Category Archives: News
COVID-19 Outbreak at Coastal GasLink Lodges
Northern Health has declared an outbreak of COVID-19 at two lodges where people working on the Coastal GasLink pipeline project have been staying. The health authority says 17 confirmed cases remain a...
Dec 21, 2020
Mountain View Christian Academy and Thornhill Primary School in Terrace report Covid-19 exposures
Two more School exposures reported in Terrace. Mountain View Christian Academy reported an exposure on December 7th and 8th. Thornhill Primary School also reported an exposure event on December 4th, D...
Dec 21, 2020 Northern Health logo // Courtesy: Northern Health
Canada suspends flights from the United Kingdom for 72 hours
The Canadian Government has restricted travel to the U.K. for 72 hours after a genetic variant of the virus that causes Covid-19 was identified in the U.K. Early data suggests that the variant found i...
Dec 21, 2020
Northern Health declares Covid-19 outbreak at Coastal Gas Link worksites
An outbreak has been declared at two workforce accommodation sites on the Coastal Gas Link project. Northern Health says 17 confirmed Covid-19 cases remain active at 7 Mile Lodge in the Burns Lake are...
Dec 21, 2020 Northern Health logo // Courtesy: Northern Health
Williams Lake RCMP looking for man following convenience store robbery
Williams Lake RCMP are asking for the public's help to identify a man who allegedly robbed the same convenience store twice within three hours. On December 13, at 4:39 a.m., the 7-Eleven Store at 300-...
Dec 18, 2020
Taylor Bachrach reflects on year as Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP
Skeena Bulkley Valley MP Taylor Bachrach reflected on his past year in a press scrum earlier this week. Bachrach notes that the pandemic has presented challenges but he says the NDP remains committed ...
Dec 18, 2020
Fund aims at helping forestry sector offset costs of Covid-19 safety measures
The province is set to give some relief to small and medium-sized forestry businesses which are still operating during the pandemic. The provincial government said in a statement, 'a record number of ...
Dec 17, 2020
Outbreak declared at LNG Canada Project site after evidence of transmission was found among staff of Diversified Transportation
Northern Health is declaring a Covid-19 outbreak at the LNG Canada Project Site in Kitimat. The declaration comes after finding evidence of Covid-19 transmission among staff of Diversified Transportat...
Dec 17, 2020
More Covid-19 school exposures reported in Northern Health
Northern Health continues to see school exposures of COVID-19. Smithers Secondary had exposure to the virus December 7th and December 10th. Caledonia Secondary in Terrace had another exposure between ...
Dec 17, 2020 Northern Health logo // Courtesy: Northern Health
Highway 16 closed between Kitwanga and Gitsegukla due to vehicle incident
A vehicle incident has closed part of Highway 16. The incident took place between Kitwanga and Gitsegukla, this is 1 km west of Gitsegukla. A detour is not available currently. The estimated time of r...
Dec 16, 2020