Category Archives: News
TCG Communications Team Adds to Growing List of Awards
Yet another award and two more nominations have joined the growing list of honours for the Tahltan Central Government's PR team. Earlier this year, the Canadian Public Relations Society awarded the TC...
Oct 25, 2021
Two Northerners Among 8 New Indigenous Business Awards Winners
Two northerners are among 8 new winners announced at the 13th annual Indigenous Business Awards. Since 2008, the BC Achievement Foundation have handed the awards out to extraordinary Indigenous entrep...
Oct 25, 2021
Terrace Health Unit Now Offering Influenza Vaccinations
Covid isn't the only respiratory illness BC residents are going to need to get protected against this snow season. British Columbia is eyeing the largest influenza vaccine rollout in the province's hi...
Oct 25, 2021 Northern Health logo // Courtesy: Northern Health
Adaawk Takes Home 'New Voice in Storytelling Award', among 18 winners at imagineNATIVE Film Festival
After five days of celebrating the best and brightest talent in Indigenous film making, the imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival officially wrapped up yesterday. But, it didn't do so without han...
Oct 25, 2021
October 25th Covid-19 Update
British Columbia is reporting 649 new cases of Covid-19 as of Friday. That brings the total number of active cases in the province to 5,106, with 143 in ICU. Of the new cases, 130 are from within Nort...
Oct 25, 2021
BC residents will need both federal and provincial vaccine cards
Residents of BC are going to be required to have both the provincial proof of vaccination card to access non-essential activities and the federal vaccine card for traveling both inside and outside of ...
Oct 22, 2021
Hockey Knowledge Nabs Prince Rupert Resident a New Truck
A Prince Rupert resident has nabbed himself a new set of wheels, thanks to his hockey knowledge. Jan Loroff came out on top in Sportsnet's Hockey Predictor Contest for 2021, by picking the outcomes of...
Oct 22, 2021
Carrier Sekani and BCAFN Second Wet'suwet'en Request for Covid Boosters
Earlier today, the Wet'suwet'en sent a request to the Ministry of Health and Northern Health requesting access to Covid booster shots. That request came after two members passed away and four matriarc...
Oct 22, 2021
New UBC program aims to keep more med graduates in the North
A new UBC program is doing everything it can to help with BC's shortage of people with medical expertise and allow patients to more easily access physical therapy services. The program, known as Maste...
Oct 22, 2021 Photo credit to UBC’s Faculty of Medicine
Inquest in to 2016 Police Shooting in Granisle to Begin Next Month
An inquest has been launched in to a 2016 incident which saw two killed by RCMP in Granisle. Shirley Beatrice Williams and her son Jovan Williams were shot by police in their home in April of 2016. Ac...
Oct 22, 2021