Category Archives: News
Province of BC hands out funding to address sexual violence in post-secondary schools
With school starting up once again for post-secondary students, the BC government is doing work to create safe, inclusive and welcoming spaces for them. Namely, the government will be providing $500,0...
Sep 08, 2022
Latest BC Wildfire update sees one fire of note get under control
A pair of evacuation orders and alerts remain in place in the Northeast, with two of the province's three wildfires of note burning in the Prince George Fire Centre. An evacuation order is covering an...
Sep 08, 2022
Williams Lake Fire Department Turns to Familiar Face After Losing Chief and Deputy Chief
After losing both their Fire Chief and Deputy Chief last month, the Williams Lake Fire Department is turning to a familiar face for help. Retired former Fire Chief Randy Isfeld will be stepping back i...
Sep 07, 2022
Police Arrest Knife-Waving Man Near Terrace RV Park
Police in Terrace were called out to an RV park last week, after a man decided it was a fine place to show off his collection of melee weapons. RCMP were initially called to the park, off Highway 16 W...
Sep 07, 2022
Uptick in White Sturgeon Deaths in Nechako River Have Provincial Scientists Puzzled
An uptick in dead white sturgeon found in the Nechako River has the province asking the public to report any they may come across. White sturgeon are listed under the Species at Risk Act as endangered...
Sep 07, 2022 A white sturgeon at the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's Sturgeon Center at Bonneville Dam in January 2010.
Disturbance Call Leads Kitimat RCMP to Seize a Variety of Drugs, as well as Cash and a Shotgun
What began as a disturbance call on Friday morning ended with Kitimat RCMP seizing a variety of drugs, weapons, and cash. Just before 4:00 in the morning, police were called out to a residence in the ...
Sep 07, 2022
Three Wildfires of Note Burning in Prince George Fire Centre Continuing Evacuation Alerts and Orders Near Hudson's Hope
A pair of evacuation orders and alerts remain in place in the Northeast, with three of the province's four wildfires of note burning in the Prince George Fire Centre. An evacuation order is covering a...
Sep 07, 2022
Contentious BC Housing Plan to Move Supportive Housing Services in Quesnel to Ramada Hotel Thwarted by Council Vote
A plan to establish new, and relocated existing supportive housing in Quesnel has been cancelled, following significant public backlash. Proposed by BC Housing, the plan would have seen them establish...
Sep 07, 2022
Ceremony Hosted to Honour Official Name Change for Daajing Giids; First Ancestral Name Restoration in BC
Numerous ministers, local officials, and Indigenous leaders were on hand as the Village of Daajing Giids became the first community in BC to have its ancestral name officially restored. In May, the Co...
Sep 07, 2022
IIO Investigating RCMP Involvement After Alleged Self-Inflicted Wounds Lead to Death of a Man in Custody
BC's Independent Investigations Office is looking into the role police played in the death of a man who had been in their custody. Police had initially arrested the 34 year-old on September 1st, in co...
Sep 07, 2022