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Graphic showing the geographical layout of the Ridley Island area and the Ridley Island Energy Export Facility (REEF) project. (Altgas/Royal Vopak)

$1.35B B.C. LPG export facility gets official green light from investors

Project preparation already underway in Prince Rupert with land clearing 95% complete

Graphic showing the geographical layout of the Ridley Island area and the Ridley Island Energy Export Facility (REEF) project. (Altgas/Royal Vopak)
Iona Campagnolo, inspects uniforms when she was B.C. lieutenant-governor, before giving the speech from the throne at the B.C. legislature in Victoria on Feb. 14, 2006. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed Campagnolo has died at the age of 91. (Deddeda Stemler/The Canadian Press)

BC’s first woman lieutenant-governor dies at age 91

Iona Campagnolo was a Prince Rupert broadcaster, city alderwoman and Skeena MP before becoming L-G

Iona Campagnolo, inspects uniforms when she was B.C. lieutenant-governor, before giving the speech from the throne at the B.C. legislature in Victoria on Feb. 14, 2006. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed Campagnolo has died at the age of 91. (Deddeda Stemler/The Canadian Press)
From left to right: Anne Kang, Minister of Municipal Affairs, Skeena Bulkley Valley MP Taylor Bachrach, Prince Rupert Mayor Herb Pond, Minister of Tourism Soraya Martinez Ferrada, North Coast MLA Jennifer Rice, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Rob Fleming, Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness Bowinn Ma and Prince Rupert Port Authority CEO Shaun Stevenson. The city will finally be able to begin permanent reconstruction of about 26 kilometres of aging water pipes after $77.2 million of federal funding was secured on March 7 in Victoria. (Contributed/Taylor Bachrach)

Feds release $77M to replace Prince Rupert’s ancient water pipes

The investment comes one year after the province put up $65 million for the aging infrastructure

From left to right: Anne Kang, Minister of Municipal Affairs, Skeena Bulkley Valley MP Taylor Bachrach, Prince Rupert Mayor Herb Pond, Minister of Tourism Soraya Martinez Ferrada, North Coast MLA Jennifer Rice, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Rob Fleming, Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness Bowinn Ma and Prince Rupert Port Authority CEO Shaun Stevenson. The city will finally be able to begin permanent reconstruction of about 26 kilometres of aging water pipes after $77.2 million of federal funding was secured on March 7 in Victoria. (Contributed/Taylor Bachrach)
Keerit Jutla, president and CEO of the Association for Mineral Exploration, addresses Rock Talk 2024 in Smithers after learning provincial Lands Act amendments are being suspended. (Photo courtesy of Smithers Exploration Group)

Mineral exploration industry supports B.C. Land Act pause

Mineral exploration association president says pause is a chance to get things right for everyone

Keerit Jutla, president and CEO of the Association for Mineral Exploration, addresses Rock Talk 2024 in Smithers after learning provincial Lands Act amendments are being suspended. (Photo courtesy of Smithers Exploration Group)
Lewis Ainsworth, a guide employed by Northern Escape Heli Skiing was one of four people injured in a helicopter crash north of Terrace Jan. 22. Ainsworth, a New Zealander, succumbed to his injuries becoming the fourth fatality in the incident. (New Zealand Mountain Guides Association/Facebook)

New Zealand mountain guide becomes 4th fatality in B.C. helicopter crash

Heli-skiing company says three bodies have now been retrieved from Terrace backcountry

Lewis Ainsworth, a guide employed by Northern Escape Heli Skiing was one of four people injured in a helicopter crash north of Terrace Jan. 22. Ainsworth, a New Zealander, succumbed to his injuries becoming the fourth fatality in the incident. (New Zealand Mountain Guides Association/Facebook)
People gather outside the courthouse before the Supreme Court hearing against pipeline opponents Sleydo’ (Molly Wickham), Shaylynn Sampson, and Corey Jocko. (Morgan Powell/The Interior News)

Criminal contempt trial of pipeline opponents begins in Northwest B.C.

Three defendants, including prominent Wet’suwet’en leader Sleydo’, face criminal contempt charges

People gather outside the courthouse before the Supreme Court hearing against pipeline opponents Sleydo’ (Molly Wickham), Shaylynn Sampson, and Corey Jocko. (Morgan Powell/The Interior News)
The province and the Tahltan Nation sign an consent agreement Nov. 1 on Newcrest Mining’s Red Chris expansion project. Pictured from bottom left: Murray Rankin, minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation; Chad Norman Day, president, Tahltan Central Government; George Heyman, minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy; Marie Quock, chief councillor, Iskut Band; Carmen McPhee, chief councillor, Tahltan Band; Josie Osborne, minister of Energy, Mines and Low-Carbon Innovation; Nathan Cullen, MLA for Stikine.

