Category Archives: News
Prince Rupert RCMP Pull Over Three Impaired Drivers in Twenty Minutes, Warn of Dangers of Drinking and Driving
Police in Prince Rupert are reminding residents to drink responsibly after nabbing three impaired drivers in a twenty minute span last night. Each were caught at a Mandatory Alcohol Screening check-st...
Jun 23, 2023
5th Annual Tears to Hope Relay Race Gets Going in the Northwest Today, Multiple Routes to Take this Weekend
Today marks the beginning of the 5th annual Tears to Hope Relay Race in the Northwest, with multiple routes available for runners this weekend. It aims to bring awareness to the on-going national cris...
Jun 23, 2023
Kitimat RCMP Capture Robbery Suspects Who Were Unable to Keep From Drawing Attention to Themselves
An inability to lay low helped RCMP capture a pair of robbery suspects in Kitimat last weekend. Police were initially called out to the 300 block of City Centre at around 11:00 last Saturday night for...
Jun 23, 2023
BC's Minister's Advisory Council on Indigenous Women Adds Two New Members
A council which advises the Province on how best to support the well-being of Indigenous women is getting a bit bigger. Indigenous Relations Minister Murray Rankin has added Kristy Joe and Lauren Pete...
Jun 22, 2023
RCMP Seeking Missing Woman Last Seen in Williams Lake, but Believed to be Headed to Kamloops
RCMP are seeking public assistance to help locate a missing woman who was last seen in Williams Lake. 32 year-old Ashely Pruden was reported missing on Monday, but has not been seen since June 10th. F...
Jun 22, 2023
Cariboo-Prince George MP Todd Doherty's Bill to Protect First Responders Fails to Obtain Unanimous Consent, Moves to Committee
Cariboo-Prince George MP Todd Doherty's private Bill to protect first responders and health care workers has passed to the committee stage. But, Doherty is still disappointed, after the House failed t...
Jun 22, 2023
Bill Forcing Social Media Companies and Online Search Engines to Pay to Share News Content Passes Senate, despite threats from Meta
A Bill which aims to make social media companies and online search engines pay to post news content is set to become law. Bill C-18 has received Royal Assent, after passing in both the House and Senat...
Jun 22, 2023
Encampment catches fire near Substation Road in Terrace
A fire broke out near the Skeena River this morning. Just before noon, the Thornhill Volunteer Fire Department responded to a blaze at an encampment near Substation Road at the base of the new bridges...
Jun 22, 2023
Roughly 50 Community Members and Responders Team Up To Rescue Injured Hiker Near Bella Coola
Collaboration between RCMP and multiple search and rescue crews was the key to saving an injured hiker near Bella Coola this week. RCMP first received reports of the injured hiker at the Petroglyphs T...
Jun 22, 2023
North Coast Ecology Centre Returns to Prince Rupert With Intent to Become a Permanent Summer Fixture
Plans to bring a permanent seasonal ecology centre to Prince Rupert are in the works, with phase one already underway. In the summer of 2021, the North Coast Ecology Centre Society brought a pop-up ce...
Jun 22, 2023 Photo by Chelsey Ellis, provided by the North Coast Ecology Centre Society