Category Archives: News
District 82 superintendent to take one-year position with ed ministry
The embattled superintendent of the Coast Mountains School District will be working with the provincial government next year. The District 82 board has announced that Katherine McIntosh has been secon...
Aug 6, 2019
RCMP investigating attempted abduction of highway flagger
RCMP are investigating after someone tried to kidnap a female flagger in northeastern B.C. Fort St John Mounties say the woman was working on Highway 29 approximately 27 kms southwest of Charlie Lake ...
Aug 5, 2019
Heat warning continued for Terrace, Kitimat
Environment Canada has continued a heat warning for inland sections of the North Coast. The warning, first issued Sunday morning, says a prolonged period of extreme heat is expected to hang around Ter...
Aug 4, 2019
Highway 97 crash kills one, seriously injures two
RCMP are investigating a two-vehicle crash in the Cariboo that killed one person and sent two people to hospital. Mounties were called out just before 1:00 p.m. Friday to a stretch of Highway 97 near ...
Aug 3, 2019
RCMP investigating after woman hit by truck
Clinton RCMP are investigating after a pedestrian was hit on Highway 97 at 70 Mile House. Police and emergency crews were called out at about 4 p.m. Thursday, August 1 after a woman was struck by a tr...
Aug 2, 2019
Crash closes Highway 97 south of Quesnel
Highway 97 is closed in both directions between Williams Lake and Quesnel. Few details are available, but the transportation ministry says a multi-vehicle incident has shut down a five kilometre secti...
Aug 2, 2019
Enbridge pipeline blast haunts B.C. First Nation
A northern B.C. First Nation says news of a fatal gas pipeline explosion in Kentucky has brought back dark memories of its own close call. Lheidli T'enneh Chief Clay Pountney says the thoughts of his ...
Aug 2, 2019 (Photo Jeff Miller/Twitter)
Coastal GasLink investigates pipeline clearing incidents
Coastal GasLink has temporarily suspended clearing work on part of its pipeline route in northwest B.C. The company says an internal audit revealed that Archaeological Impact Assessments (AIA) were no...
Aug 2, 2019
Gitsegukla issue advisory for fentanyl-laced pot
A northwest B.C. First Nation is sounding the alarm about potentially deadly drugs in the community. The Gitsegukla Band Office issued an alert after it says two community members consumed marijuana l...
Aug 2, 2019
UNBC to commission new Indigenous art installation
The University of Northern BC is looking for Indigenous art to welcome people to its Prince George Campus. UNBC has put out a call to Indigenous, B.C.-based artists for a permanent, public art install...
Aug 1, 2019