Category Archives: News
Unifor Local 2301 Vote In Favour Of Strike
It appears workers at the Kitimat smelter and Kemano are ready to hit the bricks. Unifor local 2301 members took a strike vote this past Friday and Saturday and for the first time in the histor...
Jul 21, 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Watches For Parched Province of BC
Large parts of central and east-central B-C -- including the parched and fire-ravaged Cariboo region -- are under severe thunderstorm watches. Environment Canada says -- along with the Cariboo ...
Jul 21, 2021
Former Esk'etemic Chief Appointed As First Nation Liaison
The former Chief of the Esk'etemc First Nation says she would like to find the remains of her great-grandfather, who took his own life while at St. Joseph's Mission Residential School in Williams Lake...
Jul 21, 2021
Prince Rupert A Step Closer to New City Square
Yesterday, the City of Prince Rupert and Northern Savings Credit Union announced the signing of a formal Memorandum of Understanding to jointly develop a new City Centre, known as the "Prince Rupert G...
Jul 21, 2021
Out Of Province and International Support for Wildfires
About 100 firefighters are set to arrive in B-C from Mexico on Saturday to help fight the raging wildfires. Public safety minister Mike Farnworth says officials are also in talks with Australia to bri...
Jul 21, 2021 Jason Hickey / CC
Kitimat RCMP investigates Stolen Boat
The Kitimat RCMP are investigating a report of a stolen boat from the MK Bay Marina back on Sunday. The boat was last seen on Saturday at 5:00 pm docked at the aforementioned MK Marina. The boat's typ...
Jul 20, 2021
Province and Canada to Match Red Cross Donations For Wildfire Relief
Province, Canada to match Red Cross donations to help people affected by wildfires To help people affected by the wildfires burning around B.C., the Province will match all donations to the Canadian R...
Jul 20, 2021
BC Declares State of Emergency
The B.C. government is declaring a provincial state of emergency to support the province-wide response to the ongoing wildfire situation. Mike Farnworth, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor...
Jul 20, 2021
Red Chris Mine Employee Remembers Residential School Victims
The quest of a Tahltan First Nation man to raise awareness about the findings at multiple residential schools is gaining momentum in a remote northwestern mining community - thanks to orange ribbons t...
Jul 20, 2021
Another BC Town Threatened By Wildfire
The entire town of Oliver is on evacuation alert and nearly 200 properties between Oliver and Osoyoos are evacuated as a new wildfire threatens parts of the south Okanagan. The Inkaneep Creek b...
Jul 20, 2021