Category Archives: News
MP Taylor Bachrach Once Again Calls for Delay to Covid Small Business Loan Repayments Amid Rising Interest Rates
With interest rates in Canada now at their highest point since 2001, the pressure on small businesses has never been higher. Interests rates rose by 5 percent yesterday, adding another obstacle for bu...
Jul 12, 2023
Man Wanted Out of Prince George Believed to be in Smithers Area
RCMP are hoping the public can help locate a man wanted out of Prince George who is believed to be in the Smithers area. 32 year-old Brent Jameson Morgan is wanted on 3 counts of breach of a release o...
Jul 12, 2023
Canfor Pulp Mill in Prince George Set for Further Curtailments, Prompted by Port Strike
A backlog of products prompted by the on-going port worker strike is forcing Canfor to introduce more curtailments in Prince George. Canfor says the labour dispute is preventing them from shipping out...
Jul 12, 2023
More than 80 Active Wildfires Burn in Northwest, with 300 Province-Wide as Evacuation Orders and Alerts Grow
Wildfire crews are continuing to battle over 80 active fires in the Northwest Fire Centre, and more than 300 across the Province. A local state of emergency remains in effect for the Stikine, with an ...
Jul 12, 2023
Third Annual British Columbia Reconciliation Award recipients announced
Recipients of the third annual British Columbia Reconciliation Award have been announced. In partnership with the BC Achievement Foundation, the Office of the Lieutenant Governor of BC announced the 6...
Jul 12, 2023
Federal Labour Minister Provides Settlement Proposal to End Port Worker Strike, Sides Have 24 Hours to Respond
Federal Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan has stepped in to try to bring an end to the port worker strike as it hits a dozen days. Members of the International Longshore Workers Union went on strike on J...
Jul 12, 2023
Assembly of First Nations Kicks Off 44th Annual General Assembly, While Questions Swirl Over Ex-National Chief
It was an eventful day as the Assembly of First Nations 44th Annual General Assembly got underway in Halifax yesterday. Ex-National Chief RoseAnne Archibald attended the meeting virtually after she wa...
Jul 12, 2023
New Conservation Projects Will Protect Sheep, Elk, Moose, and More in the Omineca-Peace Region this Year
Sheep, elk, and humans alike will benefit from over $8 million in funding from the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation this year. In total, that funding will be split between 167 fish and wildlife c...
Jul 12, 2023
Prince Rupert RCMP seeking help in locating missing woman
Prince Rupert RCMP are asking for the publics' help in locating a missing woman. 45 year old Amanda Dawn Wilder was last seen on July 8th. Wilder is described as a 5 foot 4 Caucasian woman weighing 16...
Jul 12, 2023
Wildfires prompt more evacuations near Houston
Wildfires burning in the Northwest Fire Centre continue to prompt multiple evcuation notices in the Regional District of Bulkley Nechako. All properties accessed by Buck Flats road and going south unt...
Jul 12, 2023