Category Archives: News
$20 Million Dollar Joint Federal-Provincial Investment to Help Water Issues in 4 Communities
Four communities in BC are set to benefit from just under 20 million dollars in joint funding for water and wastewater infrastructure. As part of the Green Infrastructure Stream of the Investing in Ca...
Dec 21, 2021
Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Open to Independent Review of Residential School Compensation
Canada's Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations says he is open an independent review of a Residential School compensation deal. That deal was made between Ottawa and the Catholic Church in 2005, and ...
Dec 21, 2021
DFO Issues First Lifetime Ban to Pacific Fisher in a Decade
In a rare act of punishment, the DFO has issued a pacific-based fisherman a lifetime ban, the first in more than a decade. Scott Steer is a repeat offender under Canada's Fisheries Act, though the ban...
Dec 21, 2021
New Bylaw Adds and Alters Rules for Food Trucks in Kitimat
The recent prevalence of food trucks has altered the wording of a District of Kitimat bylaw, and added some new rules. All references to mobile restaurants in the District's Food Vendor Bylaw have now...
Dec 21, 2021
6 Northern Students Nab Forestry Scholarships Under Council of Forest Industries Program
6 forestry students in the North are among 13 in BC receiving scholarships to help advance their future in the industry. Each year since 2007, the BC Council of Forest Industries have handed out the s...
Dec 21, 2021
Man Charged in Relation to 2020 Homicide on Highway of Tears
A man has been charged in relation to a 2020 homicide along the Highway of Tears. In August of 2020, the remains of 34 year-old Crystal Chambers were found near the Highway, rougly 40 kms east of Prin...
Dec 21, 2021
Quesnel RCMP's Stuff a Cruiser Campaign Draws Over a Thousand Pounds in Food Donations
It may be named slightly differently from similar events in Terrace and Prince Rupert, but the goal of the Quesnel RCMP's Stuff the Cruiser Campaign is the same. Generous residents joined RCMP outside...
Dec 21, 2021
MP Taylor Bachrach Concerned Over Staffing Issue at Northwest Regional Airport in Terrace
Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Taylor Bachrach is becoming concerned over an issue at the Northwest Regional Airport in Terrace. Traditionally, NAVCAN has stationed two technicians at the Airport, who also ...
Dec 21, 2021
Automated Voting ByLaw Draws Heated Debate at Kitimat Council Meeting
A bylaw which will define how votes are counted in elections in the District of Kitimat moving forward was the topic of heated debate last night. District Councillors voted last night on whether or no...
Dec 21, 2021
December 21st Covid-19 Update
British Columbia is reporting 2,550 new cases of Covid-19 over the three days between Friday and Sunday night. That brings the province's active case total to 5,435, with 77 in ICU. Of the new cases, ...
Dec 21, 2021