Category Archives: News
Residents to Gather at Mount Elizabeth Secondary in Support of Haisla Student Mocked by Teacher
Discriminatory comments allegedly made by a teacher at Mount Elizabeth Secondary School have led to a student walk out, and peaceful gathering later today. Yesterday was picture day at the Kitimat bas...
Nov 02, 2021
TB Vets Donates Respiratory Equipment to 4 Northern Hospitals
TB Vets, a charitable organization based in BC, has announced their grant recipients for 2021, with four Northern hospitals benefiting from the funding. Funds will all go towards equipment used to tre...
Nov 02, 2021
Crash Limiting Traffic on Highway 97 North of Quesnel
A crash from this morning has Highway 97 down to single lane traffic north of Quesnel. According to DriveBC, the incident took place roughly 15 kms north of Quesnel, near Umiti Pit Road, early this mo...
Nov 02, 2021
Kitimat Council Votes to Increase Pay After Lengthy Debate
District of Kitimat Councilors are getting a pay raise, but it didn't come without debate. Council approved the pay increase, which is retroactive to January of this year, in an effort to realign thei...
Nov 02, 2021
BC Ferries Trips Between Prince Rupert and Skidegate Delayed
BC Ferries has announced that a trip between Prince Rupert and Skidegate which had been scheduled for last night will be delayed until tomorrow. Initially the trip was scheduled to leave Prince Rupert...
Nov 02, 2021
November 2nd Covid-19 Update
British Columbia is reporting 1,370 new cases of Covid-19 over the three day period between Friday and Sunday. That brings the total active number of cases in the province to 4,668, with 140 in ICU. O...
Nov 02, 2021
BC looking to decriminalize small use of illicit drugs to try and decrease death rate
The province of BC is sending an application to the federal government to try and get the possession and use of small amounts of illicit drugs for personal use decriminalized. This move was announced ...
Nov 01, 2021
Transportation Ministry says Avalanche Detection system is operational
A brand new Avalanche detection should be comforting those traveling to Dease Lake on Highway 37 this winter. BC's Transportation Ministry has said that this automated system is able to detect snow sl...
Nov 01, 2021
Trudeau talks about Lytton fire at UN climate convention
At a UN climate convention in Glasgow, all the International delegates in attendance were given a reminder of what horrors the people of Lytton had to survive when their village burned down back on Ju...
Nov 01, 2021
Northern Health Issues Statement Pleading for Northeast Residents to Get Vaccinated
Northern Health has issued a statement attempting to appeal to those in Northeastern BC who are still unvaccinated. So far, 92 critical care patients have been transfered from Northern Health to other...
Nov 01, 2021