Category Archives: News
Province announces task force to improve access to healthy, homegrown food in BC
Increasing access to healthy, homegrown foods for British Columbians is the focus of the province's newest task force. Through their three-member Food Security Task Force, the province will look in to...
Jul 11, 2019
Application period for Williams Lake Grant-in-Aid program now open
Applications are now being accepted for the 2020 intake of the Williams Lake Grant-in-Aid program. Each year, the City provides funding via the program to innitiatives led by non-profit organizations....
Jul 11, 2019
DFO closes recreational sockeye fishery in the Skeena River Watershed
It's looking like a rough year for salmon in the Skeena region. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans says early indications for sockeye returns are at the lower end of the pre-season forecast. Offic...
Jul 10, 2019
New provincial efforts will help keep BC logs in BC, and keep forestry workers employed
A pair of new provincial efforts aim to keep BC's logs in BC, and the workers who harvest them employed. As a result of the province's Coast Revitalization Initiative, the new tools will help governme...
Jul 10, 2019
Smithers declares climate emergency
By way of a 4-3 vote among the Town's Councillors, Smithers has declared a climate emergency. Councillor Gladys Atrill put forward the motion in response to a delegation at their June 25th meeting. Ma...
Jul 10, 2019
Consultations in Clearwater bring residents and forestry companies together on discussions
A meeting between residents and major forestry companies in Clearwater last night got predictably heated. That is according to Clearwater Mayor Merlin Blackwell, who also says a number of good ideas c...
Jul 10, 2019
Houston RCMP pinned by fire after responding to assault call
RCMP in Houston found themselves surrounded by flames after responding to an assault call this weekend. Initially, police were called out to a residence on Mount Davis Way after a woman reported that ...
Jul 10, 2019
New provincial open burning regulations to come in to effect this fall
New burning rules, intended to improve BC's air quality, will take effect this fall. Open burning is the largest source of fine particulate matter pollution in the province, contributing more than the...
Jul 10, 2019
Auditor General report finds Liquor Distribution Branch not in compliance with government contract policies
A report released by BC's Auditor General today does not shine a favourable light on the province's Liquor Distribution Branch. In their recent audit of the LDB, the Auditor General's Office found a g...
Jul 10, 2019
Town of Smithers announces Alan Harris as new CAO, beginning in August
Smithers is set to welcome a new Chief Administrative Officer to town this August. Through a press release issued this morning, the Town announced that Alan Harris would be taking over the position ne...
Jul 10, 2019