Category Archives: News

Housing Starts in BC Rise Month Over Month, Plummet in Yearly Comparison
According to the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation, housing starts in BC dropped by 24 percent in July, compared to June, but still improved on last July's effort. While the mid-summer month m...
Jeff Blagden Aug 17, 2021

Bella Coola RCMP Seeking Information on Possible Boating Accident
RCMP in Bella Coola are looking for witnesses or anyone with information after a capsized boat near Bella Coola cost two tourists their lives. In the late morning of August 10th, Bella Coola RCMP were...
Jeff Blagden Aug 17, 2021

Interior Health Relocating Long-Term Care Residents in Light of Wildfire Concerns
Concern over increasing wildfire activity in the region has prompted Interior Health to take action. To ensure the safety of long-term care residents, the Authority has begun to proactively relocate r...
Jeff Blagden Aug 17, 2021

CRD Downgrades Big Stick #3 Evacuation Order to an Alert
Cariboo residents evacuated during the Big Stick #3 order issued on August 3rd can begin coming home. Last night, the Cariboo Regional District officially downgraded the order to an alert, meaning res...
Jeff Blagden Aug 17, 2021

Covid-19 Case Update
While BC has seen no new Covid-19 outbreaks since Friday, the province is still facing 10 active outbreaks, 7 of which are in the Interior Health region. Currently there are 5,090 active cases provinc...
Jeff Blagden Aug 17, 2021

Series of Vaccination Clinics to open in Clearwater
In an effort to combat the 7 on-going outbreaks in the region, Interior Health will be hosting s number of drop-in clinics over the next five weeks. All clinics will be hosted in Clearwater at the Hea...
Jeff Blagden Aug 17, 2021

Drive BC provides info where fire dangers are on the roads
As wildfires flare in all corners of B-C, travelers are being warned to check their routes and intended destinations before setting out -- because flames block many routes -- including some key highwa...
Rob Young Aug 16, 2021

Nuxalk Nation asks Vancouver mining company to leave their territory
The Nuxalk Nation on B-C's north-central coast has given a Vancouver mining company until Wednesday to quit mining exploration in the region and leave Nuxalk territory. The chief and council of the na...
Rob Young Aug 16, 2021

Two politicians not happy with Trudeau's decision to call election
Just as a lot of people guessed, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called for a federal election earlier today and voting day will be taking place September 20th of this year. Two candidates in Cariboo-Pr...
Rob Young Aug 16, 2021

Arguments underway in extradition case of Huawei executive
A lawyer for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou has told her extradition hearing that Canada's attorney general is turning fraud law ``on its head.'' Mark Sandler argued today that government lawyers have ...
Rob Young Aug 16, 2021