Category Archives: News
Town of Smithers announces RCMP staff additions
The Town of Smithers has announced that they will be adding an additional RCMP officer. The new officer will be added to the current Smithers detachment during the latter part of 2020. The focus of th...
Jan 22, 2020
School District 52 asking students to use filtered water after new water tests
Northern Health has asked School District 52 to provide bottled water or use filtered water fountains for safe drinking water. The allowable limit for lead in water has been cut in half. Following a n...
Jan 21, 2020
Highway 16 closure planned between Terrace and Prince Rupert
Avalanche control work is planned between Legaic Rd. and Frank St. for 136 km between Terrace and Prince Rupert. A road closure is planned, you can expect up to 30 minute delays. The closure is planne...
Jan 21, 2020
Lhoosk'uz Dené, Ulkatcho Nations sign agreement with Province to share benefits
Two Indigenous communities in central B.C. have signed an agreement with the Province in support of the recently approved Blackwater Gold Mine within their shared territories. Located in the heart of ...
Jan 21, 2020
Indigenous youth block energy and mines ministry office in support of Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs
A group of Indigenous youth blocked the Energy and Mines Ministry office in Victoria Tuesday. A release from the group says they are there in solidarity with Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs and land de...
Jan 21, 2020
Chetwynd RCMP seize drugs, cash from local home
Chetwynd RCMP say a local woman is facing drug charges after police searched a home in the Legion Subdivision Sunday. Mounties discovered about 200 grams of suspected cocaine, fentenyl, and other asso...
Jan 21, 2020
Province, FNHA to provide temporary housing for Indigenous clients travelling for healthcare
A new partnership will see temporary housing near hospitals for people travelling from B.C.'s remote Indigenous communities for treatment. Many Indigenous clients have to travel long distances from th...
Jan 21, 2020
Fort St. John RCMP looking for missing man
The Fort St. John RCMP are asking for the public's help in locating a missing man. Cameron James Fitzpatrick was last seen at four p.m. at the Fort St. John Hospital on Jan. 12. Family does not know w...
Jan 21, 2020
Nisga'a Highway closure planned for avalanche control work Tuesday
Avalanche control work along the Nisga'a Highway will see a stretch of the road closed Tuesday, Jan, 21. The B.C. transportation ministry says the work is planned in an area 2 km west of Gitlaxt'aamik...
Jan 20, 2020
Prince George man facing multiple charges for robbery and shoplifting incidents
Late Saturday morning the Prince George RCMP received a report of an armed robbery at a jewellery store on the 1600 block of 15th Ave. in Prince George. A single male suspect entered the store and pro...
Jan 20, 2020