Category Archives: News
School Board Trustee Candidates Called on to Support Healthy and Culturally-Inclusive Universal School Food Programs
With school board trustee elections also being held next month, candidates are being urged to commit to funding healthy universal food programs. Last week, the province announced a $60 million investm...
Sep 12, 2022
Central Cariboo Search and Rescue Still Searching for $250,000 in Stolen Equipment, Despite Finding Some
Central Cariboo Search and Rescue are still searching for nearly $250,000 worth of stolen equipment, despite finding some last week. On April 3rd, a specialized search and rescue truck, along with the...
Sep 12, 2022
UBCM Convention to Consider Resolutions on Health Care Availability, Overdose Crisis Fallout, Flood Preparation, and Prolific Offenders
A total of 206 resolutions will be considered this week as the Union of BC Municipalities' usually annual Convention gets underway. This year's convention will be the first since 2019, and will bring ...
Sep 12, 2022
Terrace Among Northwest Communities Who Know Their Next Mayor, While Some Will Wait for October's Election to Find Out
Some communities in the northwest already know who their next mayor will be, while others will see it come down to a race. With the nomination period for this year's municipal elections closing last w...
Sep 12, 2022
BC releases economic update
BC Finance Minister Selina Robinson provided an economic update earlier today, revealing that the Province has optimistic fiscal forecasts. These forecasts came from the first quarterly report of the ...
Sep 12, 2022
LNG Canada updating locals on state of project via open houses
With the CGL project over 70 per cent complete now, LNG Canada is looking to update locals on the state of the project. Several open houses are slated for September with the first coming up on the 27t...
Sep 12, 2022
UPDATE: Northeast Wildfires Prompt Evacuation Orders and Air Quality Statements
A pair of wildfires of note burning in the Northeast are prompting a number of evacuation orders and alerts. Now covering over 24,000 hectares, the Battleship Mountain fire, west of Hudson's Hope is e...
Sep 12, 2022
First Nations Leadership Council Calls for New King Charles III to Renounce Doctrine of Discovery as First Act
Just over a month after they unsuccessfully asked the same of the Pope, the First Nations Leadership Council is calling on Canada's new monarch to renounce the Doctrine of Discovery. That Doctrine, is...
Sep 09, 2022
Local Election Races Take Shape as Nomination Period Closes
With the deadline to send in nomination packages now behind us, a picture of next month's municipal elections is becoming clearer. In Terrace, only incumbent Councillor Sean Bujtas ended up putting hi...
Sep 09, 2022
BC Courts Reject Appeal of Man Convicted of Murdering 12 year-old Monica Jack Along the Highway of Tears in 1978
A man convicted of killing an Indigenous girl along the Highway of Tears in 1978 has lost his appeal. In 2019, the BC Supreme Court found Garry Taylor Handlen guilty of murdering 12 year-old Monica Ja...
Sep 09, 2022