Category Archives: News

Terrace Fire Department responds to 288 calls in first quarter of 2019
Through the first quarter of 2019, the Terrace Fire Department responded to 288 calls. That number is nearly 50 fewer than the same time period last year, in which crews responded to 332 calls. In bot...
Craig Ellis May 14, 2019

Audit finds Terrace in good financial standing
Auditor Steve Kietzmann was quite complimentary when he presented Terrace Council with the results of their 2018 financial audit. On behalf of Carlyle Shepherd and Co., Kietzmann says that, in his unq...
Craig Ellis May 14, 2019

Prince Rupert port plan outlines major growth potential
The Port of Prince Rupert will become Canada's second largest port in the next five years.. That prediction was along side the Prince Rupert Port Authority's container terminal master plan that outlin...
Craig Ellis May 14, 2019

Terrace Council lend support to Chris Arnold memorial project
Terrace City Council have agreed to support a project to memorialize community icon Chris Arnold. Arnold was a long time Terrace resident, and champion for those with disabilities, who passed away in ...
Craig Ellis May 14, 2019

Kitimat RCMP identify youth suspect after Facebook threat
Kitimat RCMP identified a youth suspect after a social media threat involving weapons Monday. Staff at Mount Elizabeth Secondary School contacted the detachment just after 10:30 a.m. about a Facebook ...
Craig Ellis May 13, 2019

Burns Lake RCMP seize drugs and cash during arrest
Burns Lake RCMP seized drugs and cash during an arrest last week. Officers spotted a man they suspected of breaking his court conditions Thursday afternoon near Highway 16 and 5th Avenue. When officer...
Craig Ellis May 13, 2019

Pair of Prince Rupert residents arrested on drug trafficking charges
Two Prince Rupert residents have been arrested following the seizure of a significant amount of drugs. RCMP executed a search warrant at a residence on the 1200 block of Summit Avenue on Friday. Durin...
Craig Ellis May 13, 2019

Tsilqhot'in Chief calls for more Indigenous perspectives in historical teachings
Tsilhqot'in Tribal Chair Chief Joe Alphonse says more can be done to promote historical Indigenous perspectives. According to Chief Alphonse, the announced removal of a statue of BC's first chief just...
Craig Ellis May 13, 2019

Province looking to help remove employment barriers
More than 12 hundred British Columbians facing employment barriers are set to receive training and education support from the province. Residents facing multiple employment obstacles such as immigrati...
Craig Ellis May 13, 2019

No growth on Lejac wildfire
It appears that the worst is over for residents affected by a wildfire burning near Fraser Lake. Fire Information Officer Molly Blower says the Lejac fire did not grow overnight. Blower says forty or ...
Craig Ellis May 13, 2019