Category Archives: News
COVID infection rate rises in BC
The COVID-19 infection rate in British Columbia has leaped to 536, a figure not seen since mid-May. A Health Ministry statement says there are more than 3,500 active cases in the province and more tha...
Aug 11, 2021
BC Chamber of Commerce adds two new Indigenous members to board of directors
The B-C Chamber of Commerce has added two new members to its board of directors -- both Indigenous leaders from Kamloops. Board chair Joelle Westlund says Korah DeWalt-Gagnon and George Casimir will b...
Aug 10, 2021
Huawei executive supposedly receiving extradition hearing later this week
Lawyers for Canada's attorney general are expected to argue against a stay of proceedings in the extradition case of Meng Wanzhou. Today's arguments are expected to be the last before the actual extra...
Aug 10, 2021
White Rock Lake fire evac order downgraded
An evacuation order in response to the White Rock Lake wildfire burning between Kamloops and Okanagan Lake has been downgraded by the Columbia Shuswap Regional District, allowing some residents in the...
Aug 10, 2021 Photo courtesy BC Wildfire Service
Three First Nations taking steps to find the fates of kids who went to Residential School
Three First Nations in Metro Vancouver are taking the first steps toward finding out what happened to children who died -- or vanished -- while attending the St. Paul's Indian Residential School in No...
Aug 10, 2021
Unifor 2301 and Rio Tinto will meet on Thursday
Rio Tinto and Unifor Local 2301 will be meeting this Thursday to determine if there is enough common ground to re-start negotiations in hopes of ending the strike at the company's Kitimat aluminum sme...
Aug 10, 2021
Federal government providing funding to search for burial sites at former Residential Schools
The federal government is providing another 321-million dollars to support Indigenous communities searching for burial sites at former residential schools. Federal Justice Minister David Lametti made ...
Aug 10, 2021
Terrace creating program allowing young kids to ride buses for free
The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure announced yesterday that a new 'Get on Board' program will allow children 12 and under to ride any Terrace BC Transit bus for free and it starts on Se...
Aug 10, 2021
Federal government funding projects to bring more high speed internet to BC
The federal government once again announced back on Friday that more than $17.3 million will be given to four different projects in order to bring high-speed Internet to over 2,000 homes in the Caribo...
Aug 09, 2021
Wildfire risk in BC currently low to moderate
The wildfire risk over much of B-C is now rated as low to moderate -- thanks to weekend rain -- but forestry officials say it won't be long before woodlands dry out again and the extreme danger resume...
Aug 09, 2021 Photo courtesy BC Wildfire Service