Category Archives: News

Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops Postpones Papal Visit Over Omicron Concerns
Just one day after the Assembly of First Nations announced they were baking out of a trip to the Vatican, the rest of the delegation has followed suit. Due to concerns over the emergence of the Omicro...
Jeff Blagden Dec 08, 2021

New Collaboration Could Grant Access to New Internationally-Held Residential School Records
New residential school records will soon be made available thanks to an international collaboration. That collaboration will give the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation full access to reside...
Jeff Blagden Dec 08, 2021

December 8th Covid-19 Update
British Columbia is reporting 326 new cases of Covid-19, as of last night. That brings the total number of active cases in the province to 2,814, with 82 in ICU. Of the new cases, 22 come from Norther...
Jeff Blagden Dec 08, 2021

Progress being made on opening BC's Transportation routes
BC's Transportation Minister, Rob Fleming, has put out a statement saying that there has been progress made in reopening some of BC's Transportation routes, which were damaged by November's big time f...
Rob Young Dec 07, 2021

Covid and Extreme Weather Lead to More Surgical Postponements
A combination of Covid and extreme weather events led to another week of surgical postponements in BC. In total, 219 non-urgent surgeries were postponed last week, with 88 in Interior Health, and in t...
Jeff Blagden Dec 07, 2021 Health Minister Adrian Dix

Nisga'a Citizens To Start Seeing Payouts from Federal Treaty Loan Repayment Program in New Year
Members of the Nisga'a Nation are getting a Christmas surprise, though they won't be able to access it until next year. Each Nisga'a citizen can expect to see 2,500 dollars from a 20 million dollar fe...
Jeff Blagden Dec 07, 2021

Smithers RCMP Looking For Suspect With Communications Tower Vendetta
Smithers RCMP are looking for a suspected criminal with a particular disdain for communications towers. On November 1st, the manager of the Starlynx Communications Tower reported significant damage to...
Jeff Blagden Dec 07, 2021

New Gold Mine Near Stewart Acquires Mines Act Permit
Northwestern BC will soon play home to a new gold mine in a familiar location, thanks to a newly issued Mines Act Permit. Issued to Ascot Resources Limited, the permit covers an area just south of Ste...
Jeff Blagden Dec 07, 2021

Resources From 2015 Court Case Absolving Catholic Church of Residential School Compensation Made Available Online
A number of files relating to a 2015 court case which absolved the Catholic Church of obligations to Residential School survivors, have now been compiled and released online. That case saw Catholic en...
Jeff Blagden Dec 07, 2021

Protests Out Front of Prince George Vaccination Clinic Broken Up In Adherence With New Rules
Protests outside of a Prince George clinic offering pediatric Covid vaccines were dispersed by RCMP yesterday, in adherence with new laws. On November 26th, BC passed the Access to Services Covid-19 V...
Jeff Blagden Dec 07, 2021