Category Archives: News
Ottawa Expected to Announce $40 Billion in Compensation Funding for Indigenous Children this Afternoon
Ottawa is reportedly setting aside 40 billion dollars to compensate Indigenous Children after a lengthy series of court battles. According to reports from Ottawa, the Federal Government is planning to...
Dec 13, 2021
43 Northern Community Events to Benefit from New Safe Restart Grant Funding
Provincial funding is on the way to support more than 680 local community events in BC, 43 of which are in the North. In total, more than 30 million dollars in one-time grants will be handed out to he...
Dec 13, 2021
Williams Lake Councillor Asks City Staff to Develop Code of Conduct After Mayor-Social Media Saga
Williams Lake Councillor Ivan Bonnell is looking for clarity from the City on how councillors should conduct themselves. Currently, the City has no formal code of conduct for City Councillors, somethi...
Dec 13, 2021
CMHC Rapid Housing Initiative to Provide Tl'esqox First Nation with 20 New Residential Units
Members of the Tl'esqox First Nation, near Williams Lake, will soon benefit from 8 million dollars in affordable housing funds. Through the CMHC's Rapid Housing Initiative, 20 new residential units, o...
Dec 13, 2021
Kitwanga Steadily Working Towards Improved Emergency Services
Efforts to improve emergency services in Kitwanga are moving along, although there is still a long way to go. For years, the Kitwanga Community Association has been lobbying for a better emergency ser...
Dec 13, 2021
December 13th Covid-19 Update
British Columbia is reporting 437 new cases of Covid-19, as of Friday night. That brings the province's active case total to 2,994, with 72 in ICU. Of the new cases, 22 come from Northern Health, whil...
Dec 13, 2021
TCG Takes Home Another Award, This Time for Mineral Exploration Leadership and Safety
Another award is on the way for the Tahltan Central Government, this time recognizing their leadership in the mining industry. The Association for Mineral Exploration has announced the TCG's Emergency...
Dec 10, 2021
Upcoming MNBC Culture and Language Centre to be Named the Amelia Douglas Institute
An upcoming Mtis Nation of BC Culture and Language Centre now has a name. After lengthy discussions, the Nation has decided to name its planned made-in-BC facility after Amelia Douglas. Amelia was cho...
Dec 10, 2021
Highway 37A to Face Closures Between Stewart and Meziadin This Afternoon
Avalanche control work will see a section of Highway 37A closed down for a couple of hurs this afternoon. Drivers looking to get between Meziadin and Stewart will face delays of up to 1 hour beginning...
Dec 10, 2021
Chief of Assembly of First Nations says response to disasters needs to be quicker
Earlier today, a statement was sent out by the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, stating that there needs to be quicker response times when it comes to handling disasters like floods an...
Dec 10, 2021