Category Archives: News
WestJet cuts Terrace-Calgary flights
WestJet is bailing on its Terrace to Calgary route next month. The company confirms that it's suspending the twice-weekly direct flight due to less than stellar numbers. In an email, spokesperson Morg...
Feb 21, 2019
Federal Government says it has met with 75% of First Nations communities affected by TransMountain expansion
According to the Federal Government, meetings with 75 percent of First Nations communities included in their TransMountain pipeline consultation process have already been completed. Last year, a Feder...
Feb 21, 2019
2019 International Conference on Indigenous Languages to be held in Victoria this summer
This summer, Indigenous language experts from around the world will gather in Victoria for the 2019 International Conference on Indigenous Languages. 2019 has been declared by the United Nations as th...
Feb 21, 2019
Quesnel agrees to return land for Cultural Centre to Lhtako Dene
One northern BC First Nation's application to build a cultural centre has received a massive boost thanks to the City of Quesnel. Last year the Lhtako Dene Nation filed an application for the cultural...
Feb 21, 2019
Cullen introduces winning Create Your Canada bill
Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen and the NDP have tabled a bill that would require all consumer product packaging in Canada to be compostable or 100 percent recyclable. The private member's bill...
Feb 20, 2019
New MRIs paying off for patients/Northern Health
Northern Health says it's on track to perform about 70 percent more MRI scans than it used to. The health authority credits the installation of new MRI machines in Terrace and Fort St John, and a new ...
Feb 20, 2019
Man injured in train incident near Smithers airlifted to Vancouver
A man injured in a collision involving a train near Smithers yesterday has been flown to Vancouver for emergency treatment. At approximately 10:30 yesterday morning, a CN Rail container train headed w...
Feb 20, 2019
Kitsumkalum band elections tomorrow
Fifteen people will be running for Chief Councillor, and 7 for other council positions when Kitsumkalum members hit the polls tomorrow. Current Chief Don Roberts, who has held the position for 12 year...
Feb 20, 2019
Two attendants; no patients injured during ambulance collision near Prince Rupert
RCMP are not considering charges after an ambulance crashed between Prince Rupert and Port Edward yesterday morning. At approximately 10:00 yesterday morning, police responded to the scene of the inci...
Feb 20, 2019
Kitimat resident to represent Skeena-Bulkley Valley Federal Conservatives for first time
For the first time ever, the Skeena-Bulkley Valley Federal Conservatives will be represented by a Kitimat resident. Though, with two Kitimat residents on the ballot, we already knew that going in to t...
Feb 20, 2019