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Indigenous organizations work together to reduce diesel use in remote communities
A partnership was formed between Coast Funds and the New Relationship Trust (NRT) to distribute $29 million in funding for the Community Energy Diesel Reduction Program (CEDR). Coast Funds CEO Eddy Ad...
Sep 29, 2022
Ksan Society to Go Ahead With Turning Points Shelter Move Which Spurred a Petition and Counter Protest at Terrace Council
Despite recent public contention, a plan to move the Ksan Society's Turning Points shelter to Tetrault Street is set to go ahead. According to Ksan, the current facility on Lakelse Avenue was never de...
Sep 29, 2022
Terrace city council gives pancake breakfast proceeds to local food banks
On Monday, the Terrace city council donated the proceeds from their pancake breakfast that was held during the summer's Riverboat Days. For the past 10 years, on the Sunday of the BC day long weekend,...
Sep 29, 2022 Councillor Dave Gordon (left) and Mayor Carol Leclerc (centre left) present a cheque to volunteers from Terrace Church's Food Bank Ester Brisch (centre right) and Romario Marelli (right). Photo by Morgyn Budden.
Impaired Drivers Kept Kitimat RCMP Busy Over the Past Week
Impaired drivers have been keeping RCMP officers in Kitimat busy over the past week, which saw multiple prohibitions handed out. It started Saturday morning, when police caught a vehicle running a sto...
Sep 29, 2022
British Columbians Will Honour the Second Annual Truth and Reconciliation Day Tomorrow, But the New Holiday Finds its Roots Much Earlier
Tomorrow marks the second time Truth and Reconciliation Day will be officially recognized as a stat holiday in BC. But the holiday finds its roots in 2013, when Phyllis Webstad shared a story about we...
Sep 29, 2022
Province of BC and Ismaili Imamat sign agreement of cooperation
Earlier today, an Agreement of Cooperation was signed by the Province of BC and the Ismaili Imamat. As a result, both parties have committed to advancing joint efforts for development work in B.C. and...
Sep 29, 2022
Several areas in BC dealing drought issues
According to a report from the Provincial government, several areas of BC are having issues with drought and water scarcity after the past five weeks have not seen any rainfall. The areas in question ...
Sep 29, 2022
Bill to Lower Voting Age to 16 Proposed by Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Taylor Bachrach Defeated in Second Reading
Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Taylor Bachrach's proposed Bill to lower Canada's legal voting age to 16 has been defeated. Bill C-210 was defeated during its second reading in the House of Commons today, ga...
Sep 28, 2022
Contract Awarded for West Quesnel Daycare After Two Years of Trying to Acquire Adequate Provincial Funding
After more than a year of back-and-forth grant negotiations with the Province, the City of Quesnel was finally able to award a contract for a new daycare centre. Initially, the province awarded the Ci...
Sep 28, 2022
Heiltsuk Man Settles Human Rights Claim With Vancouver Police After Being Handcuffed Outside BMO Branch in 2019
A Heiltsuk man and his granddaughter have ended what he calls a three year fight for justice, after reaching a human rights settlement with Vancouver police. Maxwell Johnson filed the human rights com...
Sep 28, 2022