Category Archives: News
Illicit Drug Overdoses in BC Claim Suspected 184 Lives in July
While Covid continues to fill headlines, another kind of pandemic persists in the province. According to a report from the BC Coroner's Office, July was the second most deadly month ever when it comes...
Sep 29, 2021
BMO Makes Donation to Indigenous Groups in Honour of Truth and Reconciliation
Seven Indigenous organizations are set to get an influx of funding in honour of Truth and Reconciliation Day. BMO has selected the organizations to split the 600 thousand dollar donation via their Ind...
Sep 29, 2021
Unist'ot'en Land Defender Honoured in Sweden
An Indigenous woman who calls the North home has been honoured with a prestigious Swedish award. Wet'suwet'en land defender, and Indigenous rights campaigner Freda Huson has been granted the Right Liv...
Sep 29, 2021
Outbreak at Fort St John Hospital Declared Over
While the staffing issues are still a problem, some good news hit the Fort St John Hospital today. Yesterday, Northern Health declared the end of an outbreak which had plagued the Hospital's Inpatient...
Sep 29, 2021
September 29th Covid-19 Update
British Columbia is reporting 652 new cases of Covid-19, as of last night. That brings the province's active total to 5,992, with 141 in ICU. Of the new cases, 117 are within Northern Health's jurisdi...
Sep 29, 2021
BC government creating new situation table in Hazelton
The BC government has decided to give out more support to the Northwest region's more vulnerable residents by getting a $45,000 grant in order to make a new situation table in the Hazelton area. A sit...
Sep 28, 2021
Poverty Reduction plan introduced to District of Kitimat Council
A delegation regarding a plan to assess and then reduce poverty in the Kitimat area was presented to the District of Kitimat council last night. The main goal of this project is to collect data releva...
Sep 28, 2021
BC Government and partners spending money to create three thousand new jobs
The government of BC has teamed up with Mitacs, the Information and Communications Technology Council and Crown agency Innovate B-C in order to put a combined total of 29-million dollars together so t...
Sep 28, 2021
Prince George RCMP Chase Joy Rider Across Two Cities
Prince George RCMP are seeking witnesses to an extensive joy ride from the weekend which spanned two cities. At 5:00 Sunday night, police learned of a driver who had collided with another vehicle whil...
Sep 28, 2021
SD82 Reminding Parents of Online Board Meetings
Coast Mountain School District 82 is reminding parents that, while their regular meetings are currently closed, you can join the meetings online via Zoom. Currently, the School District is not allowed...
Sep 28, 2021