Category Archives: News
Prince Rupert re-opening Façade program for 2022
The city of Prince Rupert has decided to re-open their Faade Improvement Program for this year and now they are accepting applications for said program. The program's purpose is to help commercial are...
Jan 17, 2022
New team in BC created to help stop sexual assault in the North
A new team has been launched by the Northern Society for Domestic Peace in order to give around the clock support to sexual assault victims. After receiving some funding from the Ending Violence Assoc...
Jan 17, 2022
Tŝilhqot'in Nation Calls for Review of Pacific Salmon Treaty Following Alaskan Interception Report
Members of the Tilhqot'in Nation are calling for Ottawa to establish an independent review of the Pacific Salmon Treaty. That request comes following a new report by the Watershed Watch Salmon Society...
Jan 17, 2022
Update: Nearly 400 Residents Around Stewart Without Power After Two Outages Hit
Nearly 400 residents of Stewart and the surrounding area still find themselves without power, after a tree took out some power lines. According to BC Hydro, power went down for 388 residents of the ar...
Jan 17, 2022
'Wet'suwet'en Peace and Unity Gathering' Held by Land Defenders and Allies on Saturday
Gidimt'en land defenders were joined by allies at a gathering this weekend to call for an end to RCMP violence against them. Titled the Wet'suwet'en Peace and Unity Gathering, the event took place at ...
Jan 17, 2022
WorksafeBC Issues Rio Tinto $680,000 Fine Over Air Contaminants
Rio Tinto has been fined nearly 680,000 dollars after being warned in the past over harmful air contaminants. An inspection by WorksafeBC from last month revealed that a prior order to better control ...
Jan 17, 2022
RESTORED: Hydro Pole Collision Leaves Nearly 1,300 in Central Cariboo Without Power
Power has been restored to nearly 1,300 BC Hydro customers of Williams Lake, after a collision took out a power pole this morning. Just after 2:00 this morning, a vehicle travelling on Highway 20, nea...
Jan 17, 2022
Hazelton Secondary School Re-Opens Following Functional Closure Last Week
After a staffing shortage prompted an extended winter break, students at Hazelton Secondary School are returning to classes today. School district 82 had issued a functional closure of the school due ...
Jan 17, 2022 Courtesy: Coast Mountains School District 82
Search for Missing Takla Woman Ends Tragically With Homicide Charges
A search for a missing Indigenous woman tragically became a homicide investigation last week. 33 year-old Takla Nation member Carmelita Louise Abraham was reported missing on January 4th, having not b...
Jan 17, 2022
January 17th Covid-19 Update
British Columbia is reporting 2,275 new cases of Covid-19, as of Friday night. That brings the province's active case total to 35,943, with 646 in hospital, and 95 in ICU. It's the first report of the...
Jan 17, 2022