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Man with ties to Cariboo region wanted by Ridge Meadows RCMP in connection to 2019 Child Pornography investigation
Ridge Meadows RCMP have asked for the public's assistance in locating a man wanted for skipping a court date related to a Child Pornography infestation from 2019. RCMP say 53-year-old James Thomas Gle...
12h ago Photo of 53-year-old James Thomas Glen Smart // Courtesy: Ridge Meadows RCMP
Two avalanches on Sunday claim four lives, send one to hospital with serious injures
A fatal avalanche on Mount Knauss in the backcountry near Terrace on Sunday, March 22nd, had claimed the lives of three heliskiers, and sent one man to hospital with serious injuries. Exact details ar...
Mar 23, 2026 Avalanche Canada map of the Northwest as of Monday, March 23rd, 2026 // Courtesy: Avalanche Canada
Severed fiber-optic cable knocks out internet and phone services to parts of Haida Gwaii
Some residents of Haida Gwaii are without internet and phone services at the moment. A severed fiber-optic cable between Skidegate and Tlell has taken Mascon and Citywest Customers offline in Skidegat...
Mar 23, 2026 TELUS Update on Haida Gwaii internet outage // Courtesy: TELUS
Staffing challenges interrupts Emergency Department services in Fort St. James and Northern Haida Gwaii
Staffing Challenges have interrupted Emergency Department Services at Nats'oojeh Hospital in Fort St. James and the Northern Haida Gwaii Hospital in Masset. The interruption in Fort St. James began at...
Mar 20, 2026 Northern Health logo // Courtesy: Northern Health
Locomotive successfully removed from derailment site near North Pacific Cannery
Work continues to retrieve empty grain cars derailed by a mudslide near the North Pacific Cannery this week, but the BC Government has confirmed that the locomotive that had leaked diesel has now been...
Mar 20, 2026 Photo of the derailment site // Courtesy : Jim Henry Jr. of Lax Kw’alaams Fisheries
Two more cultural burns announced within Gitxsan Territory on Wilp Gwiiyeehl lands
As the Province prepares for Wildfire season, the BC Wildfire Service has announced two more cultural burns within Gitxsan territory in partnership with Wilp Gwiiyeehl and the Gitxsan Laxyip Managemen...
Mar 20, 2026 File photo of a controlled burn // Courtesy: BC Wildfire Service
Terrace RCMP confirm missing man, Joshua Sanderson, located deceased
The Terrace RCMP have confirmed that the missing man 40-year-old man they had been searching for last week had been found deceased by Terrace Search and Rescue crews on Saturday, March 21st. No furthe...
Mar 20, 2026 A photo of Joshua Sanderson, missing since March 19th, 2026 // Courtesy: Terrace RCMP
Cultural burn planned within Gitxsan Territory
In a few weeks time, a carefully planned cultural burn will be taking place on Anderson Flats in South Hazelton within Gitxsan Territory. It's a joint effort involving Wilp Nikate'en of the Gitxsan Na...
Mar 19, 2026 Pecold / Depositphotos.com (This is not the location of the planned cultural burn)
Diesel fuel confirmed to have leaked from derailed locomotive near North Pacific Cannery
The BC Government's Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness has confirmed around 1000 liters of diesel fuel had leaked from a derailed locomotive near Port Edward on Monday this week, M...
Mar 18, 2026 Bird's eye view of the train derailment near the North Pacific Cannery on Monday, March 16th // Courtesy: BC's Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness
Hamlet of Martin Valley partially evacuated following landslide, remaining residents placed on Evacuation Alert
The Central Coast Regional District had declared a local state of emergency yesterday, Tuesday, March 18th following a landslide on Mt. Caro Marion above the hamlet of Martin Valley, combined with a s...
Mar 18, 2026 Martin Valley Evacuation Order issued on Tuesday, March 17th // Courtesy: Central Coast Regional District