Category Archives: News

Three Day Search Ends After Locating Missing Williams Lake Woman Safe and Unharmed
A large scale community search for a missing Williams Lake woman has accomplished its goal. 76 year-old Lori Rushton was found safe and unharmed following a three day day search, ending on Saturday. R...
Jeff Blagden Oct 18, 2021

New Prince Rupert City Manager Brings Three Decades of Experience
Prince Rupert's new City Manager brings with him decades of experience across a myriad of municipal services. Rob Buchan will officially take over for Bob Long as the new Manager of the Municipal Corp...
Jeff Blagden Oct 18, 2021

Court Ruling Orders Province and Secwepemc Nations to Renegotiate Quarry Permit
A BC Supreme Court Judge had strong words for both sides while staying a 2019 permit involving a Cache Creek area quarry last week. That permit allowed CN to continue work on their McAbee Quarry, foll...
Jeff Blagden Oct 18, 2021

October 18th Covid-19 Update
British Columbia is reporting 667 new cases of Covid-19, as of Friday night. That brings the total active number of cases in the province to 5,128, with 152 in ICU. Of the new cases, 184 come from wit...
Jeff Blagden Oct 18, 2021

Weekly News Recap - October 11-15th, 2021 (Video)
Rob Young Oct 15, 2021

Coast Mountain College begins search for new president
After Justin Kohlman announced that he would resigning from his position of Coast Mountain College president by November 1st, the college has now begun the process of finding his replacement. Kohlman ...
Rob Young Oct 15, 2021

U-S opening it's border to fully vaccinated Canadians on November 8th
Fully Vaccinated Canadians will be able to cross over to the U-S border when November 8th comes around, but residents in BC are being warned that they should not expect to be able to dip into the Stat...
Rob Young Oct 15, 2021

Haisla Nation Asking For Feedback on Land Use Plan Draft
Members of the Haisla Nation are being invited to provide feedback on the Nation's Land Use Plan draft. Land Use Plans define how reserve lands are to be used and protected, and when approved, will he...
Jeff Blagden Oct 15, 2021

BC's Minimum Working Age Raised to 16
New changes to the Employment Standards Act introduced today will raise the minimum working age for British Columbians. Previously, the minimum age had been 12, but beginning today most employees will...
Jeff Blagden Oct 15, 2021

One in Hospital, and Two in Custody Following West Quesnel Assault
A West Quesnel Assault from Wednesday has left one in hospital, and two behind bars. RCMP responded to an apartment building on Doherty Drive for reports of a suspicious occurrence. They located a man...
Jeff Blagden Oct 15, 2021