Category Archives: News

Tahltan receive $4 million to establish protected areas
The Tahltan Nation will receive nearly $4 million in federal government funding to create protected and conserved areas in its territory in northwestern B.C. The Tahltan Central Government says the pr...
Craig Ellis Aug 19, 2019

Missing Mackenzie boy found safe
RCMP says a four-year-old boy has been found safe after spending a night in the bush near Mackenzie. George became separated from his parents around 12:30 Saturday afternoon as they were berry picking...
Craig Ellis Aug 18, 2019

RCMP, SAR searching for missing 4-year-old near Mackenzie
RCMP and Search and Rescue crews are scouring an area near Mackenzie four a missing four-year-old. The child named George was berry picking with his parents in the Lions Lake area Saturday when he bec...
Craig Ellis Aug 18, 2019

Alberta man charged in Kelly Lake homicide
Dawson Creek RCMP have an Alberta man in custody after a homicide. Police were called out shortly after 7:30 Friday night for an assault at a Kelly Lake home. Officers say they found a fatally wounded...
Craig Ellis Aug 17, 2019

Snow in August? Environment Canada issues snowfall warning
It may be getting closer to fall, but one area of Northern B.C. appears to be heading straight for an early winter, Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for the area and part of the Alaska...
Craig Ellis Aug 17, 2019

Williams Lake baseball bat attack leaves victim with serious injuries
Williams Lake RCMP are investigating a serious assault. Investigators say a male was attacked by another male with a baseball bat near the intersection of 2nd Avenue and Oliver Street at 6:45 Friday m...
Craig Ellis Aug 16, 2019

Charges laid in Prince George stabbing
An 18-year-old Vanderhoof woman has been charged after a stabbing in Prince George earlier this week. RCMP were called to a home in the 1400 block of 3rd Avenue Wednesday around 4:00 p.m. and found a ...
Craig Ellis Aug 16, 2019

Donaldson wants federal help with forestry downturn
Forests minister Doug Donaldson has requested help from the federal government to address layoffs and closures plaguing the B.C.'s forest industry. Donaldson says he has written to the minister of nat...
CFNRNews Aug 15, 2019 (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)

RCMP investigate possible domestic assault
Fort St John RCMP are investigating a possible domestic assault from earlier this month. Someone reported a dispute between a man and a female in a gold coloured SUV at 12:45 p.m. August 5. The vehicl...
Craig Ellis Aug 15, 2019

Province funds Indigenous driver training in northwest B.C.
The Province is providing $360,000 to a Terrace-based driving school to deliver training in rural Indigenous communities. Advanced education minister Melanie Mark made the announcement in Terrace Thur...
Craig Ellis Aug 15, 2019