Category Archives: News
Water Damaged Cariboo Roads Could Take Hundred of Millions to Repair
More than 60 million dollars invested in infrastructure repairs in the Cariboo may still not be enough, according to Transport Minister Rob Fleming. Fleming, who recently toured the District, says tot...
Oct 22, 2021
100 Mile House RCMP Investigating Homicide
RCMP have begun a homicide investigation following the discovery of a dead body in 100 Mile House on Tuesday. Initially, officers arrived at Exeter Station Road to investigate reports of gunshots bein...
Oct 22, 2021
Report Finds First Nations 5 Times as Likely to Experience Food Insecurity as Average Canadian
First Nations are three to five times more likely to experience food insecurity than the average Canadian, according to the findings of a new report. Researchers from the AFN, University of Ottawa, an...
Oct 22, 2021
Hixon Gets New Three-Bay Fire Hall
Hixon will soon be home to a brand new Fire Hall, thanks to Covid resilience funding. A new three bay building is on the way, after securing one million dollars from the Investing in Canada Infrastruc...
Oct 22, 2021 Hixon Volunteer Fire Department, from RDFFG's website
2-1-1 Service Now Available in Northern BC
A handy service which can help access a broad range of free services using nothing but a phone call, can now be accessed across all of BC. United Way of Northern BC has officially expanded their 2-1-1...
Oct 22, 2021
Fraser-Fort George Updates Solid Waste Management Plan
Finances were front and centre as the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George introduced updates to their Regional Solid Waste Management Plan yesterday. Included in the new version of the Plan is a 1...
Oct 22, 2021
October 22nd Covid-19 Update
British Columbia is reporting 715 new cases of Covid-19, as of last night. That brings the province's active total to 4,965 cases, with 136 in ICU. 172 of the new cases come from Northern Health, whil...
Oct 22, 2021
National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation Still Awaiting Federal Residential School Records
Despite claims made by the Prime Minister last week, the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation says they have not yet received all documents relating to the Residential School System. During hi...
Oct 21, 2021
Historic Chatham Building in Prince Rupert Finishes First Phase of Revitalization
A Prince Rupert landmark will be better protected from Prince Rupert weather. The first phase of revitalization efforts at the historic Chatham Building Complex have now wrapped up. Constructed in the...
Oct 21, 2021
B-C Children's Hospital says they are seeing rise in rate of respiratory virus visits
Over this past month, the B-C Children's Hospital has stated that their emergency department has been dealing with an unusually high amount of patients that are suffering from respiratory viruses. One...
Oct 21, 2021