Category Archives: News
Mother Pleas for Information on Missing Daughter
It's been over a year since Shaylanna Lewis was reported missing to Masset RCMP. She was last seen on March 21, 2020, at around 5:15 in the evening, walking along the south side of the highway near Ma...
Apr 16, 2021 Shaylanna Lewis has been missing since last March. Source: Masset RCMP.
New Record for COVID-19 Hospitalizations
The province has broken another COVID-19 record. During today's briefing, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry, announced 409 people are currently hospitalized with the virus, a new record. 125 ...
Apr 15, 2021
Lower Post Residential School to be Demolished
The Lower Post Residential School was once used as a post office and band office, and will be torn down and replaced by a multi-use building. The project will cost $13.5-million in funding, the bulk o...
Apr 15, 2021 Premier John Horgan, announcing the funding for the new community centre in Lower Post. Source: Province of B.C.
Dease Lake Airport Gets $11-million Upgrade
The Dease Lake Airport is getting an $11-million upgrade. The bulk of the funding, $9-million, comes from the province's economic recovery fund for airport upgrades. The remaining $2-million comes fro...
Apr 15, 2021
Telegraph Creek Road Washed Out
The small community of Telegraph Creek has had its only road access cut off by a washout. Videos posted to Facebook shows water rushing down and over Telegraph Creek Road/Highway 51, washing out a lar...
Apr 15, 2021
Record Number of COVID-19 Hospitalizations
The province has a new record for COVID-19 hospitalizations. In a statement today, the Health Ministry announced there are 397 people in hospital because of the virus, with 120 in intensive care. Curr...
Apr 14, 2021
Police Search for Bear Spray Suspect
Police in Prince George are looking for a suspect in a bear spray incident on Monday. Prince George RCMP say just before noon, a male suspect approached a group inside a shopping centre on the 3500-bl...
Apr 14, 2021
MMIWG Red Dresses Pulled Down
Video has surfaced of two men pulling down red dresses hung along the highway near Ladysmith on Vancouver Island. In the video, two men can be seen pulling down the dresses that were hung on trees, th...
Apr 14, 2021 Screenshot of red dresses being torn down. Source: Facebook/Stephanie Goudie
$100,000 Donation from the Prince Rupert Port Authority
The Prince Rupert Port Authority is donating $100,000 to the North Coast Health Improvement Society's Cancer Care Unit upgrade project. The project will renovate the Cancer Care Unit at the Prince Rup...
Apr 13, 2021
Prince Rupert to Spend $565,000 for Waste and Recycling Bins
The City of Prince Rupert will spend almost $565,000 on residential garbage and recycling bins. The bins will be embedded with an RFID chip that will allow city staff to track contamination and other ...
Apr 13, 2021