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Kitimat council rejects call for provincial LNG health impact assessment
6+ hour, 16+ min ago (569+ words) Published 1: 30 am Thursday, June 11, 2026 Kitimat council has rejected a request to support a provincial cumulative health impact assessment of B. C. s liquefied natural gas industry, despite arguments that more study is needed to understand potential long-term effects on public health. "We…...
Bailey's Law, on intimate partner violence, moves forward in Senate
6+ hour, 47+ min ago (296+ words) Published 2: 00 pm Thursday, June 11, 2026 Another step forward to amending the Criminal Code surrounding intimate partner violence was made on June 9. Bailey's Law passed its second reading in the Senate. "The extremely sad part of this story is that hours before…...
Represent Canada: Barriere woman wins custodian rights to Swedish island
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (811+ words) Published 4: 00 pm Wednesday, June 10, 2026 Bronwen Bird of Barriere won the custodianship of the Swedish island Storberget through an initiative of Visit Sweden, a tourism company owned by the government of Sweden. Her one-year custodianship began on June 1, 2026. (Josh Fischlin/Clearwater…...
CRPAWS volunteers conduct three-day stakeout to rescue cat family
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (975+ words) Published 3: 48 pm Wednesday, June 10, 2026 Vancouver Island Air in Campbell River recruited the help of CRPAWS to rescue a feral cat family from under one of their sheds on May 30. (CRPAWS/Supplied) CRPAWS volunteers set up a live camera to see…...
Clearwater mayor speaks at national climate summit, calls for renewable energy
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (608+ words) Published 9: 10 am Tuesday, June 9, 2026 A summit recently held in Edmonton brought elected officials from across Canada together to call for change in federal climate policy. The closed-door climate summit was hosted on June 4 by Elbows Up For Climate, a coalition…...
Philanthropist couple donates $40 M to Surrey's SFU school of medicine
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (343+ words) Published 1: 11 pm Friday, June 5, 2026 Arran and Ratana Stephens have donated $40 million to the new SFU Stephens Family School of Medicine in downtown Surrey. (Screen shot) Simon Fraser University's school of medicine has received a whopping $40 million gift from the Stephens…...
Kitimat council delays lawn bylaw readings as staff weighs backyard pollinator garden concerns
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (516+ words) Published 4: 00 pm Thursday, June 4, 2026 A proposed Kitimat bylaw aimed at strengthening enforcement against overgrown lawns will return for further review after council opted to give it first reading only, citing concerns about how the rules could affect backyard pollinator gardens…...
Nisga'a Nation says Alberta hasn't consulted about possible pipeline routes in territory
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (609+ words) Published 3: 09 pm Thursday, June 4, 2026 The Nisga'a Lisims government says it has not been contacted by the Alberta government on possible pipeline routes, despite reports of proposals involving the nation's territory. "We can confirm that the Nisga'a Lisims government has held…...
No place for NDAs in the people's business
1+ week, 15+ hour ago (441+ words) Published 5: 30 am Thursday, June 4, 2026 For your consideration - Thom Barker It's really good to see people standing up to non-disclosure agreements (NDAs). Recently, the Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) and several other stakeholders in the development of new Heritage Conservation…...
RCMP have persons of interest in connection with Terrace bowling alley fire
1+ week, 1+ day ago (262+ words) Published 2: 55 pm Wednesday, June 3, 2026 Two people are being considered as persons of interest by the Terrace RCMP in connection with the early morning fire last month that destroyed the Terrace Bowling Lanes building on Lazelle Ave. Within hours of the…...