Category Archives: News
Recreational fishing in South Okanagan closed until mid September
B-C's Forest Ministry says recreational fishing has been closed until mid-September in most areas of the South Okanagan due to drought. It says low water levels combined with higher-than-normal water ...
Aug 12, 2021
Multiple BC Harbours get funding for upgrades/repairs
The Ministry of Fisheries, Oceans, as well as the Canadian Coast Guard gave an announcement back on Tuesday that part of a $50 million fund is being sent to the small craft harbours of Prince Rupert, ...
Aug 12, 2021
RCMP looking to identify victim of boat accident
Back on Tuesday, not long after 11:30 a.m. the RCMP in Bella Coola were made aware of a partially capsized drift boat seen drifting down stream on the Bella Coola River fairly close to Walker Island P...
Aug 12, 2021 Capsized sailboat on a lagoon.
Terrace RCMP member helps out kids at Kitselas First Nation camp
Last Week, a member of the Terrace RCMP Indigenous Policing Section named Constable Angela Rabut was the acting stern man for a 16-person canoe in order to make sure that the kids in the canoe were be...
Aug 12, 2021
BC making COVID vaccine mandatory for employees of senior care facilities
B-C is making COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for all staff and volunteers at seniors' care facilities due to a surge in cases linked to the highly contagious Delta variant. Staff must be fully vaccin...
Aug 12, 2021
Environment Canada says three temperature records set in BC yesterday
Environment Canada says three temperature records were set in the southern Interior yesterday -- in advance of today's arrival of scorching conditions forecast for the region. Penticton's temperature ...
Aug 12, 2021
Union of BC Indian Chiefs granted intervener status in discrimination case
The B-C Human Rights Tribunal says it has granted intervener status to the Union of B-C Indian Chiefs in a case over alleged discrimination by Vancouver police against an Indigenous man and his grandd...
Aug 12, 2021
Ktunaxa Nation Council purchases archeological site
A Cranbrook-area First Nation has purchased a parcel of land considered an important archeological site along Columbia Lake. The Ktunaxa Nation Council announced the purchase of the site that is less ...
Aug 12, 2021
BC Wildfire service says illegal drones in fire zones putting firefighters at risk
The B-C Wildfire Service says it has encountered several drones in the past few days flying illegally over wildfires and putting the lives of firefighters at risk. The service says aircraft, including...
Aug 11, 2021
Terrace extending Lanfear Hill closure
Terrace is now extending its closure of Lanfear Hill till Aug. 23, which is about a week later that originally thought, as the crews working on the road's repairs, are in need of more time to finish r...
Aug 11, 2021