Category Archives: News

Pharmacies to Begin Distributing Free-of-Charge Covid Rapid Tests to Those Aged 70+ on Friday
Some British Columbians will soon be able to acquire Covid rapid tests free of charge at their local pharmacies. This week, the province will begin distributing tests to community pharmacies to make t...
Jeff Blagden Feb 23, 2022

Courts Say Prince George Caused Serious Harm to Vulnerable People When They Demolished Parts of a Homeless Camp
For the second time in 5 months, the BC Supreme Court has denied the City of Prince George's request to tear down a homeless encampment. They also found that the City inflicted serious harm of vulnera...
Jeff Blagden Feb 23, 2022

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Revokes Emergencies Act
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has revoked the Emergencies Act after being in place for just over a week. Trudeau invoked the Act for the first time in the country's history on February 14th, to deal w...
Jeff Blagden Feb 23, 2022

31 Indigenous Commercial Fisheries Companies to Benefit from Fresh Federal Funds
52 Indigenous-led commercial fishing initiatives will split just under 12 million dollars in fresh federal funding. Funding comes from the Pacific Integrated Commercial Fisheries Initiative, and will ...
Jeff Blagden Feb 23, 2022

Northern Health Closes Prince George Nightclub Again for Violating Health Orders as Mandates Loosen
A Prince George nightclub has been shut down for ignoring provincial health orders, for a second time. This most recent closure comes even after the province loosened most restrictions, only keeping t...
Jeff Blagden Feb 23, 2022

Ribbon Cut to Usher in the Opening of the Renewed Bouchie Lake Outdoor Ice Rink
A ribbon cutting ceremony was held in Bouchie Lake yesterday to usher in the opening of the renovated ice rink. Last year, the Bouchie Lake Recreation Commission determined the outdoor rink, which is ...
Jeff Blagden Feb 23, 2022

Traffic Stop in New Hazelton Leads to Drug Trafficking Investigation
A traffic stop in New Hazelton from Sunday ended in the arrest of a drug trafficking suspect. New Hazelton RCMP have been conducting an on-going targeted enforcement related to drug trafficking in the...
Jeff Blagden Feb 23, 2022

School District 82 Looking to Expand Grade Coverage of Thornhill Primary and Elementary Schools
School District 82 is floating the idea of altering which grades are covered by the Thornhill Primary and Elementary Schools. Currently, the Primary School covers Kindergarten to Grade 3, while Thornh...
Jeff Blagden Feb 23, 2022

Environment Ministry Initiates Amendment to Rio Tinto Alcan's Pollution Control Bypass Rules
A ministry-initiated amendment to Rio Tinto Alcan's Environmental Management Act permit will alter the rules around when they need to report bypasses. In order to safely conduct maintenance on their K...
Jeff Blagden Feb 23, 2022

RCMP Release Video Footage of Alleged Attack on Coastal GasLink Worksite
RCMP have released video of a violent incident which took place on a Coastal GasLink worksite late last week. Last week, RCMP began investigating reports of an attack on the Marten Forest Service Road...
Jeff Blagden Feb 23, 2022