Category Archives: News

U.S ruled to have acted honorably in extradition case against Huawei executive
A lawyer representing Canada's attorney general says the U-S acted honourably in the extradition case against Meng Wanzhou after lawyers for the Huawei executive argued the U-S mischaracterized eviden...
Rob Young Aug 06, 2021

Purdy Lake Fire no longer listed as Fire of interest
There was some good news in yesterday's Cariboo Fire Centre update. The Purdy Lake Wildfire, which is currently burning inside the Kluskoil Lake Provincial Park, is now classified as 'being held' and ...
Rob Young Aug 06, 2021

Thornhill Fire Department puts out multi-vehicle fire on Munson Road
The Thornhill Fire department responded to and extinguished a multi-vehicle fire on Munson road across from the Terrace Speedway earlier this afternoon. There were three different vehicles that caught...
Rob Young Aug 06, 2021

BC Public Safety Minister angry at people who ignored evacuation orders
Residents who ignore evacuation orders and stay behind -- supposedly to protect their own properties -- have drawn the ire of Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth. He had blistering words for some re...
Rob Young Aug 06, 2021

Federal Government signs fisheries agreement with the eight coastal First Nations
The federal government has signed a fisheries agreement with the eight Coastal First Nations in the north and central coast and Haida Gwaii. The Fisheries Resources Reconciliation Agreement provides f...
Rob Young Aug 06, 2021

White Rock Lake fire grows overnight and forces more evacuation orders
The B-C Wildfire Service says the blaze that destroyed many properties around Monte Lake southwest of Kamloops grew dramatically overnight. The White Rock Lake fire is now estimated at 450-square kilo...
Rob Young Aug 06, 2021 Photo courtesy BC Wildfire Service

Government of Canada launching new development agency in BC
The Government of Canada has created a plan, via Budget 2021, to set businesses on a path for long-term growth, and to ensure that Canada's future will be not only be healthier, but more equitable, gr...
Rob Young Aug 05, 2021

Quebec implementing Vaccine passport system
Quebec Premier Franois Legault announced earlier today that the province will be implementing a vaccine passport system sometime in the next few weeks. Legault also said that details of the system wil...
Rob Young Aug 05, 2021

BC Liberal candidate calls for greater provincial investment in Northwest Region
BC Liberal leadership candidate Michael Lee gave an ad vocation for greater provincial investment in the city of Terrace as well as a "different path forward" during one of his campaign stops in Terra...
Rob Young Aug 05, 2021

Residents living between Kamloops and Vernon hit with evacuation order
Hundreds of residents living along a stretch of Highway 97 between Kamloops and Vernon have been told to evacuate as the White Rock Lake wildfire advances. There's concern that winds today could fan t...
Rob Young Aug 05, 2021