Category Archives: News
BC Hydro responding to North Coast power outage
BC Hydro says crews are being sent to deal with a power outage on the North Coast. The utility says over 500 customers in the Port Edward, Oona River, and Kitkatla lost power around 9:30 Tuesday night...
Jan 14, 2020
School buses cancelled for Hazelton/Kitwanga Wednesday due to weather
Frigid weather has caused the Coast Mountain School District to cancel some Wednesday bus runs. There will be no school buses running for the Hazelton/Kitwanga areas due to extreme cold temperatures a...
Jan 14, 2020
Legal complaints launched over RCMP checkpoint into Wet'suwet'en territory
The BC Civil Liberties Association says it is filing legal complaints over the exclusion of Wet'suwet'en people and others from their territory by RCMP. RCMP set up a checkpoint this week along the Mo...
Jan 14, 2020 Image by Gidimt'en Checkpoint via Twitter
Conservation project announced near Bella Coola
A new conservation project has been announced on the Bella Coola estuary. The project is located on the edge of the community of Bella Coola and near other conservation lands. This was previously unpr...
Jan 14, 2020
Investigation launched over arrest of Indigenous man and granddaughter at BMO
The province's police watchdog will investigate the arrest of a Bella Bella man and his 12-year-old granddaughter by Vancouver Police. Maxwell Johnson went to a Vancouver BMO branch December 20th to o...
Jan 14, 2020
Theft leaves Terrace car owner without wheels...literally
A Terrace vehicle owner was literally left without wheels after a theft last weekend. RCMP say a vehicle parked in the 4500 block of Scott Avenue was left on wooden blocks after someone made off with ...
Jan 14, 2020
Quesnel RCMP asking Good Samaritan who stopped a sexual assault to contact police
Quesnel RCMP are asking for a Good Samaritan to come forward and speak with police. Mounties say the man came to the aid of a teenager who was being sexually assaulted last week. Investigators say a f...
Jan 14, 2020
BC Hydro urging Haida Gwaii customers to conserve electricity
The cold snap is stretching power consumption on Haida Gwaii. BC Hydro has issued an alert to customers in Queen Charlotte, Skidegate, Tlell, and Sandspit to conserve power during the deep freeze. The...
Jan 13, 2020
RCMP establish checkpoint at Morice West Forest Service Road
RCMP have set up what they're calling an "access control checkpoint" on a road accessing Wet'suwet'en territory. Police have set up the checkpoint at the 27 kilometre mark of the Morice West Forest Se...
Jan 13, 2020 Image by Gidimt'en Checkpoint via Twitter
Chetwynd RCMP seize meth, cocaine from stolen vehicle
Chetwynd RCMP say they took a large amount of drugs off the street earlier this month. Officers located a stolen vehicle from Prince George at a local convenience store early last Saturday. Police arr...
Jan 13, 2020