Category Archives: News

March 29th Covid-19 Update
British Columbia is reporting 556 new cases of Covid-19 over the three days between Saturday and Monday. That works out to an average of around 185 cases per day. Of the new cases, 42 come from Northe...
Jeff Blagden Mar 29, 2022

FNHMA Townhall Series to Continue Tomorrow, Focusing on Health Transformation and Life Expectancy
Season 5 of the First Nation Health Managers Association's townhall series is set for tomorrow afternoon. This week's broadcast will focus on Health Transformation and Life Expectancy, and will be hos...
Jeff Blagden Mar 28, 2022

MP Taylor Bachrach Presents Petition in House of Commons Calling for Creation of National Public Bus Service
Skeena- Bulkley Valley MP Taylor Bachrach has tabled a petition in Ottawa calling for the creation of a national public bus service. Last week, Bachrach, who is also NDP transport critic, hosted a vir...
Jeff Blagden Mar 28, 2022

Amendments to Property Law Act Seek to Add Protections for Pressured Homebuyers
New amendments to the Property Law Act will add protections for homebuyers in a challenging real estate market. Those amendments will allow for the creation of a Homebuyer Protection Period, to counte...
Jeff Blagden Mar 28, 2022

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to Visit Williams Lake First Nation this Week to Discuss St Joseph's Mission Investigation
This article contains information regarding residential schools which could be traumatic and painful to some readers, anyone in need of support can contact the The Indian Residential School Survivors ...
Jeff Blagden Mar 28, 2022

Cariboo Quesnel office closed for the week
Beginning today, the Cariboo Regional District's Quesnel office is going be closed for the rest of the week. As a result, the office's main phone and email is not going to be monitored throughout this...
Rob Young Mar 28, 2022

Congress of Aboriginal Peoples Disappointed in Exclusion from Papal Delegation
As delegates with three Canadian Indigenous groups begin meetings with the Pope in Rome this week, one group is issuing disappointment for their exclusion. According to the Congress of Aboriginal Peop...
Jeff Blagden Mar 28, 2022

Prince George RCMP Launch Investigation into Third Targeted Homicide in the City This Year
An investigation in to reports of gunshot noise in Prince George yesterday has turned in to a homicide investigation. RCMP first received reports of gunshots being heard on the 1800 block of Spruce St...
Jeff Blagden Mar 28, 2022

Seabridge Finalizes Sale of Note Worth 60% of KSM Mine's Silver Royalties
A proposed sale of secured note worth 60 percent of Seabridge Gold's silver royalties on the KSM mine has now gone through. Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp, and the Ontario Teachers' Pensio...
Jeff Blagden Mar 28, 2022

District of Kitimat and Haisla Nation Join Collaborative Initiative Seeking to Advance Equitable Partnership
A new collaborative effort between the District of Kitimat and Haisla Nation will seek to form an equitable partnership between the pair. Today, Councils from the two groups announced they would be jo...
Jeff Blagden Mar 28, 2022