Category Archives: News
Most Wildfires in the Northwest Fire Centre Now Being Held as Rain Helps Crews Battling Blazes Provincewide
Heavy rain helped wildfire crews make progress yesterday, with most of the Northwest Fire Centre's 68 active blazes now being held. An evacuation alert near where Highway 37 crosses the Yukon border h...
Sep 26, 2023
Williams Lake RCMP Seek Public Assistance to Locate a Man Missing for Over a Month
Williams Lake RCMP are seeking public assistance to locate a missing man who has not been seen in over a month. 55 year-old Elliott George Dester was reported missing to police yesterday, and is known...
Sep 25, 2023
RCMP Now Investigating Suspicious Death in Williams Lake from Earlier this Month as a Homicide
A suspicious death discovered by Williams Lake RCMP earlier this month is now being treated as a homicide. Police were initially called out to the 1100 block of 2nd Avenue at around 4:30 in the mornin...
Sep 25, 2023
Survivors' Flag Raised at BC Legislature in Honour of Residential School Survivors and Those Who Never Came Home
A flag commemorating and honouring residential school survivors and those who never returned home has been raised in Victoria. In honour of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation this Saturday,...
Sep 25, 2023
Archaeology Branch Clears Doubleview Gold to Conduct Work at Sight Opposed by the Tahltan Central Government
A mining project which has drawn the opposition of the Tahltan Central Government has not done the same from the Ministry of Forests. In July, the TCG publicly issued their disapproval for Doubleview ...
Sep 25, 2023
B.C. Metis Federation files Civil Claim against Canada for "Infringement upon Freedom of Association"
The BC Metis Federation and four of its members have filed a Notice of Civil Claim against the Government of Canada for what they say is discrimination. Currently, the federation is not recognized as ...
Sep 25, 2023
Northerners Reminded to Switch to Winter Tires Ahead of October 1st Deadline
It may not be the news most want to hear, but winter is on the way, and with it comes winter tire requirements for BC roads. For the majority of highways in the North, that means drivers will need to ...
Sep 25, 2023
August Sees Fewer Illicit Overdose Deaths Since Last June, but 2023 Remains on Pace to Surpass Last Year's Death Toll
More than 1,600 British Columbians have lost their lives to illicit drug overdoses through August, keeping 2023 on pace to break last year's record. According to the most recent preliminary report fro...
Sep 25, 2023
BC Ferries Cancels Northern Adventure Sailings and Haida Gwaii Trips Amid Heavy Storm Warnings
BC Ferries has cancelled a number of sailings today as they prepare for a massive storm system to roll through the west coast. Known as a bomb-cyclone, the stormfront will bring intense rainfall and w...
Sep 25, 2023
B.C. Assembly of First Nations re-elects Regional Chief for historic third term
For the first time, the BC Assembly of First Nations have re-elected a regional chief for a third term. Regional Chief Terry Teegee, a member of the Takla Nation and living on the Lheidli T'enneh rese...
Sep 25, 2023