Category Archives: News
Snow in August? Environment Canada issues snowfall warning
It may be getting closer to fall, but one area of Northern B.C. appears to be heading straight for an early winter, Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for the area and part of the Alaska...
Aug 17, 2019
Williams Lake baseball bat attack leaves victim with serious injuries
Williams Lake RCMP are investigating a serious assault. Investigators say a male was attacked by another male with a baseball bat near the intersection of 2nd Avenue and Oliver Street at 6:45 Friday m...
Aug 16, 2019
Charges laid in Prince George stabbing
An 18-year-old Vanderhoof woman has been charged after a stabbing in Prince George earlier this week. RCMP were called to a home in the 1400 block of 3rd Avenue Wednesday around 4:00 p.m. and found a ...
Aug 16, 2019
Donaldson wants federal help with forestry downturn
Forests minister Doug Donaldson has requested help from the federal government to address layoffs and closures plaguing the B.C.'s forest industry. Donaldson says he has written to the minister of nat...
Aug 15, 2019 (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)
RCMP investigate possible domestic assault
Fort St John RCMP are investigating a possible domestic assault from earlier this month. Someone reported a dispute between a man and a female in a gold coloured SUV at 12:45 p.m. August 5. The vehicl...
Aug 15, 2019
Province funds Indigenous driver training in northwest B.C.
The Province is providing $360,000 to a Terrace-based driving school to deliver training in rural Indigenous communities. Advanced education minister Melanie Mark made the announcement in Terrace Thur...
Aug 15, 2019
DFO re-opens recreational Skeena Coho and Pink salmon fishery
Anglers are once again able to head back to the Skeena River watershed to fish. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada has re-opened the recreational Coho and Pink salmon fishery. However, fish...
Aug 15, 2019 Photo Kevin Cass
Rio Tinto fined 662K for safety incident
WorkSafe BC has handed Rio Tinto a hefty fine for an incident at the company's Kitimat aluminum smelter. The company was fined just over $662,000 last month for what WorkSafe BC describes as "high-ris...
Aug 14, 2019
Advanced ed minister in Terrace Thursday
Advanced education minister Melanie Mark will be in Terrace Thursday. Mark is scheduled to make an announcement about support for a training project which the ministry says is improving job opportunit...
Aug 14, 2019
Northwest wildfires flare up with wind
As expected, strong winds have caused growth in some northwest B.C. wildfires. The Barrington River fire 50 kilometres west of Telegraph Creek covers about 4,600 hectares and has spread mainly toward ...
Aug 14, 2019 Southwest Tagish Lake Fire