Rescued from Rescuers
Two young bear cubs from Grand Forks area are doing well in a Smithers area wildlife shelter, after they were taken from their den at the end of March. According to the B.C. Conservation Officer Servi...
Apr 09, 2021 Two bear cubs rescued from Grand Forks, now at the Northern Lights Wildlife Shelter. Source: Northern Lights Wildlife Shelter.
Terrace-Thornhill afternoon school bus cancelled
A notice to parents and guardians in the Terrace-Thornhill School District, today's #15 afternoon school bus won't be running due to a bus driver shortage. Parents and guardians are asked to arrange a...
Apr 09, 2021
New Daily COVID-19 Infection Record
The province is reporting 1,293 new cases of COVID-19, a new daily record. 51 of those new cases are in the Northern Health region. Currently, B.C. is facing 9,184 active cases of COVID-19, with 15,20...
Apr 08, 2021
NDP MLA says anti-Indigenous mail "through the roof"
Bowinn Ma, the MLA for North Vancouver-Lonsdale, posted a message to Twitter on April 5th, writing "the amount of anti-Indigenous sentiments that I've received in correspondence has gone through the r...
Apr 08, 2021 Bowinn Ma, MLA North Vancouver-Lonsdale. Source: BC NDP
Latest COVID-19 Numbers
The B.C. Ministry of Health announced today there are 997 new COVID-19 cases, for a total of 106,985 in the province. There are currently 8,728 active cases in the province, that includes 3,766 varian...
Apr 07, 2021