Category Archives: News
Terrace resident receives Medal of Good Citizenship from province
On Monday, British Columbia announced fifteen recipients of the Medal of Good Citizenship, including a long time Terrace resident who was recognized for their charity work. Barry English has lived in ...
Dec 09, 2022
AFN Chiefs Assembly Agrees to Support First Nation's Child Welfare Settlement, While Pressing for Compensation for Those it Leaves Out
Though initially divided, the Assembly of First Nations Chiefs have agreed to combine two competing resolutions over child welfare compensation. Both resolutions were put forward at the AFN's Special ...
Dec 08, 2022
Impaired Driving Enforcement Campaign Removes 5 Drivers from the Road in One Night
A province-wide enforcement campaign removed 5 impaired drivers from the roads around Williams Lake in one night last week. Last Wednesday, members of the Williams Lake RCMP and Highway Patrol units s...
Dec 08, 2022
Injured Humpback Whale Who Made 4,000 km Trip from Northern BC to Hawaii Unlikely to Survive Trip Back
An injured humpback whale who made the harrowing trip from BC's north coast to Hawaii will likely not be making the trip back. Photographs taken of the whale near Fin Island, west of Hartley Bay, in S...
Dec 08, 2022 Photo of Moon in September, courtesy of North Coast Cetacean Society and BC Whales
Man Who Escaped from New Hazelton Hospital on Monday Apprehended Once Again
A man who escaped lawful custody at a New Hazelton hospital earlier this week has been apprehended once again. 30 year-old Buddy Douglas Shanoss was initially arrested on charges of arson, assault of ...
Dec 08, 2022
Environmental Coalition Sets Up Fracking Equipment at House During Swearing-In, Calls for End to Fossil Fuel Expansion
A newly formed coalition of environmental groups joined Premier David Eby at the Government House yesterday as he swore in his new cabinet. Known as Frack Free BC, the group is calling on the new Prem...
Dec 08, 2022 Photo courtesy of Frack Free BC
Kitimat RCMP Urging Residents to Drive According to Conditions, After Two Crashes Send Multiple to Hospital in the Same Day
A pair of collisions which sent multiple individuals to hospital on Tuesday have Kitimat RCMP urging residents to drive according to conditions. Police were called out to the first collision after a v...
Dec 08, 2022
Northern RCMP gear up for Cram-A-Cruiser donation events
Two northern RCMP detachments are gearing up for their annual Cram-A-Cruiser events. Every winter holiday season, Cram-A-Cruiser sees RCMP vehicles parked outside of different grocery stores to receiv...
Dec 08, 2022
Gitxsan and Wet'suwet'en First Nations to Host Gatherings in Honour of Delgamuukw-Gisday'wa Decision's 25th Anniversary
Tomorrow, the Gitxsan and Wet'suwet'en First Nations will come together to honour the 25th anniversary of the Delgamuukw-Gisday'wa decision. That landmark decision affirmed the Nations' title rights a...
Dec 08, 2022
Provincial Community Gaming Grant funds arts, culture, and sports access in the north
A new list of provincial grants has been released that will benefit arts, culture, and sports access in the north. In the north, 46 non-profits that handle arts and culture, and 83 that handle sports ...
Dec 08, 2022