Category Archives: News

Outbreak at Fort St John Hospital Declared Over
While the staffing issues are still a problem, some good news hit the Fort St John Hospital today. Yesterday, Northern Health declared the end of an outbreak which had plagued the Hospital's Inpatient...
Jeff Blagden Sep 29, 2021

September 29th Covid-19 Update
British Columbia is reporting 652 new cases of Covid-19, as of last night. That brings the province's active total to 5,992, with 141 in ICU. Of the new cases, 117 are within Northern Health's jurisdi...
Jeff Blagden Sep 29, 2021

BC government creating new situation table in Hazelton
The BC government has decided to give out more support to the Northwest region's more vulnerable residents by getting a $45,000 grant in order to make a new situation table in the Hazelton area. A sit...
Rob Young Sep 28, 2021

Poverty Reduction plan introduced to District of Kitimat Council
A delegation regarding a plan to assess and then reduce poverty in the Kitimat area was presented to the District of Kitimat council last night. The main goal of this project is to collect data releva...
Rob Young Sep 28, 2021

BC Government and partners spending money to create three thousand new jobs
The government of BC has teamed up with Mitacs, the Information and Communications Technology Council and Crown agency Innovate B-C in order to put a combined total of 29-million dollars together so t...
Rob Young Sep 28, 2021

Prince George RCMP Chase Joy Rider Across Two Cities
Prince George RCMP are seeking witnesses to an extensive joy ride from the weekend which spanned two cities. At 5:00 Sunday night, police learned of a driver who had collided with another vehicle whil...
Jeff Blagden Sep 28, 2021

SD82 Reminding Parents of Online Board Meetings
Coast Mountain School District 82 is reminding parents that, while their regular meetings are currently closed, you can join the meetings online via Zoom. Currently, the School District is not allowed...
Jeff Blagden Sep 28, 2021

Volunteer Firefighter Recruiting Picking Up in Terrace
Residents of the Terrace area looking to get their start as local heroes will have a chance to do so soon. Registration for the Terrace Fire Department's volunteer firefighter training course is now o...
Jeff Blagden Sep 28, 2021

New CP Locomotive Also Participating in Orange Shirt Day
A locomotive in Williams Lake is also set to participate in Orange Shirt Day... in its own way. CP Rail has painted one of its locomotives orange and emblazoned it with the Orange Shirt Society's logo...
Jeff Blagden Sep 28, 2021

New Position in Terrace Looks To Ease Re-Opening for City Facilities
Help is on the way for a number of city facilities in Terrace preparing to reopen to a slew of strict guidelines. In order to assist said facilities with enforcing Vaccine Card and Covid protocols, a ...
Jeff Blagden Sep 28, 2021