Northwest B.C. First Nation and province sign consent agreement on gold mine expansion

The agreement is the 2nd created under B.C.’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act

The province and the Tahltan Nation sign an consent agreement Nov. 1 on Newcrest Mining’s Red Chris expansion project. Pictured from bottom left: Murray Rankin, minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation; Chad Norman Day, president, Tahltan Central Government; George Heyman, minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy; Marie Quock, chief councillor, Iskut Band; Carmen McPhee, chief councillor, Tahltan Band; Josie Osborne, minister of Energy, Mines and Low-Carbon Innovation; Nathan Cullen, MLA for Stikine.
Coastal GasLink traverses the Headwall, one of the project’s steepest slopes in the Rocky Mountains. (Coastal GasLink photo) Coastal GasLink traverses the Headwall, one of the project’s steepest slopes in the Rocky Mountains. (Coastal GasLink photo)

Construction phase of northern B.C. natural gas pipeline complete

Coastal GasLink (CGL) has completed the installation of 100 per cent of…

Coastal GasLink traverses the Headwall, one of the project’s steepest slopes in the Rocky Mountains. (Coastal GasLink photo) Coastal GasLink traverses the Headwall, one of the project’s steepest slopes in the Rocky Mountains. (Coastal GasLink photo)
A black bear eats club cherries in southeastern Alaska. (Taal Levi, Oregon State University/Wikimedia Commons)

Woman injured during bear attack in northwest B.C.

Conservation Officer Service says it was a defensive attack, warns public to be cautious

A black bear eats club cherries in southeastern Alaska. (Taal Levi, Oregon State University/Wikimedia Commons)
Video image of seals being fed dockside at Cow Bay Marina on Aug. 12, 2020. (Provided image)

B.C. north coast fishing charter owner fined $10K for feeding seals

Curtis Ireland of Prince Rupert sentenced in June for offences committed in 2020

Video image of seals being fed dockside at Cow Bay Marina on Aug. 12, 2020. (Provided image)
A dog escaped a wolf attack at the beach off the Butze Rapids trail July 19. (Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife photo)

Wolf attacks dog in Prince Rupert on B.C. north coast

Attempt to scare wolf off with bear-bangers fails, but family pet escapes with no injuries

A dog escaped a wolf attack at the beach off the Butze Rapids trail July 19. (Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife photo)
One of 12 abandoned puppies found sheltering under an uninhabited trailer and turned over to the SPCA by a good Samaritan. (B.C. SPCA photo)

SPCA seeks support for 12 abandoned puppies surrendered in Northwest B.C.

A good Samaritan found the dogs sheltering under an uninhabited trailer and rescued them

One of 12 abandoned puppies found sheltering under an uninhabited trailer and turned over to the SPCA by a good Samaritan. (B.C. SPCA photo)
Aerial photo indicating entry and exit points of Coastal GasLink’s tunnel under the Morice River near Houston. (Coastal GasLink)

Coastal GasLink completes final major B.C. river crossing, pipeline to be finished this year

Morice River concrete tunnel near Houston will see pipe pulled this summer

Aerial photo indicating entry and exit points of Coastal GasLink’s tunnel under the Morice River near Houston. (Coastal GasLink)
One person is dead and another seriously injured in a helicopter incident at Smithers airport May 6. (File photo)

1 dead, another injured after getting hit by Airbus helicopter at B.C. airport

Transportation Safety Board is conducting a Class 4 investigation into the occurrence at Smithers

One person is dead and another seriously injured in a helicopter incident at Smithers airport May 6. (File photo)
A shed allegedly damaged by a rock truck driven wildly through the streets of Smithers April 2. (Facebook photo)

Shots fired by RCMP to stop rampaging rock truck in northwest B.C. town

Social media reports indicate extensive damage caused in Smithers

A shed allegedly damaged by a rock truck driven wildly through the streets of Smithers April 2. (Facebook photo)
RCMP arrive at the 44.5 kilometre point of the Morice West Forest Service Road on March 29 to execute a warrant obtained following an incident in which a Coastal GasLink worker was allegedly swarmed by a group of masked individuals on March 26. (Yintah Access video screen capture)

5 people arrested as police investigate alleged swarming of Coastal GasLink worker

Search warrant had ‘no clear relation to the Gidimt’en village site’: Yintah Access

RCMP arrive at the 44.5 kilometre point of the Morice West Forest Service Road on March 29 to execute a warrant obtained following an incident in which a Coastal GasLink worker was allegedly swarmed by a group of masked individuals on March 26. (Yintah Access video screen capture)
RCMP deployed on Morice Forest Service Road near Houston in November 2021. (Gidimt’en Checkpoint Facebook Photo)

Fines, community service for 5 who breached B.C. Coastal GasLink pipeline injunction

Group of protestors sentenced for criminal contempt in Smithers B.C. Supreme Court

RCMP deployed on Morice Forest Service Road near Houston in November 2021. (Gidimt’en Checkpoint Facebook Photo)
Area affected by heavy rainfall warning for North Coast, Central Coast, Coastal Inland and Haida Gwaii. (Environment Canada graphic)

Atmospheric river set to dump up to 100mm of rain on B.C. North/Central Coast with high winds

A second wave is expected to bring similar conditions to the south coast on the weekend

Area affected by heavy rainfall warning for North Coast, Central Coast, Coastal Inland and Haida Gwaii. (Environment Canada graphic)
Smithers RCMP detachment. (Marisca Bakker photo)

Police watchdog investigating man’s death in B.C. jail cell

Smithers RCMP say death involved ‘self-inflicted actions’

Smithers RCMP detachment. (Marisca Bakker photo)
Natasha Seymour wearing a pair of bead earrings she made. She said learning the traditional art form has been transformational in her healing journey. (Contributed photo)

B.C. court awards sexual battery victim $322K

Natasha Seymour’s civil suit confirms women’s sexual consensual rights

Natasha Seymour wearing a pair of bead earrings she made. She said learning the traditional art form has been transformational in her healing journey. (Contributed photo)