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Brain says Alaska wants to keep ferry service afloat, but federal waters remain murky
Prince Rupert's mayor says he presented a range of options to save the Alaska ferry service to the North Coast. Lee Brain met earlier this week with senior state officials in Juneau, including Transpo...
Sep 19, 2019
Murder charges laid in the death of a missing man
Williams Lake RCMP say murder charges have been laid in connection with the death of a man reported missing last month. The body of Branton Regner was pulled from the Fraser River August 27, about thr...
Sep 19, 2019
Fort St. John RCMP say two pedestrians killed in apparent hit and run
RCMP in northeastern B.C. say a driver has surrendered to police after two people died Wednesday in what appears to be a hit and run. The Fort St. John RCMP detachment says police were notified at abo...
Sep 19, 2019
Coastal B.C. Clean up
Groups throughout southern B.C. are coming together to clean up our coastlines. The Ocean Legacy Foundation has collected more than 157,000 pounds of marine debris during its first year in 2014. There...
Sep 19, 2019
Federal Election Indigenous Issues Twitter Tracker
A group of Canadian researchers led by Jean-Francois Savard of ENAP have launched a tool to track the attention given to Indigenous issues on twitter. The tool analyzes when and how candidates in this...
Sep 19, 2019
Support for clean energy for First Nations
Four First Nations are moving ahead with clean-energy projects that will reduce greenhouse gases and lead to substantial cost savings for their communities. The province granted more than $930,...
Sep 19, 2019
Tolko announces reductions at its Soda Creek and Armstrong mills
Tolko is reducing production at two of its interior lumber mills. The company says its cutting production at the Armstrong stud mill and the Soda Creek operation near Williams Lake by 20 percent. Tolk...
Sep 18, 2019
Prince Rupert Mayor pushing for Alaska ferry service to continue
Prince Rupert Mayor Lee Brain is in Alaska this week as part of a bid to maintain ferry services from the state to the North Coast. Brain had meetings scheduled with the Governor's office and Alaska's...
Sep 18, 2019 Photo Lee Brain Facebook
Pile burning slated for Quesnel area
People on the Quesnel area may see some smoke and flames starting this week. The BC Wildfire Service is planning to burn some piles of woody debris on the western slope of Dragon Mountain. The debris ...
Sep 18, 2019
SPCA investigating after three dogs found dead in a ditch
The BC SPCA is investigating the deaths of three dogs in Prince George that appear to have been shot in the head. The agency says the remains of a black, male French bulldog, a fawn-coloured female pu...
Sep 18, 2019