Category Archives: News
UNBC Faculty Association calls for provincial intervention in strike
As the strike at UNBC enters its 20th day, the faculty association has requested provincial intervention. The union issued a statement Tuesday calling on B.C. labour minister Harry Bains to appoint a ...
Nov 26, 2019
Temperature drop leads to vehicle theft spike: RCMP
Fort St. John RCMP says the cold weather has led to a spike in vehicle thefts. Police say they've received numerous calls from drivers who left their vehicles unlocked while warming them up or who hav...
Nov 26, 2019
CN and Teamsters reach tentative agreement
Teamsters and CN have reached a tentative agreement to renew the collective agreement for over 3,000 conductors, trainspersons and yard workers. Normal operations at CN will resume tomorrow at 6 local...
Nov 26, 2019
Crash kills transport truck driver north of Clinton
One person is dead after a single vehicle crash north of Clinton Monday. RCMP and emergency crews were called out to Highway 97 near Big Bar Road shortly after 9:30 a.m. Investigators say a northbound...
Nov 25, 2019
Blast of frigid winter weather expected by Tuesday
A cold and windy week is expected for a large swath of north central B.C. Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for The Cariboo, Chilcotin, Bulkley Valley and the Lakes, Stuart-Nec...
Nov 25, 2019
Canfor announces downtime for all B.C. sawmills except one
Canfor has announced curtailments at all of its BC sawmills. The forestry giant says all of its lumber mills, with the exception of WynnWood, will take two weeks of downtime from December 23 through t...
Nov 25, 2019
UNBC students attend local rally
The UNBC strike continues and students are still not back in their classrooms. Today in Terrace, students took to the picket lines to protest. With the threat of the strike continuing students have be...
Nov 25, 2019
Power restored to Lax Kw'alaams
Approximately 323 customers were affected by a morning power outage in Lax Kw'alaams. The outage happened early in the morning and crews attended the scene around noon. The cause of the outage was a t...
Nov 25, 2019
Prince George seeking information on weekend shooting
Early in the morning on Nov. 23, the Prince George RCMP received a report of an adult male with a gunshot wound at a residence on Irwin Street in Prince George. The man was sent to hospital with non-l...
Nov 25, 2019
Teamsters release recording of fatigued conductor
Teamsters Canada released a recording of a CN supervisor, a chief rail traffic controller (RTC), ordering a fatigued conductor to continue to work for several hours. The railroad conductor who accordi...
Nov 25, 2019