Category Archives: News
MP Taylor Bachrach Calls Smithers Homeless Situation Dangerous and Unsustainable, Seeks Location for New Short-Term Shelter
Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Taylor Bachrach has penned a letter to his hometown after a fire broke out at a homeless encampment earlier this week. That fire broke out in a tent encampment in Smithers, ac...
Dec 09, 2022
Hagensborg Driver May Have Avoided Possible Drug Trafficking Charges, Had He Not Been Caught Driving Without a License
A driver in Hagensborg may have been able to avoid drug trafficking charges, had he not been driving without a license. On Monday, Bella Coola RCMP conducted a traffic stop along Highway 20, and quick...
Dec 09, 2022
Judge Says Northern Health's Case Against a Prince George Nightclub Issued Multiple Covid Health Violations is "Full of Holes"
Northern Health's case against a Prince George nightclub, issued multiple Covid health violations earlier this year, appears to be crumbling. In late January, the health authority issued their first o...
Dec 09, 2022
Province to Begin Weekly Reporting of Influenza-Related Deaths Among Children, After 6 Related Deaths so Far This Season
After recent public backlash for not doing so, the province will begin reporting the number of children who pass away from the flu weekly. According to Provincial Health Officer Dr Bonnie Henry, 6 inf...
Dec 09, 2022
Skeena Square Dancers donate to Happy Gang Centre following disbandment
After over 80 years, the Skeena Square Dancers are putting away their cowboy boots. Spokesperson for the group Ron Murphy says that they've been struggling to find new members for years, due to other ...
Dec 09, 2022
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