Category Archives: News
New Covid Outbreak Declared in Quesnel
Northern Health has declared a new Covid outbreak at the GR Baker Memorial Hospital in Quesnel. Lab testing has confirmed two positive cases among inpatients, as well as two staff members. As a result...
Oct 15, 2021
Tk'emlúps to Gaza Walkathon in Burnaby Aims to Raise Money for Two Causes
A Walkathon in Burnaby this week is looking to raise money for two oppressed and exploited groups from opposite ends of the world. This Sunday's walk, titled "Tk'emlps to Gaza", aims to raise 20 to 30...
Oct 15, 2021
Trudeau To Swear in Cabinet on October 26th, Still no Fisheries Minister Announcement
Skeena Bulkley Valley MP Taylor Bachrach says he wants to press the Fisheries Minister over their strategy of shutting down fisheries as the only management option. However, as of this moment, there i...
Oct 15, 2021
October 15th Covid-19 Update
British Columbia is reporting 580 new cases of Covid-19 as of last night. That brings the active total in the province to 5,348, with 153 in ICU. Of the new cases, 129 are from the Northern Health Reg...
Oct 15, 2021
Northern Health Adds New Covid Restrictions For Northeast, While Northwest Excepted
Northern Health has put more Covid restrictions in place, but only for the Northeast regions. In order to stem the spread of the Delta Variant, Northern Health has decided to put the following measure...
Oct 14, 2021
Coast Mountain College Unveils New Indigenous-Inspired Student Housing and Library
New students to Coast Mountain College's Terrace campus will be met by newly renovated, culturally-inspired, housing. Today, the College unveiled their new 108 bed student housing building, replacing ...
Oct 14, 2021 Photo posted to Coast Mountain College's Facebook page
Construction Set To Begin on Port of Prince Rupert's First Marine Fuel Terminal
Construction is scheduled to begin on the Port of Prince Rupert's first ever Marine Fuel Terminal next month. In conjunction with the Prince Rupert Port Authority, the Wolverine Terminals owned projec...
Oct 14, 2021
Fraser River Footbridge in Quesnel to be covered in Purple light to bring awareness to intimate partner violence
In order to help raise awareness for Intimate Partner Violence, The Quesnel Fraser River Footbridge is going be lit with the color purple this Saturday. On the same day, a video will be filmed and an ...
Oct 14, 2021
Skeena MP looking to discuss closure of steelhead fishery
Skeena Bulkley valley MP Taylor Bachrach says he will be pressing the fisheries minister over the closure of the steelhead fishery in both the Skeena and Nass watershed. The closure took effect this p...
Oct 14, 2021
Northwest Remains in the Red When it Comes to Covid Cases
Despite some lofty vaccination numbers, most of the Northwest remains in the red zone when it comes to Covid infections. According to the most recent report from Northern Health, Terrace saw 54 new Co...
Oct 14, 2021