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Alison Desmarais, of Vanderhoof, BC, skates in the women’s 1000m during the ISU World Speed Skating Single Distances Championships at the Olympic Oval in Calgary, Alberta on February 17, 2024. (Photo: Dave Holland/Speed Skating Canada)

Northern B.C. woman represents Canada at world speed skating championship

Alison Desmarais from Vanderhoof took part in the competition held in Calgary last month

Alison Desmarais, of Vanderhoof, BC, skates in the women’s 1000m during the ISU World Speed Skating Single Distances Championships at the Olympic Oval in Calgary, Alberta on February 17, 2024. (Photo: Dave Holland/Speed Skating Canada)
Two people skiing at Shames Mountain under the November glow captured by Yan Kaczynski. MMC-Shames Mountain is offering free lifts for pass holders of other ski hills in the north that are facing closures due to scanty snowfall this season. (Photo source: Shames Mountain Facebook page)

B.C. ski hill offers free passes to snowless mountain season ticket holders

2023/24 passholders from Murray Ridge, Troll, Purden and Mount Timothy, can avail a free day lift

Two people skiing at Shames Mountain under the November glow captured by Yan Kaczynski. MMC-Shames Mountain is offering free lifts for pass holders of other ski hills in the north that are facing closures due to scanty snowfall this season. (Photo source: Shames Mountain Facebook page)
Ellis Ross leaves BC United to run federal Conservative . (Photo courtesy Ken Herar).

Ellis Ross leaves BC United to run for federal conservatives

Announcement comes day before Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre tours northwest B.C.

Ellis Ross leaves BC United to run federal Conservative . (Photo courtesy Ken Herar).
Cariboo-Prince George Conservative MP Todd Doherty speaks in the House Of Commons. (Hansard image)

‘9-8-8 is going to save lives’: B.C. MP on new suicide crisis helpline

Federal government launched the hotline in response to Todd Doherty’s longstanding mission

Cariboo-Prince George Conservative MP Todd Doherty speaks in the House Of Commons. (Hansard image)
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Hay shortage forcing ranchers to offload cattle in northwest B.C.

Cattle ranchers in Hwy 16 corridor to be economically affected for next 2-3 years

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Dr. Andrew Forrest, executive chairman of Fortescue Futures Industries with Lheidli T’enneh First Nation Chief Dolleen Logan in Prince George on Sept. 13, 2023. Forrest was in B.C. to announce his company's green hydrogen facility Project Coyote to be set up in Prince George on Lheidli T’enneh territory. (Omineca Express photo)

Australian mining tycoon Andrew Forrest announces green hydrogen project in northern B.C.

Fortescue’s Project Coyote in Prince George is estimated to produce 140,000 tonnes of ‘green’ hydrogen

Dr. Andrew Forrest, executive chairman of Fortescue Futures Industries with Lheidli T’enneh First Nation Chief Dolleen Logan in Prince George on Sept. 13, 2023. Forrest was in B.C. to announce his company's green hydrogen facility Project Coyote to be set up in Prince George on Lheidli T’enneh territory. (Omineca Express photo)
Military members have arrived in Vanderhoof to help firefighters battle wildfires in the area. They have set up base at Vanderhoof Curling Club. (Orlanthia Habsburg/ Omineca Express )

Boots on the ground: Military arrives in Vanderhoof to help firefighters

75 soldiers helping with wildfire efforts in Vanderhoof, more 75 expected to arrive in Burns Lake

Military members have arrived in Vanderhoof to help firefighters battle wildfires in the area. They have set up base at Vanderhoof Curling Club. (Orlanthia Habsburg/ Omineca Express )
Multiple fires in the northwest draw in additional firefighters, report BC Wildfire Officials. (Black Press Media file photo)

Firefighters prioritizing wildfires in northern B.C.; 27+ evacuation orders in effect

Firefighters continue to battle wildfires in Nadina, Bulkley-Nechako, Fort St. James and Vanderhoof regions.

Multiple fires in the northwest draw in additional firefighters, report BC Wildfire Officials. (Black Press Media file photo)
Madison Scot (RCMP handout photo)

Remains of B.C. woman found 12 years since going missing in Vanderhoof

Madison Scott has been missing from Vanderhoof since 2011

Madison Scot (RCMP handout photo)
Brucejack mine in northwestern B.C. (File photo)

Northwest B.C. gold mine reopens following fatal incident

Investigation into October fatality at Brucejack mine ongoing: provincial mines investigation unit

Brucejack mine in northwestern B.C. (File photo)
Police announced Nov. 16, partial human remains found on Prince George’s Connaught Hill belong to Donna Charlie who was murdered in 1990. (City of Prince George)

Human remains linked to 30-year-old homicide found in northern B.C.

