Category Archives: News
LNG Canada COVID-19 outbreak over
Northern Health has declared an end to the COVID-19 outbreak at the LNG Canada site in Kitimat. In all, 56 workers who tested positive for the virus have recovered and all close contacts have complete...
Dec 28, 2020
More COVID-19 outbreaks in B.C. care homes.
Three regional health authorities in British Columbia are reporting new COVID-19 outbreaks in assisted-living facilities and long-term care homes. Interior Health says six residents and four staff mem...
Dec 28, 2020
Snowboarder reported missing at Shames Mountain
Update: The missing snowboarder has been located. According to a written statement, the snowboarder was reported missing around 7 pm last night. His vehicle was located on the Shames Mountain access r...
Dec 23, 2020
State of Emergency Extended
Another 20 cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed at Big White ski resort in Kelowna, in an outbreak the Interior Health authority says is mostly related to shared housing. The authority says 96 cases ...
Dec 22, 2020
Mounties Bring Gifts to Skidegate Elders
Last week, members of the Queen Charlotte RCMP detachment on Haida Gwaii, made holiday visits to elders in the Skidegate community. They arrived wearing Santa hats, and in decorated police cruisers th...
Dec 22, 2020
Williams Lake RCMP looking for witnesses following attempted armed robbery
Williams Lake RCMP continue to seek witnesses as an attempted armed robbery investigation continues. On December 21 at 8:20 AM, Williams Lake RCMP were called to the Scotia Bank ATM for a report of an...
Dec 22, 2020
Northern Health receives first doses of vaccine
Some good news for Northern Health as the first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine arrives in Northern Health. Yesterday morning the vaccine arrived at the University Hospital of Northern British Co...
Dec 22, 2020
All Health Authorities Receive COVID-19 Vaccine
British Columbia's top doctor says every regional health authority has received doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Bonnie Henry says vaccine deliveries last week were concentrated in t...
Dec 21, 2020
COVID-19 Outbreak at Coastal GasLink Lodges
Northern Health has declared an outbreak of COVID-19 at two lodges where people working on the Coastal GasLink pipeline project have been staying. The health authority says 17 confirmed cases remain a...
Dec 21, 2020
Mountain View Christian Academy and Thornhill Primary School in Terrace report Covid-19 exposures
Two more School exposures reported in Terrace. Mountain View Christian Academy reported an exposure on December 7th and 8th. Thornhill Primary School also reported an exposure event on December 4th, D...
Dec 21, 2020