Category Archives: 2018
New digital mammography services for the Bulkley Valley
Upgrades at Bulkley Valley District Hospital mean that residents from Hazelton to Houston now have a better chance of getting breast cancer detected early. Northern Health and area stakeholders celebr...
CFNRNews Jan 29, 2018
Do you know your rights when it comes to the police?
What are your rights when it comes to interactions with the police? Three organizations will be touring the northern BC next month to offer workshops on that topic as well as their roles in the provin...
CFNRNews Jan 29, 2018
Kitimat LNG town hall meeting draws in large crowd
Approximately three hundred people packed into Kitimat’s Riverlodge on Saturday to listen and interact with keynote speakers and guests surrounding Kitimat’s LNG project. the townhall meet...
CFNRNews Jan 29, 2018
UNDRIP speakers to tour northwest BC
Two of Canada’s authoritative voices on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous peoples will be in the Northwest early next month. Paul Joffe, a lawyer for the Grand Council of the Crees ...
CFNRNews Jan 29, 2018
Motor vehicle incident claims Kitimat woman's life
Kitimat RCMP say one person is dead after a motor vehicle incident this weekend. Very few details about what happened have been released, but police say a Kitimat woman died as a result of a vehicle i...
CFNRNews Jan 28, 2018
Rough weather forces ferry delay from Prince Rupert
BC Ferries has delayed its Sunday night sailing from Prince Rupert to Haida Gwaii due to adverse weather. Officials with the corporation say the Northern Expedition, originally scheduled to depart Pri...
CFNRNews Jan 28, 2018
Storm warnings issued for North and Central Coasts
Residents in Terrace and Kitimat should brace for hazardous winter weather this weekend. Environment Canada has issued a winter storm warning for inland sections of both the North and Central Coasts. ...
CFNRNews Jan 27, 2018
High streamflow advisory issued for Central Coast
The BC River Forecast Centre says an atmospheric river storm event is expected to hit Vancouver Island and the south coast. The wet weather is expected to dump from 50-160mm of rain in the regions Sun...
CFNRNews Jan 26, 2018
City Council debates on Bill C-45
Bill C-45 was a major topic of conversation at terrace council this week. the main focus was on what steps need to be taken to ensure federal, provincial and municipal standards are met. The legalizat...
CFNRNews Jan 26, 2018
Horgan visits LNG Canada partners on trade mission
Premier John Horgan appears to be doing his best to shore up LNG prospects for BC during his current Asian trade mission, despite concerns expressed by Green Party leader Andrew Weaver. Horgan says he...
CFNRNews Jan 26, 2018