Category Archives: News
UPDATE: RCMP determine concerning social media message towards Skeena Middle School is low level threat
Skeena Middle School called on RCMP this morning after a concerning message, directed toward the school, was posted on social media yesterday. According to RCMP, the post was shared as an image with a...
Sep 16, 2022
Covid Cases Increase in the North, Decrease Provincially for Second Week in a Row
For the second week in a row Covid cases in BC saw a drop, despite an increase in cases in the north, according to CDC's weekly report. Between September 4th and the 10th, BC reported a total of 574 c...
Sep 15, 2022
Skeena Resources Releases Technical Report and Feasibility Study on Eskay Creek Mine
Skeena Resources has released a detailed technical report and feasibility study regarding their Eskay Creek revitalization project. That project is a proposed open-pit gold and silver mine, located in...
Sep 15, 2022
Six Northern Communities Among Those Benefiting From Fresh Provincial Heat Preparation Funding
Six projects in the North are among 36 across BC benefiting from $1.9 million in extreme heat preparation funding. Each of the projects seek to stem the impacts of climate change on local and First Na...
Sep 15, 2022
BC Hydro Planning Power Outage for Burns Lake and Surrounding Area, Impacting 3,600 Residents
BC Hydro is planning a power outage for Burns Lake and the surrounding area between midnight tonight and 4:00 tomorrow morning. They say the outage is necessary to perform work on their equipment in t...
Sep 15, 2022
Federal Indigenous Leaders Among Those Travelling to London For Queen's Funeral on Monday
Assembly of First Nations National Chief RoseAnne Archibald will be among a slew of Canadian leaders travelling to London for the Queen's funeral on Monday. Archibald will be joined by Mtis National C...
Sep 15, 2022 Photo from the Royal Family's Twitter Account
Fort St John RCMP Investigating Arson Near North Peace Secondary School
Fort St John RCMP have launched an arson investigation into a suspicious vehicle fire from last weekend. At around 11:00 Sunday morning, police were called on to assist fire crews with a vehicle fire ...
Sep 15, 2022
More than Two Thirds of Hudson's Hope Residents Now Safely Evacuated as Battleship Mountain Fire Approaches 30,000 Hectares
More than two thirds of Hudson's Hope residents have now registered with Emergency BC after the province's largest active fire forced their evacuation. Most of the District's roughly 900 residents hav...
Sep 15, 2022
Prince George RCMP able to find suspected car thief not long after he fled the vehicle
In the early evening this past Tuesday, Prince George RCMP frontline officers, an RCMP helicopter and other subsections of the police were searching for a suspect seen fleeing from a recently stolen v...
Sep 15, 2022
Cindy Blackstock Calls for Human Rights Tribunal to Renegotiate Compensation Deal for First Nations Children
Renowned Indigenous rights activist Cindy Blackstock is calling for a deal to compensate First Nations children harmed by Canada's child welfare system to be renegotiated. A $40 billion settlement agr...
Sep 15, 2022