Category Archives: News

BC Maritime Employers Association Donates to Red Cross's BC Flood Appeal
More funding is on the way to help BC communities recover from the recent extreme weather events, thanks to the BC Maritime Employers Association. On behalf of their 49 member companies, the Associati...
Jeff Blagden Nov 29, 2021

Coast Mountain College Students and Kasan Society Host Fine Dining Events in Terrace
Gordon Ramsey will need to hide his jealousy of 50 Terrace residents who were treated to the meals of their lifetime last week. Those 50 residents were lucky enough to join in on one of two days of ex...
Jeff Blagden Nov 29, 2021

MLA Nathan Cullen to Meet with Gitxsan Hereditary Chiefs Who Issued Him Hazelton Eviction Notice
Stikine MLA Nathan Cullen will meet with a group of Gitxsan Hereditary Chiefs who issued him an evictio notice last week. Members of the Gitxsan Huwilp Government posted the notice on Cullen's Hazelto...
Jeff Blagden Nov 29, 2021

Skeena Sawmills Reopens After Supply Issues Force Closure Last Week
Skeena Sawmills is open once more, after log supply issues shut down operations last week. According to the mill, a slew of compounding issues prevented them from being able to obtain enough logs to j...
Jeff Blagden Nov 29, 2021

November 29th Covid-19 Update
British Columbia is reporting 341 new cases of Covid-19 as of Friday night. That brings the province's active total to 3,035, with 115 in ICU. Of the new cases, 31 come from Northern Health, while 77 ...
Jeff Blagden Nov 29, 2021

Fort St James RCMP, Community Members, Continue Search for Missing Man
Fort St James RCMP are seeking public assistance in the search for a missing man. 28 year-old Janos Joseph has not been seen since around 2:00 in the afternoon last Sunday, in the Fort St James area. ...
Jeff Blagden Nov 28, 2021

RCMP Say Social Media Rhetoric Led to "Heightened Risk Assessment" During Pipeline Injunction Enforcement
RCMP say that social media rhetoric leading up to their injunction enforcement on Wet'suwet'en territory last week left them expecting more resistance. Militarized teams of tactical officers descended...
Jeff Blagden Nov 26, 2021

Interior Health to Begin Opening Clinics for Pediatric and Booster Vaccine Doses Next Month
Interior Health is set to open a series of vaccination clinics to administer booster doses, and pediatric Covid vaccinations. Similar to their previous vaccine rollout, the rotating clinics will help ...
Jeff Blagden Nov 26, 2021

New Legislation Looks to Give Federal Employees 10 Paid Sick Days, and Prevent Blocking of Health Services
New legislation introduced in Ottawa today looks to provide federal employees with more sick days, and criminalize health care interference. Just two days after BC announced they would be providing al...
Jeff Blagden Nov 26, 2021

More Merritt residents allowed to go home tomorrow after flood
A few more of the residents of Merritt will be able to go back to their homes tomorrow as the start of Phase 2 of the city's return home plan gets put into motion. However, the city's staff did say th...
Rob Young Nov 26, 2021