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Protecting Northern Waters: CN Strengthens Partnership with the Ts'îl Kaz Koh First Nation
For nearly a decade, CN has collaborated with First Nations, local governments, emergency responders, and regulators to conduct annual emergency preparedness and spill response exercises across Britis...
Sabrina Spencer Dec 05, 2025

AFN Special Chiefs Assembly 2025 Rejects Pipeline Deal and Upholds Coastal Oil Tanker Ban
From December 2 to 4, the Assembly of First Nations held its Special Chiefs Assembly on the unceded territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation at Ottawa's Rogers Convention Centre, with hybrid part...
Sabrina Spencer Dec 05, 2025

CER Recommends Certificate for Pouce Coupé Taylor to Gordondale Pipeline Project
The Canada Energy Regulator has issued its Commission's Recommendation Report for the Pouce Coup Taylor to Gordondale Pipeline Project, concluding that the project is in the public interest. The Commi...
Sabrina Spencer Dec 05, 2025

New Provincial Guidance Clarifies Involuntary Care Rules for Youth Under 19
The Province of British Columbia has introduced new clinical guidance to help physicians determine when young people under 19 can be admitted for involuntary mental-health care. The initiative is aime...
Sabrina Spencer Dec 05, 2025

Terrace RCMP Launch 15th Annual Cram-a-Cruiser Food Drive on December 13
The Terrace RCMP are once again calling on the community to help fill police cruisers with food and donations during the 15th annual Cram-a-Cruiser event. This year's campaign takes place on Saturday,...
Sabrina Spencer Dec 05, 2025

Life Sentence Handed Down in 2022 Fort St. James Homicide
A Fort St. James man has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2022 shooting death of 36-year-old John Lazarre. The case began on February 25, 2022, when Fort St. James RCMP responded to reports of...
Sabrina Spencer Dec 05, 2025

C-STEP Initiative Assists Williams Lake RCMP in Recovering Stolen Property
Williams Lake RCMP are crediting new C-STEP funding for helping officers quickly solve a recent theft case and enhance community safety efforts. In late November, the detachment received approval thro...
Sabrina Spencer Dec 05, 2025

Canada's Food Price Report 2026 Forecasts Higher Grocery Bills for Families
Canada's Food Price Report 2026 projects that Canadian families will face higher grocery costs in the year ahead, with food prices expected to rise between four and six percent. The report estimates t...
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Prince Rupert Says Boil Water Notice Could Be Lifted Within Two Weeks
Prince Rupert officials say the community is moving closer to the end of the ongoing boil water notice, first issued in November after construction impacts from the BIG Project affected the system. Ac...
Sabrina Spencer Dec 05, 2025

Lakes District Hospital Emergency Department temporarily closed due to staffing challenges
The Emergency Department of the Lakes District Hospital in Burns Lake will be unavailable today until at least 8am tomorrow morning, Friday, December 5th due to staffing challenges. As usual during pe...
Nathan Jordan Dec 04, 2025 Northern Health logo // Courtesy: Northern Health