Category Archives: News
Highway 97 closed near Chetwynd after crash
Highway 97 is closed near Chetwynd due to a crash. The Ministry of Transportation says the road is shut down in both directions 18km north of the junction with Highway 29. Officials say there is a col...
CFNRNews Jan 24, 2018
Crews to start removing spilled coal from Mission Creek
The BC environment ministry says it’s getting a better idea of how much coal ended up in tributary of the Bulkley River. The coal spilled into a section of Mission Creek last Friday after 27 car...
CFNRNews Jan 23, 2018
Did you sleep through the tsunami alert?
Some North Coast residents awoke this morning to find out that they slept through a tsunami warning. Some communities have warning sirens, but the City of Prince Rupert decommissioned its sirens a num...
CFNRNews Jan 23, 2018
Charges laid after shots fired in Williams Lake
Williams Lake RCMP say a local man is facing weapons charges after an incident Saturday night. Police were called out to Broadway Avenue South shortly after 8 o’clock for multiple reports of gun...
CFNRNews Jan 23, 2018
Schools open in Kitimat after tsunami warning cancelled
The Coast Mountains School District says classes are in full session in Kitimat. Officials say schools will be open after the tsunami warning was called off early Tuesday morning. The school district ...
CFNRNews Jan 23, 2018
Powerful earthquake triggers tsunami warning, but no powerful wave
Tsunami warning sirens sounded all the way along the outer B-C coast early this morning following a powerful earthquake off the coast of Alaska but no damaging wave occurred. A magnitude 7.9 quake hit...
CFNRNews Jan 23, 2018
Terrace RCMP remind residents of safety after two suspicious incidents
Terrace RCMP are reminding people to report suspicious activity after a couple of incidents. Mounties say a boy on his way home from school January 4th was approached by a stranger standing in the tre...
CFNRNews Jan 22, 2018
Ministry deactivates northeast forestry road again to protect caribou
Provincial officials hope the public can help identify the people who interfered with a caribou recovery program in northeastern British Columbia by trying to reopen part of a closed backcountry road....
CFNRNews Jan 22, 2018
Conservation group worried about spill's impact on salmon habitat
The Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition is expressing concern after a train derailment near New Hazelton Friday. Photo Ian Johnston CN says 27 cars on the westbound train derailed near Mission Cre...
CFNRNews Jan 19, 2018
Missing teens found safe and sound
Kitimat RCMP say two teens reported missing have been found. Investigators say 14 year-old Alexa Jacie Wiggins-Duncan and 17 year-old Melissa Rayanna Henry were located in New Hazelton Friday afternoo...
CFNRNews Jan 19, 2018