Donna Charlie’s remains were located by a member of the public on Connaught Hill

Police announced Nov. 16, partial human remains found on Prince George’s Connaught Hill belong to Donna Charlie who was murdered in 1990. (City of Prince George)
A makeshift blockade on the tracks at New Hazelton in February 2020. Wet’suwet’en opponents of the Coastal GasLink have called on supporters to take action this weekend. (Black Press Media file photo)

Northern B.C. pipeline opposition calls for Canada-wide “action” this weekend

Blockades and protests expected in northwest B.C. Nov. 5

A makeshift blockade on the tracks at New Hazelton in February 2020. Wet’suwet’en opponents of the Coastal GasLink have called on supporters to take action this weekend. (Black Press Media file photo)
Mining operations at Brucejack remain suspended until further notice following the death of a contractor. (Newcrest Canada/Facebook)

Fatality confirmed at northwest B.C. gold mine

Mining operations at Newcrest’s Brucejack mine remain suspended pending an investigation

Mining operations at Brucejack remain suspended until further notice following the death of a contractor. (Newcrest Canada/Facebook)
Mining operations at Brucejack suspended until further notice after critical incident involving a contractor. (Newcrest Canada/Facebook)

Mining operations at northwest B.C. gold mine suspended after ‘critical incident’ involving contractor

Newcrest Mining says an investigation is underway with no ongoing threat to mining personnel

Mining operations at Brucejack suspended until further notice after critical incident involving a contractor. (Newcrest Canada/Facebook)
Curtain raiser of Nisga'a playwright Larry Guno's Bunk # 7 at REM Lee Theatre in Nov 2021. The play is set to tour northern B.C. next month. (Supplied photo)

Soul-searching residential school play prepares for B.C. reconciliation tour

The Raven Collective’s production of Bunk #7 by Lary Guno kicks off in Terrace Sept.29

Curtain raiser of Nisga'a playwright Larry Guno's Bunk # 7 at REM Lee Theatre in Nov 2021. The play is set to tour northern B.C. next month. (Supplied photo)
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Parents protest outside Northwest B.C. school over concerns of accused predator being hired

Coast Mountain School District 82’s hiring practice in Kitimat school being questioned

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Left to right: Skeena– Bulkley Valley MP Taylor Bachrach, North Coast MLA Jennifer Rice, Premier John Horgan, Attorney General Murray Rankin, Daajing Giids Mayor Kris Olsen, Haida Nation Council president Gaagwiis (Jason Alsop) and Municipal Affairs minister Nathan Cullen. (Taylor Bachrach/Facebook)

Ceremony held on Haida Gwaii to reinstate the ancestral name of Village of Daajing Giids

B.C. Premier, cabinet members attend ceremony with several Haida chiefs, matriarchs and council members

Left to right: Skeena– Bulkley Valley MP Taylor Bachrach, North Coast MLA Jennifer Rice, Premier John Horgan, Attorney General Murray Rankin, Daajing Giids Mayor Kris Olsen, Haida Nation Council president Gaagwiis (Jason Alsop) and Municipal Affairs minister Nathan Cullen. (Taylor Bachrach/Facebook)
Sim’oogit Ni’isjoohl (Chief Earl Stephens) stands next to a replica of the Ni'isjoohl memorial pole in Laxgalts’ap (Greenville), in the Nass Valley. (Photo courtesy Nisga'a Nation)

B.C. First Nation delegation headed to Scotland to discuss repatriation of Nisga’a memorial pole

The totem pole was taken in 1929 without consent from Nisga’a Nation’s House of Ni’isjoohl

Sim’oogit Ni’isjoohl (Chief Earl Stephens) stands next to a replica of the Ni'isjoohl memorial pole in Laxgalts’ap (Greenville), in the Nass Valley. (Photo courtesy Nisga'a Nation)
Nathan Cullen, minister responsible for immigration, during a summer 2022 art unveiling at the Bulkley Valley District Hospital. Cullen recently met with the federal government asking for more control over immigration for the province. (Thom Barker photo)

B.C. asks federal government for more autonomy over immigration to solve labour shortage

Immigration minister Nathan Cullen lobbies Ottawa to up medical professionals sponsorship to 10,000

Nathan Cullen, minister responsible for immigration, during a summer 2022 art unveiling at the Bulkley Valley District Hospital. Cullen recently met with the federal government asking for more control over immigration for the province. (Thom Barker photo)
Donald Preston was last seen on July 31. (RCMP submitted photo)

Family of missing B.C. man turns to investigator behind popular podcast to help solve case

Investigator claims foul play involved, Quesnel RCMP says no evidence yet to suggest that

Donald Preston was last seen on July 31. (RCMP submitted photo)