PRINCE GEORGE - The Omineca Arts Centre is looking for Indigenous artists to feature in its upcoming exhibit to celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day. The exhibit is coming up in June, but the deadline to submit your work is on April 30."Every year, the Omineca Arts Centre likes to partner with the Northern Indigenous...

BURNS LAKE - Rio Tinto has made a $600,000 donation to go towards Carrier Sekani Family Services (CSFS) Burns Lake Foundry centre.CSFS says the money will go towards the construction and operation of the centre. "With such a big endeavour as building a centre from the ground up to meet the needs of youth in Burns ...

PRINCE GEORGE - A stay of proceedings was ruled for constables Paul Ste. Marie and Jean Francois Monette in court earlier today. These officers received charges of manslaughter last year in the Dale Culver case, a case that saw Culver pass away following a physical altercation with the police seven years ago. "To ...

QUESNEL - Chief Leah Stump of the Nazko First Nation was one of many present at Quesnel's council meeting Tuesday and told council how much the actions over the last two weeks have done for truth and reconciliation in the community."We deserve better than having to come here to prove that our people went to reside...

QUESNEL - Emotions were running high during Tuesday night's council meeting in Quesnel as Mayor Ron Paull resisted calls to step down as Mayor after revelations came to light that his wife was distributing a controversial book. More information was also brought forward on Tuesday, which further puts a strain on the rel...

QUESNEL - It was a heated council meeting on Tuesday night in Quesnel as Mayor Ron Paull resisted calls to step down as Mayor.A march to support Truth and Reconciliation took place before the council meeting and concluded at Quesnel City Hall. An estimated 350-400 people were in attendance. The march was in response to...

PRINCE GEORGE - Seven years later and Dale Culver's family says they're still waiting for justice. On July 18, 2017, 35-year-old Dale Culver, a Wet'suwet'en and Gitxsan man, was riding his bike through the streets of Prince George. Local RCMP Officers responding to a complaint of a man in the area casing vehicles, quic...

PRINCE GEORGE - A large demonstration outside of the Prince George RCMP detachment took place on Friday afternoon, as many community members demanded answers regarding the case of Brittany Jean Schram. Schram was announced deceased by the RCMP earlier this week, and RCMP say no criminality was involved. However, the co...

PRINCE GEORGE - Sonya Rock of the Gitxsan Nation, Frog Clan, is one of thousands of Indigenous people who suffered at the hands of residential schools. Friday, she shared her story at UNBC through a documentary featuring her, "Can they hear us now?""We were made to feel that we're a burden, that we did n...

PRINCE GEORGE - It has been one year since the Lheidli T'enneh First Nation and the Prince George Airport Authority signed their collaboration agreement, and on Wednesday another step was taken to solidify that partnership. The first phase of a new Indigenous Heritage Project was launched, looking towards historical ac...

PRINCE GEORGE - Hundreds of community members gathered for a march to remember and raise awareness about the continuing issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW). Marching from the Prince George Native Friendship Centre to the courthouse, the march brought the community closer together, but also revealed th...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Canadian Mental Health Association B.C. (CMHA BC) says the organizations that will lead mental health crisis response teams in three B.C. communities - including Prince George - have been chosen.The Peer Assisted Care Teams (PACT), funded by the province, were announced in July.The Prince George Nat...

PRINCE GEORGE - During the intermission of its Discovery Concert featuring Dvorak's 'New World' Symphony, the Prince George Symphony Orchestra (PGSO) gave a Respectful Acknowledgement pledge to the Lheidli T'enneh First Nation, which acknowledges the traditional and unceded ancestral lands of the First Nation."So ...

PRINCE GEORGE - Rogers recently turned on three new cellular towers along Highway 16, also known as the Highway of Tears, providing cell service for Rogers customers and 9-1-1 access for everyone. Covering a combined 50 kilometres of previous dead space, one tower at Seeley Lake Park is providing 13 kilometres of cover...

VANDERHOOF - Last week the Prince George Native Friendship Centre unveiled its first ever Indigenous themed Christmas Tree, but it's not the only community in Northern B.C sporting an Indigenous tree.WL McLeod Elementary School in Vanderhoof is celebrating its second year with an Indigenous Christmas Tree, which they d...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Native Friendship Centre brought back its annual food hamper campaign. Running for more than 25 years, this campaign has the centre buy groceries to provide 150-200 food hampers for anyone who signs up.The Centre's Director of Health Brandi Mcaulay explained this year has seen even mor...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) elected its new national chief Cindy Woodhouse on Thursday, marking the end of a rocky election cycle. Dr. Daniel Sims, an Associate Professor of First Nations Studies at the UNBC, explains the road to becoming the new national chief was not a smooth one. "It was...

PRINCE GEORGE - for the first time in Prince George's history, an Indigenous themed Christmas tree has been decorated and put on display at the Prince George Native Friendship Centre.The idea came from a group of Indigenous Elders, and the Elders handmade all the decorations to represent a piece of Indigenous history a...

p PRINCE GEORGE - Another partnership was formed Thursday as the Lheidli T'enneh First Nation accepted a 'Respectful Acknowledgement' pledge from London Drugs Parkwood.This is the second Respectful Acknowledgement pledge from a private sector business, the first being the new Save-On-Foods store at Pine Centre Mall. Fo...

PRINCE GEORGE - Saturday marked the 11th annual Orange Shirt Day. With several events happening around the city, people from all walks of like gathered to listen, learn, and embrace Indigenous culture.There where tears being shed, and hugs being given, the ceremonies taking place across the city showed how impactful th...

School District 57 continues to have a major emphasis on incorporating Truth and Reconciliation into everyday learning. One of the ways students at Ron Brent Elementary continue to do this is by learning Indigenous songs. We stopped by to learn a traditional song with Kelsey MacDonald and her Grade 2 and 3 students.

Prince George - Education and awareness is what the new exhibit in the Prince George Public Library is hoping to do. Open from now until the end of September, the exhibit provides plenty of information on Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls, and has loads of visual aspects to go along with it, including red...

PRINCE GEORGE - Thursday marked the opening of a new office on Lheidli T'enneh territory for the First Nations Health Authority (FNHA). The new office is located at 1005 Landooz Road and is across road from the new health centre. Julie Morrison, the Vice President of Regional Operations, says that one of the reasons fo...

PRINCE GEORGE - Whether it is within your own province or all the way across the country, the North American Indigenous Games is a unique opportunity for athletes from all over to make new friendships. For Corina McClure and Colby Jefferies, meeting, so many new people was one of many highlights of the games for the pa...

PRINCE GEORGE - It was late June when wrestlers Jacob Littler and Hunter McCarthy were in the process of prepping for the North American Indigenous Game. Now after a solid performance in Halifax, they return to Prince George with brand-new knowledge and experience of the sport.Hunter McCarthy went to the games with one...

PRINCE GEORGE - The North American Indigenous Games were an incredible experience for Nicholas and Mischa Krawczyk. The siblings represented Team BC at the games with both taking home hardware in their respective sports.For Nicholas, he represented BC on the Lacrosse court where the 19U Male team found themselves in th...

QUESNEL - The City of Quesnel is appealing for information after the new Lhtako Dene Park Territory sign was vandalized with graffiti.The City says the vandalism took place between Sunday July 16 and Monday July 17. In the meantime, the City has filed a police report and its public works department is in the process of...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Lheidli T'enneh First Nation announced Tuesday that site preparation work for its new childcare centre will begin Wednesday.Funding for the new childcare centre was announced by the provincial government in May 2021. It will be located at the entrance to Lheidli T'enneh Memorial Park near The Explor...