Category Archives: 2023
DFO Not Renewing Licenses of Remaining Open-Net Pen Salmon Fish Farms in the Discovery Islands
After years of back-and-forth, the DFO has decided not to renew the licenses of open-net pen salmon fish farms in the Discovery Islands. In 2020, then-Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan issued an or...
Feb 17, 2023
Suspect Arrested in Fort St John After Stealing Multiple Firearms and a Video Game Console from a Charlie Lake Home
A suspect who stole a small arsenal of weapons from a Charlie Lake residence earlier this month probably wishes he left the video game console behind. On February 7th, RCMP received reports of a resid...
Feb 17, 2023
BC Hydro Opens Expression of Interest to Help Gauge Need for Electrical Transmission Infrastructure on the Northcoast
BC Hydro has issued an Expression of Interest to help gauge the need for new electrical transmission infrastructure on the Northcoast. With the region experiencing significant industrial growth in rec...
Feb 17, 2023
2022 Community Investment Donations from Trigon Pacific Terminals Surpass $175,000
Trigon Pacific Terminals has released their first Report to the Community, highlighting investments made on the Northcoast. In 2022, Trigon donated more than $175,000 to organizations and community gr...
Feb 17, 2023
Forest Enhancement Society of BC and Partners Working to Fight Climate Change and Improve Forest Sustainability
Good news has been hard to come by for the forestry industry of late, but a number of nature-based projects are working to reverse the narrative. A new update from the Forest Enhancement Society of BC...
Feb 17, 2023
Northern Healthcare Foundations, Fundraising Societies, and Auxiliaries Raise Over $2.2 Million in 2021-22 Fiscal Year
While government officials spent last year at odds over healthcare funding, northern foundations and auxiliaries got to work. During the 2021-22 fiscal year, healthcare foundations, fundraising societ...
Feb 17, 2023 Northern Health logo // Courtesy: Northern Health
Nechako Lakes MLA John Rustad Joins Conservative Party of BC, Becoming their Only Sitting Member in Legislature
Nechako Lakes MLA John Rustad has joined the Conservative Party of BC, after being kicked out of the Liberal Caucus last summer. Rustad was removed from the party last August after sharing a disproven...
Feb 16, 2023
GR Baker Memorial Hospital Addition Gets Indigenous Companion Name Including both Carrier and Chilcotin Languages
A nearly completed expansion to Quesnel's GR Baker Memorial Hospital has been given a name which reflects the territory it was built on. Northern Health has unveiled a new Indigenous companion name fo...
Feb 16, 2023 Photo courtesy of Northern Health
DFO to Open Commercial Pacific Herring Fisheries in Prince Rupert and Central Coast Districts, in a Limited Capacity
Commercial fisheries will once again be able to harvest Pacific herring on the North and Central coasts this year, though in a limited capacity. Low populations and conservation concerns had forced th...
Feb 16, 2023
Two Northern Communities Among Twelve Benefiting from Funding to Improve Indigenous Cultural Safety in Emergency Management
A $562,000 provincial investment will help improve Indigenous cultural safety and humility in local emergency management. Two Northern communities are among 12 benefiting from the funding, which comes...
Feb 16, 2023