Category Archives: News
UPDATE: Tsunami Advisory CANCELLED For Haida Gwaii, Prince Rupert, and Areas of North Coast (Video)
Emergency BC has cancelled a tsunami advisory which had been issued for areas of the North and Central Coasts, as well as Haida Gwaii. Said advisory was the result of a volcanic eruption off the coast...
Jan 15, 2022
BC Supreme Court Says Federal and Provincial Governments Have Obligation to Protect Nechako River
BC's Supreme Court says that both the Federal and Provincial governments have an obligation to protect First Nations rights to fish in the Nechako River. In a ruling from last week, the Court found Ri...
Jan 14, 2022
City of Terrace Closes Donald Hill Walkway Due to Unsafe Ice Build Up
In order to ensure its safety, the City of Terrace is temporarily closing down the Donald Hill Walkway. Said walkway stretches from Bailey St on the Bench, to the base of the Landfear Drive hill. Acco...
Jan 14, 2022
Nuxalk Nation Declares Local State of Emergency Due to Rising Covid Cases
A First Nation on BC's Central Coast has declared a local state of emergency due to the rapid spread of Covid in the community. Put in place by the Nuxalk Nation on Wednesday, the state of emergency w...
Jan 14, 2022
Nearly Double the Health Care Workers Off With Illness Last Week Compared to in Previous Years
No one can deny that, while we've all felt the impacts of the Covid pandemic, none have been hit harder than health care workers. Between January 3rd and the 9th, 21,517 health care workers in BC took...
Jan 14, 2022 Health Minister Adrian Dix
BC Transit Cancels Trips on Two Out-of-Town Routes This Afternoon
Due to continued rough road conditions on Terrace area side roads, BC Transit has decided to cancel trips on two out-of-town routes. Both the #5 Thornhill, and the #14 Gitaus/ Queensway routes will se...
Jan 14, 2022
Telkwa Mayor Steps Down
Telkwa Mayor Brad Layton will be joining Prince Rupert Mayor Lee Brain on the sidelines come election season. Earlier this week, Brain announced that he would not be seeking re-election in October's m...
Jan 14, 2022
New $52 Million Quesnel Junior Secondary School Opening Delayed
Students in Quesnel will have to wait a bit longer than expected to fill the halls of a new Junior Secondary School. Initially scheduled to open over March Break, the 52 million dollar project has bee...
Jan 14, 2022
Collision East of Houston on Highway 16 Claims One Life
A collision involving a logging truck east of Houston yesterday, which closed a stretch of Highway 16, has claimed one life. RCMP first received reports of the incident at the intersection of Highway ...
Jan 14, 2022
Indigenous Services Canada Releases Report on Covid in Indigenous Communities
Indigenous Services Canada has released their most recent report on how Covid is impacting Indigenous communities. As of this Wednesday, there have been 60,703 confirmed Covid cases in First Nations c...
Jan 14, 2022