Category Archives: News
Kitimat's Light Up Christmas Event Cancelled
An annual event focused on helping Kitimat residents get in to the holiday spirit has been cancelled. Light Up Kitimat had been planning to go forward on December 5th, until this week's announcement o...
Dec 02, 2021
Barkerville Cancels Planned Winter Activities Due to Covid Concerns
Barkerville Historic Town and Park is being forced once again to shut down its planned winter events due to Covid. That means that all of the usual events such as the Victorian Chirstmas, Shamrock Tub...
Dec 02, 2021
KidSport and Prince Rupert Rampage Team Up for Charity Dinner and Hockey Event
Prince Rupert residents who are fans of both hockey and food are in luck. Thanks to a partnership between KidSport Prince Rupert and the Prince Rupert Rampage, you will be able to indulge in both on D...
Dec 02, 2021
New Health Canada Guidelines Prompt Water Quality Advisory for Horse Lake System Users
New changes to drinking water guidelines in Canada have prompted a water quality advisory for users of the Horse Lake water system. Health Canada recently established new guidelines setting the maximu...
Dec 02, 2021
Northern Health and RCMP Partnership Program Performing Mental Health Checks to Expand into Granisle
A partnership program which seeks to help people find and access mental health services in Houston is expanding to Granisle. Operating for more than a year, the program is made possible thanks to a pa...
Dec 02, 2021
$500 Million Investment Fund InBC Announces First CEO
A new Crown Corporation dedicated to investing in businesses that improve the lives of British Columbians has a new CEO. Jill Earthy has been appointed as the first head of InBC, a 500 million dollar ...
Dec 02, 2021
Shames Mountain Reminds Residents to Stay Away Until Saturday Opening
Shames Mountain is reminding residents that, while they are preparing for their earliest opening in a decade, they aren't quite there yet. The ski area is preparing to open this Saturday, but still ha...
Dec 02, 2021
Prince George Bandit Makes it Just Two Blocks Before Being Apprehended
A break and enter suspect made it less than a kilometre before Prince George RCMP were able to apprehend him on Sunday. Thanks to a witness report, RCMP responded to a business the 1600 block of Victo...
Dec 02, 2021
MP Taylor Bachrach Urging Ottawa to Take More Meaningful Action to Stop Climate Change
Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Taylor Bachrach is urging the Liberal government to take more meaningful action to stop climate change. Bachrach is asking Ottawa to heed recent advice from a Environment and ...
Dec 02, 2021
Terrace Sees Nearly Half the Covid Cases Last Week as the Week Before
It was another week of leading the Northwest in Covid cases last week for Terrace, though they did see a sizeable drop. According to the BC CDC's most recent report, Terrace saw 49 cases last week, ne...
Dec 02, 2021