Category Archives: News
Cottonwood slide area finally cleared out
People that are driving to Prince George from Quesnel will no longer need to worry about a landslide area making their journey more difficult. Emcon workers fully paved out the cottonwood slide area y...
Oct 29, 2021
Prince Rupert Residents Asked to Avoid Trails as Organized Search for Missing Jogger Commences
Prince Rupert RCMP are continuing the search for a missing jogger with a coordinated search effort this weekend. Michael Kitchener departed on a jogging trip on the evening of October 21st, and has no...
Oct 29, 2021
Courts Rule Gitanmaax Child Must Remain in Care of her Family, on Her Territory
Earlier this month, members of the Gitanmaax Band and their allies gathered in Hazelton to prevent a child from being taken to Ontario. Yesterday, the BC Provincial Court ruled that the child was to r...
Oct 29, 2021
Northern Health Declares End to Wrinch Memorial Hospital Outbreak
Northern Health has officially called an end to a Covid outbreak declared at Wrinch Memorial Hospital last month. Initially declared on September 27th, the outbreak saw a total of 8 patients and two s...
Oct 29, 2021
Pandemic Donation from Haisla Nation Brings Slew of New Hospital Equipment to Northwest
During the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Haisla Nation put their money where their mouth was, stepping up to help the community. The Nation provided Northern Health with 300 thousand dollar...
Oct 29, 2021
UBCIC Concerned Freedom of Information Act Changes Could Disproportionately Affect Indigenous Peoples
The Union of BC Indian Chiefs is concerned that planned changes to the Freedom of Information and Privacy Act could disproportionately affect Indigenous peoples. Those plans would introduce a fee for ...
Oct 29, 2021
New Report Finds High Levels of Indigenous Representation in the Oil and Gas Industry Workforce
Indigenous participation in the upstream oil and gas industry, both on the worker and management sides, has increased in recent years, according to a new report. Released yesterday, the Canadian Assoc...
Oct 29, 2021
Métis Nation BC Acquires New Properties in Fort St John, Will Provide Housing for Nation
Two new properties acquired by the Mtis Nation of BC will allow them to build new offices, and affordable housing for the Nation. Both of the properties, an existing passive house and a vacant lot, co...
Oct 29, 2021
October 29th Covid-19 Update
British Columbia is reporting 758 new cases of Covid-19, as of last night. That brings the total number of active cases in the province to 4,961, with 155 in ICU. Of the new cases, 133 were reported f...
Oct 29, 2021
Tensions Continue to Flair Between Wet'suwet'en and Coastal GasLink
Two more Wet'suwet'en land defenders have been arrested as tensions continue to escalate with Coastal GasLink. Chief Dtsa'hyl and Kolin Sutherland-Wilson were arrested yesterday at a blockade on Shea ...
Oct 28, 2021