Category Archives: News
Terrace RCMP trying to identify theft suspects
Terrace Mounties are trying to identify two suspects following a theft from a local business earlier this summer. RCMP say two men were seen placing a stereo in a cooler July 29, 2019 and then leaving...
Sep 18, 2019
Ammonia Leak at Upper Skeena Recreation Centre
There were some tense moments at the Upper Skeena Recreation Centre earlier this week. Staff evacuated the facility after an ammonia leak was detected Monday, but there were no injuries. The Regional ...
Sep 18, 2019 Photo Northern Development Initiative Trust
Government Funding Announced for Transitioning Forestry Industry
The provincial government has announced funding for a series of new measures aimed at supporting British Columbia forest workers impacted by mill closures and shift reductions in several B.C. interior...
Sep 17, 2019
Agreement reached with the City of Prince Rupert
The Coast Tsimshian nations of Metlakatla and Lax Kw'alaams have now signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Rupert. This is aimed at strengthening the existing relationship between gove...
Sep 16, 2019
Now is the time premiering at Vancouver Film Festival
When internationally renowned Haida carver Robert Davidson was only 22 years old, he carved the first new totem pole on British Columbia's Haida Gwaii in almost a century. On the 50th anniversary of t...
Sep 16, 2019
Big changes coming to the Forestry Industry
The complex issue of forestry is not one that can be solved overnight. According to the B.C. Council of Forest Industries (COFI) the forest industry supports over 140,000 jobs in B.C. That's approxima...
Sep 16, 2019
Coast Mountain College expanding its network
Coast Mountain College gains new research and education network connectivity. Coast Mountain College is celebrating connecting with BCNET advanced network. BCNET is a not-for-profit collaborative shar...
Sep 16, 2019
More controlled burning
The B.C. Wildfire Service is conducting prescribed burns northwest of Clinton. These controlled burns will take place in the Crows Bar area. They will cover about 500 hectares between Canoe Creek and ...
Sep 16, 2019 File photo of a controlled burn // Courtesy: BC Wildfire Service
Coroners Jury rules Smithers man's death accidental
A Coroners inquest has ruled the 2015 death of Smithers man arrested by RCMP as accidental. Presiding Coroner Susan Barth found that 53-year-old Jacobus Jonker's immediate cause of death was external ...
Sep 16, 2019
Quesnel shutters washroom over safety concerns
The City of Quesnel has shut down public washrooms near a park citing safety concerns. It says the washrooms across from Ceal Tingly Park are frequently vandalized, littered with drug paraphernalia, a...
Sep 16, 2019