Category Archives: News
Northern Health Issues Overdose Alert in Smithers and Terrace Areas
Northern Health has issued an overdose alert which covers the Terrace and Smithers areas. According to the Authority, the declaration comes following a recent increase in overdose activity on the comm...
Aug 19, 2021 Northern Health logo // Courtesy: Northern Health
Williams Lake City council now streaming Committee of the whole meetings
The Williams Lake City Council has made the decision to hold their Committee of the whole meetings in the city council chambers as well as live-stream these meetings to the public. Before the pandemic...
Aug 18, 2021
Northwest Regional Terrace-Kitimat airport receives new runway sweeper
In order to help deal with snow during the winter months, the Northwest Regional airport representing the Terrace-Kitimat area has received a brand new runway sweeper that appears to be very advanced....
Aug 18, 2021
Teck Resources ramping up mine near Kamloops after fire caused stoppage
Teck Resources says its Highland Valley Copper mine southwest of Kamloops is ramping up to full operation after being shutdown by an approaching wildfire. The District of Logan Lake ordered the evacua...
Aug 18, 2021
BC NDP creating new tunnel under Fraser River
B-C's New Democrat government says a 4.1-billion dollars, eight lane tunnel will replace the aging and congested George Massey tunnel under the Fraser River south of Vancouver. Transportation Minister...
Aug 18, 2021
Lawsuit proposed against railways over Lytton fire
A proposed class action lawsuit has been filed in B-C Supreme Court against C-N and C-P Rail over the wildfire that tore through the village of Lytton in late June. The lawsuit alleges the fire was se...
Aug 18, 2021
Rio Tinto and Unifor 2301 meeting again early next week
In a letter sent out to their employees, Rio Tinto and Unifor Local 2301 shed a bit of light on how their negotiations were proceeding. Namely, after the meeting the two sides had back on August 12th ...
Aug 18, 2021
Coquihalla Highway Open For Essential Travel, Highway 5 Blocked Off
The Transportation Ministry has some good news, and some bad news for those taking to the roads in BC. For the first time in over a month, limited access to the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Mer...
Aug 18, 2021
State of Emergency Extended Through at Least End of August
With more than 260 wildfires currently raging accross the province, BC has extended its state of emergency. In a statement yesterday, Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth said that the province is ta...
Aug 18, 2021
Clearwater Hospital to Close Overnights Until August 22nd Due to Limited Staffing
Limited staffing availability is forcing the overnight closure of the Clearwater emergency department for the next few days. Between today and August 22nd, the Doctor Helmcken Memorial Hospital Emerge...
Aug 18, 2021