Category Archives: News
West Fraser announces cuts in the South Cariboo
There doesn't seem to be an end to the bad news affecting B.C. forestry workers; today is no exception. West Fraser has announced that it intends to permanently close of its Chasm lumber mill near 70 ...
Jun 17, 2019
Prince George RCMP search home, vehicles as part of drug probe
Prince George RCMP searched a city home Monday morning as part of an ongoing drug investigation. Police say they arrested nine people in three different vehicles that had been at the house prior to of...
Jun 17, 2019
RCMP searching for missing Fort St John woman
Fort St John RCMP are asking for help finding a missing woman. Investigators say 30-year-old Megan Butler left her home June 3 and has not been heard from since. Police haven't been able to contact he...
Jun 17, 2019 Megan Butler Photo RCMP
Prince Rupert dog park damage fixed
The McKay Street dog park is once again open to Prince Rupert residents and their four-legged friends. The city closed the park to residents June 6 after a motor vehicle incident damaged the fence alo...
Jun 17, 2019
Forestry audit scheduled for Quesnel region
B.C.'s independent forestry watchdog is taking a closer look at operations in the North Cariboo. The Forest Practices Board is examining the BC Timber Sales (BCTS) program and timber sale licence hold...
Jun 17, 2019 (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)
Ramona Wilson Memorial Walk: still no answers after 25 years
It's been 25 years since she vanished, and Ramona Wilson's family is still searching for answers. Her mother Matilda Wilson and about 50 supporters once again walked a two kilometre stretch of Highway...
Jun 17, 2019 Photo Pansy Wright-Simms/Facebook
Haida Gwaii ranch celebrates 100 years
The B.C. government is recognizing a Haida Gwaii ranch that's celebrating a century of being in business. Richardson Ranch began in 1919 when Eric Richardson travelled from Alberta to Tlell River mead...
Jun 17, 2019
Esketemc woman selected for international internship
An Indigenous woman from Williams Lake is one of three B.C. residents selected for an international internship. Twenty-year-old Izaria Bowe of the Esketemc First Nation will be travelling to Kenya to ...
Jun 17, 2019
Oil Tanker Moratorium Act passes through Senate, but not without proposed changes
After being stuck in the Senate for over a year, Bill C-48 will finally move on. Senators voted last night to pass the Bill, deemed the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act, which seeks to ban oil tanker traffic...
Jun 14, 2019
Skeena Middle School students put Terrace Council to task on bicycle safety
Grade 7, 8 and 9 students from Skeena Middle School packed Terrace Council Chambers today in a call for safety improvements for cyclists in the city. As part of their "Build It and They Will Bike" inn...
Jun 14, 2019