Category Archives: News

Chief Wayne Christian Re-elected as Shuswap Tribal Chief
With no one stepping up against him, Wayne Christian, Chief of Splatsin, has been reelected as Shuswap Tribal Chief through acclamation. The Chief has spent a total of 26 years either on council or as...
Jeff Blagden Aug 20, 2021

Prince George RCMP Looking for Information on Home Invasion Suspect
Prince George RCMP are seeking public assistance in identifying a suspect from a Wednesday home invasion. Officers received reports of the invasion on the 100 block of River Road just before midnight....
Jeff Blagden Aug 20, 2021

Williams Lake to Host a Number of Drop-in Vaccination Clinics
With 41 workers testing positive for Covid at BC Hydro's Site C project, the utility is adding restrictions for employees. According to a company spokesman, BC Hydro had been following the BCCDC's gui...
Jeff Blagden Aug 20, 2021

BC Hydro to Put Harsher Restrictions in Place at Site C Following 41 Positive Covid Tests
With 41 workers testing positive for Covid at BC Hydro's Site C project, the utility is adding restrictions for employees. According to a company spokesman, BC Hydro had been following the BCCDC's gui...
Jeff Blagden Aug 20, 2021

Mandatory Inquest in to 2016 Death at Terrace Sportsplex to Take Place
A mandatory inquest in to a 2016 death at the Terrace Sportsplex will take place this month. The inquest will look in to the 2016 death of Nicolas Allan Jeppesen, due to him being in police custody at...
Jeff Blagden Aug 20, 2021

BC Wildfire Service Facing Growing Concerns Relating to Fatigue
Fatigue is quickly becoming one of the biggest concerns among firefighters as the province's wildfire season rages on. BC Wildfire Service Fire Operations Manager Todd Nessman says the service is begi...
Jeff Blagden Aug 20, 2021

August 20th Covid-19 Update
British Columbia is reporting 689 new cases of Covid-19 as of last night. Of those, 278 are in the Interior Health Region, and 27 are within Northern Health's boundaries. The new cases brings the acti...
Jeff Blagden Aug 20, 2021

Extradition case for Huawei Executive ends after three years
The high-profile extradition case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou has wrapped up after close to three years of legal arguments. The case is set return to B-C Supreme Court in October, when the judge ...
Rob Young Aug 19, 2021

Multiple BC authority figures give update on Wildfire Situation
Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth and members of the B-C Wildfire Service, Emergency Management B-C and R-C-M-P are giving an update on the wildfire situation across the province in a briefing thi...
Rob Young Aug 19, 2021

Overdose Advisory issued for Northern BC area
An overdose advisory has been issued for the Northern BC area by Northern Health due to some unregulated substances being sold in the area as Heroin. In addition to these substances being sold in the ...
Rob Young Aug 19, 2021