Category Archives: 2023
RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki to Step Down Next Month
Controversial RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki has announced her intent to retire next month. Lucki took over as the force's 24th commissioner in 2018, and has faced strong criticism from both sides of ...
Feb 16, 2023
Repatriated Nuxalk Totem Pole Makes it to Williams Lake, Completing Roughly Half of its Journey Home After 100 Years Away
A ceremony was held in Williams Lake yesterday to welcome a delegation from the Nuxalk Nation as they guide a long-lost totem pole home. Carved by Chief Louie Snuxyaltwa in the 1800s, the pole was sto...
Feb 16, 2023 Royal BC Museums former "Hall of Totems" exhibition. Courtesy of Royal BC Museum.
Hypercharge Networks to Install New Electric Vehicle Charging Stations at a Pair of School District 52 Sites
School District 52 has partnered with a Vancouver-based company to bring two new electric vehicle charging stations to the Prince Rupert area. Hypercharge Networks will provide the level 3 DC fast cha...
Feb 15, 2023
Prince Rupert RCMP Seeking Public Assistance to Locate Wanted Man
Prince Rupert RCMP are seeking public assistance to help locate a wanted man. 58 year-old John Rufus Brown is wanted on charges of driving while prohibited, stemming from two separate warrants from 20...
Feb 15, 2023
LNG Canada and Fortis BC Leave Canadian LNG Alliance in Favour of First Nations LNG Alliance
Two of the industry's biggest players are leaving the Canadian LNG Alliance, in favour of the First Nations LNG Alliance. LNG Canada and FortisBC are set to make the transition next month, as part of ...
Feb 15, 2023
LNG Canada to Begin Work to Reverse 70 year-old Alterations to Sumgas Creek, Restoring it to its Natural State
LNG Canada is set to begin restoration work at Sumgas Creek in Kitimat in the coming days. In the 1950s, a number of barriers were installed in the creek, rendering it impassable by fish swimming upst...
Feb 15, 2023
Ottawa Invests $830,000 in Six Tourism Projects in the Northwest
More than $830,000 in fresh Federal funding aims to help enhance tourism in Northwest BC. Provided through the Tourism Relief Fund, the investment will be split between six projects in the Skeena-Bulk...
Feb 15, 2023
Reports of an Explosive Device at a Quesnel School Yesterday Deemed False by RCMP
Reports of an explosive device, which prompted the evacuation of a Quesnel school yesterday, have been determined to be false. RCMP received reports of a possible explosive device at McNaughton Centre...
Feb 15, 2023
Engagement Sessions Being Held to Help Develop Canada's First Urban, Rural and Northern Indigenous Housing Strategy
A series of engagement sessions over the next few months will help inform Canada's first Urban, Rural and Northern Indigenous Housing Strategy. That strategy seeks to compliment Canada's three existin...
Feb 14, 2023
Tahltan Central Government Re-Assert Territorial Boundaries Following Taku River Tlingit Declaration of Protected Area
Recent announcements by neighbouring Nations have the Tahltan Central Government re-asserting their territorial boundaries. Last month, the Taku River Tlingit First Nation announced the T'aku Tlatsini...
Feb 14, 2023 T'aku Tlatsini Indigenous Protected Area on left, Tahltan Territory on right