.SMITHERS - Skeena-Bulkley NDP MP Taylor Bachrach has reacted to party leader Jagmeet Singh's promise to table a non-confidence motion when business in the House of Commons is scheduled to return at the end of next month. He says he supports the decision, arguing that the governing Liberals have become "a bit of a...

PRINCE GEORGE - A 33-year-old Houston BC resident was airlifted to UHNBC in Prince George early Wednesday morning after he was stabbed.RCMP have arrested a 36-year-old male in connection with the incident who's facing an aggravated assault with a weapon charge. He's due to appear in court Thursday (Dec.19). The stabbin...

PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George RCMP arrested three suspects they allege robbed a gas station in Beaverly Monday night.Prince George RCMP Cpl. Jennifer Cooper says the theft occurred at a gas station on the 11400-block of Carmel Drive just after 8:30 p.m.She says the lone gas station attendant reported that two people ca...

PRINCE GEORGE - Time to get those shovels and snow blowers ready.Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for Prince George, the Pine Pass, Quesnel, Williams Lake, and Stuart-Nechako (South of Highway 16).Ten to 15 centimetres of snow is expected to fall between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning."A moist...

PRINCE GEORGE - When it comes to fighting fires, sometimes the best offence is a good defence.To demonstrate how the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George (RDFFG) prepares for wildfire, and to give local jurisdictions a chance to test out their emergency operations centres, on Dec. 5 staff organized a tabletop exerci...

PRINCE GEORGE - A snowfall warning remains in place on Highway 97 north of Prince George, with as much as 15 cm of snow expected to fall.The warning is in the area between Williston and Pine Pass, with snow expected to taper off later Saturday (Dec. 14) afternoon, according to Environment Canada."A frontal system ...

PRINCE GEORGE - Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued a snowfall warning for the Pine Pass.About 15 centimetres of snow is expected between Williston and Pine Pass with the snow forecasted to fall Friday night through Saturday.The national forecaster attributes the snowfall to a frontal system and remind mot...

SMITHERS - Do you Timothy Bakanec? If yes, RCMP in Smithers would like to hear from you.RCMP say that on October 20, 2021, Bakanec is alleged to have been involved in a collision at the intersection of Highway 16 and 16 Avenue in Smithers.Police say the collision resulted in the death of the other vehicle's driver and ...

FORT ST.JAMES - The B-C Conservation Officer Service says a man from Fort St. James has been fined three-thousand dollars after hunting moose at night three years ago. A statement from the service says officers responded to a complaint about the nighttime hunting in progress along the Necoslie Forest Service Road near ...

MCBRIDE - It's the news McBride residents have been waiting for.Integris Credit Union has announced that it will open its new branch in McBride in early February, 2025.It will be located at 210 Main Street, and Integris has started onboarding and training in preparation for the branch opening.The three employees includ...

VANDERHOOF- On the morning of Tuesday, December 3, RCMP in Vanderhoof received several reports of thefts from vehicle's which were parked at residences in the Vanderview Drive area.Police say the Culprits entered unlocked vehicles and stole various valuables. On the evening of December 3, 2024 Mounties identified, loca...

VANDERHOOF - The Nechako Lakes School District (SD91) has hired its new superintendent of schools. It's Anita McClinton, who will begin her new position on January 20, 2025. McClinton currently serves as the Director of Instruction in the Cariboo-Chilcotin School District.According to an SD91 news release, McClinton's ...

PRINCE GEORGE- After nearly two years of geophysical surveys, Nadleh Whut'en have confirmed there are newly identified potential unmarked graves at Tseyaz Bunk'ut (formerly Lejac Indian Residential School).The Lejac Residential School impacted over 70 nations across British Columbia, with at least 7,850 students attend...

FORT NELSON - Update: RCMP have released more details into the discovery of missing hiker Sam Benastick.Police say he was located Tuesday (Nov.26) at 11:30 a.m. by two people who were headed to the Redfern Lake trail for work. Sam told police that he stayed in his car for a couple of days and then walked to a creek, mo...

