Category Archives: News
Unifor Local 2301 give 72 hour strike notice to Rio Tinto
Unionized workers have issued a 72-hour strike notice at Rio Tinto's operations in northwestern B-C. The roughly 900 members of Unifor Local 23-01 work at the aluminum smelter in Kitimat and the power...
Jul 22, 2021
Emergency Management BC looking to expand use of Alert Ready warning system
Emergency Management B-C says it's working to expand use of the Alert Ready warning system as the number of wildfire evacuations continues to increase. The Canada-wide system allowing government offic...
Jul 22, 2021
Latest Wildfire evacuation order in Shuswap area
The latest wildfire evacuation order in B-C is in Shuswap where the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District says 39 people were ordered out of an area near Seymour Arm on the northern edge of Shuswap Lake ...
Jul 22, 2021 Photo courtesy BC Wildfire Service
Campfire Ban in Terrace lifted
The campfire ban which had been in place since June 30, was lifted at noon today for both Terrace and Ferry Island. The campfire ban is still in effect outside of Terrace city limits and the bans on C...
Jul 22, 2021
Plans to create both Restaurant and Beer/Wine store in Williams Lake downgraded
Plans to create both a drive-thru restaurant and a beer and wine store at the site formerly known as Chemo RV on Broadway Avenue South in Williams Lake have been downgraded to only building the beer a...
Jul 21, 2021
Nisga'a Fisheries Department re-opens Sockeye Food Fishery
The Nisga'a Fisheries and Wildlife Department (NFWD) just reopened its Sockeye food fishery yesterday after they had to close it due to low returns on the Nass River watershed. Since the start of the ...
Jul 21, 2021
Unifor Local 2301 Vote In Favour Of Strike
It appears workers at the Kitimat smelter and Kemano are ready to hit the bricks. Unifor local 2301 members took a strike vote this past Friday and Saturday and for the first time in the histor...
Jul 21, 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Watches For Parched Province of BC
Large parts of central and east-central B-C -- including the parched and fire-ravaged Cariboo region -- are under severe thunderstorm watches. Environment Canada says -- along with the Cariboo ...
Jul 21, 2021
Former Esk'etemic Chief Appointed As First Nation Liaison
The former Chief of the Esk'etemc First Nation says she would like to find the remains of her great-grandfather, who took his own life while at St. Joseph's Mission Residential School in Williams Lake...
Jul 21, 2021
Prince Rupert A Step Closer to New City Square
Yesterday, the City of Prince Rupert and Northern Savings Credit Union announced the signing of a formal Memorandum of Understanding to jointly develop a new City Centre, known as the "Prince Rupert G...
Jul 21, 2021