Category Archives: News
Lax Kw'alaams and Metlakatla sign stewardship agreement
Two North Coast First Nations plan to work as one to protect their territory. The Lax Kw'alaams and Metlakatla signed the Stewardship Protocol Agreement to better manage and safeguard their environmen...
Jul 22, 2019 Lax Kw’alaams Mayor John Helin (left) and Metlakatla Chief Harold Leighton (right) sign the Stewardship Protocol Agreement during a joint meeting in Prince Rupert on July 15
Major road work underway in northern B.C.
Crews have started resurfacing a 27 km stretch of Highway 37 in northern B.C. The $7.9 million project begins 60 km north of Meziadin Junction and continues north to Burrage Air Strip. It's one of nin...
Jul 22, 2019
IIO probing in-custody death in Prince George
BC's police watchdog is investigating after someone died in Prince George RCMP custody. The Independent Investigations Office says Prince George Mounties arrested a person for causing a disturbance Fr...
Jul 21, 2019 Independent Investigations Office of British Columbia Logo / Courtesy: IIO BC
Teens associated with burning vehicle near Dease Lake missing
RCMP are now trying to find two missing teens after a burning vehicle and a body were discovered south of Dease Lake last week. Mounties were called to the vehicle fire along Highway 37 south of the S...
Jul 21, 2019
Body, burning vehicle found near Dease Lake
RCMP are investigating after the discovery of a body and a burning vehicle near Dease Lake. Police were called to a burning pickup Friday near the Stikine River Bridge along Highway 37. While officers...
Jul 20, 2019
CRD scales back damage estimate from Chilcotin flooding
The Cariboo Regional District says the latest information about flooding in the Chilcotin west of Williams Lake has allowed officials to scale back damage estimates. Earlier information put the number...
Jul 19, 2019
New Junior Secondary School announced for Quesnel
Quesnel is getting a new Junior Secondary School. Education Minister Rob Fleming, along with District 28 Board Chair Gloria Jackson, and Mayor Bob Simpson made the announcement Friday afternoon. The p...
Jul 19, 2019
RCMP identity homicide victims found near Liard River Hotsprings
RCMP have identified the victims of a double homicide in northern B.C. Investigators say Lucas Robertson Fowler of Australia and his girlfriend Chynna Noelle Deese of the United States were found dead...
Jul 19, 2019
CN responds to derailment west of Terrace
CN rail says there was derailment west of Terrace Thursday night. The company says crews responded to a minor derailment at about 7:30 involving three loaded wood pellet cars and one locomotive which ...
Jul 19, 2019
Canfor announces more cuts
More troubling news from B.C.'s struggling forest industry. Canfor has announced the indefinite curtailment of its Mackenzie sawmill and the permanent elimination of one shift at its Isle Pierre sawmi...
Jul 19, 2019