POWDER KING - Good news for outdoor enthusiasts.Powder King Mountain Resort is opening up this Friday (Nov.22).In a social media post, the resort says it has amazing snow conditions thanks to heavy snowfall, including 80 centimetres over the past 24 hours.The lifts will be running Friday from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.The res...

FORT ST. JOHN - Police in Fort St. John are asking for help in finding a father and his two children who haven't been seen since Friday, Nov. 15.RCMP say the family of Aaron Hume asked police to check in on the 38-year-old and his two children, 10-year-old son Michael and 7-year-old Angelique.Mounties say Aaron may be ...

FORT ST. JAMES - A BC SPCA animal protection officer rescued seven nine-week-old kittens in Fort St. James.The SPCA says they were rescued from what appeared to be an abandoned home after receiving a complaint from the public. "The officer arrived to find one of the windows at the front of the house broken and gla...

PRINCE GEORGE - Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for the Pine Pass.Fifteen to twenty centimetres of snow is expected to fall by Thursday morning. The snowfall is being attributed to a frontal system moving through northern B.C."Rapidly accumulating snow could make travel difficult over some locatio...

DAWSON CREEK, B.C. - Dawson Creek RCMP are renewing their call for information on a teenager who went missing more than eight years ago. In a news release issued Thursday (Nov. 7), RCMP say the investigation into Denny Poole's disappearance remains active with Mounties investigating leads and following up on informatio...

Rapidly expanding government jobs at the expense of almost zero private sector job growth, financed on the public credit card, at almost 5 billion dollars a year in interest payments, with plans for more record deficits and debt, has got BC in an economic downspin that's likely to end up in a full-blown hurricane.In ad...

NORTHERN BC- The first woman elected to a provincial legislature in Canada was Louise McKinney in the 1917 Alberta general election, while the first woman elected to the House of Commons was Agnes Macphail, in the 1921 federal election. That was also the year women were allowed to run for office. "If you think bac...

PRINCE GEORGE - Though it won't affect the final result, Elections BC has ordered a recount of one ballot box in the Prince George-Mackenzie riding.In a statement released Monday, Elections BC says that it is applying for the recount after discovering that votes from that ballot box were not counted or reported on elec...

MACKENZIE - The BC Wildfire Service will be completing a wildfire hazard abatement project in the Germansen Landing area. Burning is anticipated to start on November 4, 2024 and continue until November 8, 2024, and BCWS personnel will prepare, control and monitor these fires.BC Wildfire crews will burn approximately 27...

CHETWYND - Search crews and police have suspended their search for a man and his dog who went missing last month while on a hike in the Chetwynd area.James Joseph Edmund Barnes and his golden retriever Murphy were last seen between 11 and 11:30 a.m. on Friday, October 18, on the Ground Birch Road off the 269 Road.His g...

MACKENZIE - A resident of Mackenzie has 500,000 reasons to be happy.The BC Lottery Corporation says Marita Grattan won $500,000 after purchasing a winning Daily Grand ticket on October 17, 2024."I was in my living room when I found out," recalled Grattan. "My son was with me when I checked the ticket on ...

FORT ST. JOHN - The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British Columbia (CFSEU-BC) needs your help locating eight people wanted in response to a drug trafficking network in the Peace.The CFSEU's drug investigation began in June 2022. It was in collaboration with policing partners in Fort St John, Dawson Creek ...

OTTAWA - NDP Transport Critic and MP for Skeena-Bulkley Valley Taylor Bachrach has called out the federal Minister of Transport for failing to hold Canadian airlines accountable. "The issue of airlines mistreating passengers with disabilities is not unique to the United States," said Bachrach. "Here in C...

PRINCE GEORGE- On October 28, 2019 Laureen Campbell Fabian left for a hike and five year later she still hasn't been found. Houston RCMP say that while people have stepped forward with information to aid their investigation, Laureen remains missing. The police are calling upon the public for help as they continue their...