Category Archives: News
RCMP, SAR, and More Involved in Two Day Search for Missing Boater
Efforts to locate a boater who went missing near Williams Lake yesterday have continued in to today. RCMP were initially notified of the missing 60 year-old man after he fell in to Horsefly Lake at ar...
Nov 08, 2021
Hazardous Firework Use in Kitimat Leads to RCMP Reminder
Kitimat RCMP are once again promoting safe firework usage after an incident from this weekend which could have turned out far worse. Police received reports of fireworks being discharged in a hazardou...
Nov 08, 2021
Terrace Residents Reminded to Provide Input on Last Month's Property Tax Announcement
A month ago, Terrace City council announced their intent to raise property taxes in the City by 5.52 percent. That proposed increase would be the largest year-over-year increase the City has seen in t...
Nov 08, 2021
Province to Open Nearly 2,000 New Shelter Beds in Preparation for Cold Weather
With the cold weather officially upon us, the province is adding more than 2,000 temporary cold-weather shelter beds. More than 40 communities are benefiting from 360 new extreme weather response shel...
Nov 08, 2021 Winter landscape with small willage in snowy mountans
Inquest in to 2016 Granisle Deaths Brings Recommendations for Remote and Rural Community Policing
An inquest in to the police involved deaths of two Granisle residents has brought forward 5 recommendations to prevent future incidents. In April of 2016, Shirley Williams and her 39 year-old son Jova...
Nov 08, 2021
November 8th Covid-19 Update
British Columbia is reporting 549 new cases of Covid-19, as of Friday night. That brings the total number of active cases in the province to 4,483, with 129 in ICU. Of the new cases, 102 come from Nor...
Nov 08, 2021
Lifelabs workers in favor of new collective agreement
The workers of Lifelabs, who were on strike for a brief period of time last month, have officially voted in favor of a new collective agreement. The more than 1,550 members of the B-C General Employee...
Nov 05, 2021
Lach Klan School in Kitkatla to Show Solidarity with Haisla
Another school in Northern BC is taking a stand against Indigenous discrimination in schools, and standing in solidarity with the Haisla. Earlier in the week, a Haisla student in Kitimat became the ta...
Nov 05, 2021
City of Quesnel Employees Will Need to be Vaccinated by January 3rd
Employees of the City of Quesnel will need to be fully vaccinated or risk losing their jobs. Today, the City announced a vaccine mandate covering all employees, volunteers, and contractors working on ...
Nov 05, 2021
Unemployment in the Northwest Remains Steady but Still Above Provincial Average
According to the results of the most recent Labour Force Survey, employment in the Northwest has remained relatively steady. For October of this year, the unemployment rate came in at 7.9 percent, hig...
Nov 05, 2021