Category Archives: News
Williams Lake Doctor Shortage
The Williams Lake city council is hoping to meet with the minister of health this fall to discuss the general area's shortage of doctors. Local government officials are able to request to have schedul...
Jul 06, 2021
Quesnel Students Donate to Firefighters
Donations from Quesnel have made their way to B.C.'s Interior, to help out the firefighters struggling to contain the dozens of wildfires in the area. Keri Osha, Adrianna Alec and Joely Paul were the ...
Jul 06, 2021 Forest Service, USDA
Possible Twister In Fort St John
Environment Canada is investigating the possibility a tornado swept through the Fort St. John area in northern B-C last week. Environment Canada meteorologist Doug Lundquist says the powerful system s...
Jul 06, 2021 NOAA Photo Library / CC
Lytton Evacuees To Survey Devastation
The Thompson-Nicola Regional District says it's planning a bus tour for evacuees from Lytton, B-C, to survey the damage. Debbie Sell of the district's emergency operations centre says a date has not b...
Jul 06, 2021 Antti Lipponen / CC
Villager suspect church fires are both connected and intentional
While investigators sift through the ashes of what was once St. Paul's Anglican church in Gitwangak, they have yet to draw any conclusions...villagers however, seem to have drawn their own conclusions...
Jul 05, 2021 Jitze Couperus / CC
Red Cross asks for wildfire donations
The wildfires that have triggered evacuations across British Columbia have mobilized the resources of the Red Cross and they are now accepting donations to support those affected. Wildfires have devas...
Jul 05, 2021 Elaine Vigneault / CC
Cariboo Regional District issues evacuation order
The Cariboo Regional District (CRD) issued an evacuation alert back on Saturday, for the Big Stick area west of Williams Lake as a result of fire activity. BC Wildfire Service listed the fire as disco...
Jul 05, 2021 Photo courtesy BC Wildfire Service
Wet'suwet'en advocate speaks out against Indian Act
A well known Wet'suwet'en advocate of increased Indigenous participation in the economy is in the running to potentially be the candidate for the Conservative Party of Canada in the Skeena - Bulkley V...
Jul 05, 2021
BC Wildfire Crews Making Progress
The wildfire service is reporting some progress as it fights several of the forest fires that have swept through parts of the B-C Interior since last week. Crews have completed some guards along the e...
Jul 05, 2021 Photo courtesy BC Wildfire Service
Back To School Should Be Back To Normal
The Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Training says classes at B-C's colleges and universities should look more normal this fall than at any point since March of last year. A statement from th...
Jul 05, 2021