Category Archives: News
RCMP investigating after woman hit by truck
Clinton RCMP are investigating after a pedestrian was hit on Highway 97 at 70 Mile House. Police and emergency crews were called out at about 4 p.m. Thursday, August 1 after a woman was struck by a tr...
Aug 02, 2019
Crash closes Highway 97 south of Quesnel
Highway 97 is closed in both directions between Williams Lake and Quesnel. Few details are available, but the transportation ministry says a multi-vehicle incident has shut down a five kilometre secti...
Aug 02, 2019
Enbridge pipeline blast haunts B.C. First Nation
A northern B.C. First Nation says news of a fatal gas pipeline explosion in Kentucky has brought back dark memories of its own close call. Lheidli T'enneh Chief Clay Pountney says the thoughts of his ...
Aug 02, 2019 (Photo Jeff Miller/Twitter)
Coastal GasLink investigates pipeline clearing incidents
Coastal GasLink has temporarily suspended clearing work on part of its pipeline route in northwest B.C. The company says an internal audit revealed that Archaeological Impact Assessments (AIA) were no...
Aug 02, 2019
Gitsegukla issue advisory for fentanyl-laced pot
A northwest B.C. First Nation is sounding the alarm about potentially deadly drugs in the community. The Gitsegukla Band Office issued an alert after it says two community members consumed marijuana l...
Aug 02, 2019
UNBC to commission new Indigenous art installation
The University of Northern BC is looking for Indigenous art to welcome people to its Prince George Campus. UNBC has put out a call to Indigenous, B.C.-based artists for a permanent, public art install...
Aug 01, 2019
Northern B.C. mayors call on Ottawa for forestry aid
Smithers Mayor Taylor Bachrach and 20 other northern B.C. municipal leaders want federal help with the forestry downturn affecting their communities. They've sent a letter to Ottawa urging the federal...
Aug 01, 2019 (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)
Dawson Creek RCMP still working a 45-year-old missing persons case
Dawson Creek RCMP are still trying to get to the bottom of a 45-year-old missing persons case. Murphy Williams was last seen at 3 a.m. on August 15th, 1974. Williams had been working for two days at a...
Aug 01, 2019
Haida director's film selected by Toronto International Film Festival
Christopher Auchter's first documentary with the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) will have a major debut. The Haida director's short film Now Is The Time has been selected at the prestigious Toron...
Aug 01, 2019
Sinclar announces temporary mill downtime
The cuts keep coming for B.C.'s beleaguered forestry industry. Sinclar Group Forest Products has announced a two-week curtailment for its operations in Prince George, Vanderhoof, and Fort St. James be...
Aug 01, 2019