Category Archives: News
Wet'suwet'en advocate speaks out against Indian Act
A well known Wet'suwet'en advocate of increased Indigenous participation in the economy is in the running to potentially be the candidate for the Conservative Party of Canada in the Skeena - Bulkley V...
Jul 5, 2021
BC Wildfire Crews Making Progress
The wildfire service is reporting some progress as it fights several of the forest fires that have swept through parts of the B-C Interior since last week. Crews have completed some guards along the e...
Jul 5, 2021 Photo courtesy BC Wildfire Service
Back To School Should Be Back To Normal
The Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Training says classes at B-C's colleges and universities should look more normal this fall than at any point since March of last year. A statement from th...
Jul 5, 2021
BC To Get Outside Help In Fighting Wildfires
Nearly 100 out of province wildfire specialists are due in BC today to help control numerous devastating blazes. Teams from Ontario and New Brunswick will be checked for COVID-19 before being assigned...
Jul 5, 2021
Friendship House Prince Rupert Lobby Renovation
Starting today, The Friendship House of Prince Rupert's lobby has now become a more welcoming and efficient space for the thousands of people who regularly walk in their doors. The reception an...
Jul 2, 2021
Gitwangak Church Destroyed By Fire
The church in Gitwangak is a pile of rubble after a fire destroyed it Thursday night. St Paul's Anglican church saw the first attempt on June 27. Calls came into the RCMP in Hazelton shortly after one...
Jul 2, 2021 Jitze Couperus / CC
Prime Minister To Discuss Wildfires With Ministers
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is meeting today with federal ministers to discuss the government's response to wildfires that have devastated the village of Lytton and surrounding First Nation ...
Jul 2, 2021
Witset Water Treatment Shut Down
The recent heat wave has created problems for the water system in Witset. Community officials say the rapid snow melt of a glacier near the community has dirtied the water supply to the point w...
Jul 2, 2021
Heat Related Deaths Spurs Emergency Program Act Revision
B-C's public safety minister says a rewriting of the Emergency Program Act involving wildfires, floods and even COVID-19 will now include heat waves in order to help prevent deaths related to extreme ...
Jul 2, 2021
Wildfire Evacuation Help for Livestock
The Agriculture Ministry is urging ranchers and livestock operators to register with a program that could help save the lives of animals in wildfire evacuation zones. An unprecedented heat wave...
Jul 2, 2021 BLMIdaho / CC