Category Archives: News
Prince Rupert Mayor pushing for Alaska ferry service to continue
Prince Rupert Mayor Lee Brain is in Alaska this week as part of a bid to maintain ferry services from the state to the North Coast. Brain had meetings scheduled with the Governor's office and Alaska's...
Sep 18, 2019 Photo Lee Brain Facebook
Pile burning slated for Quesnel area
People on the Quesnel area may see some smoke and flames starting this week. The BC Wildfire Service is planning to burn some piles of woody debris on the western slope of Dragon Mountain. The debris ...
Sep 18, 2019
SPCA investigating after three dogs found dead in a ditch
The BC SPCA is investigating the deaths of three dogs in Prince George that appear to have been shot in the head. The agency says the remains of a black, male French bulldog, a fawn-coloured female pu...
Sep 18, 2019
Terrace RCMP trying to identify theft suspects
Terrace Mounties are trying to identify two suspects following a theft from a local business earlier this summer. RCMP say two men were seen placing a stereo in a cooler July 29, 2019 and then leaving...
Sep 18, 2019
Ammonia Leak at Upper Skeena Recreation Centre
There were some tense moments at the Upper Skeena Recreation Centre earlier this week. Staff evacuated the facility after an ammonia leak was detected Monday, but there were no injuries. The Regional ...
Sep 18, 2019 Photo Northern Development Initiative Trust
Government Funding Announced for Transitioning Forestry Industry
The provincial government has announced funding for a series of new measures aimed at supporting British Columbia forest workers impacted by mill closures and shift reductions in several B.C. interior...
Sep 17, 2019
Agreement reached with the City of Prince Rupert
The Coast Tsimshian nations of Metlakatla and Lax Kw'alaams have now signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Rupert. This is aimed at strengthening the existing relationship between gove...
Sep 16, 2019
Now is the time premiering at Vancouver Film Festival
When internationally renowned Haida carver Robert Davidson was only 22 years old, he carved the first new totem pole on British Columbia's Haida Gwaii in almost a century. On the 50th anniversary of t...
Sep 16, 2019
Big changes coming to the Forestry Industry
The complex issue of forestry is not one that can be solved overnight. According to the B.C. Council of Forest Industries (COFI) the forest industry supports over 140,000 jobs in B.C. That's approxima...
Sep 16, 2019
Coast Mountain College expanding its network
Coast Mountain College gains new research and education network connectivity. Coast Mountain College is celebrating connecting with BCNET advanced network. BCNET is a not-for-profit collaborative shar...
Sep 16, 2019