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Prince Rupert has finally got word that the city of 12,000 can begin the arduous task of replacing their entire water and sewer infrastructure after they received more than 77 million dollars form the Federal government’s Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund.

Town of Smithers is updating the mobile vendor bylaw.

Yesterday the Town of Smithers announced that they will be embarking on a $7.5 million project to upgrade the current wastewater treatment plant.

Lee Ewald, Telkwa Councillor is talking about Telkwa's growing senior population and housing needs in the village of 1300 people.

Edward Quinlan is celebrating World Poetry Day with Pam during a relaxed and conversational interview.

The Nisga’a Nation is going all in with its Ksi Lisims LNG project, announcing last week, along with Texas bases partner, Western LNG, that they will be purchasing the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline from TC Energy to feed their proposed LNG facility.

Last week the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation announced it was halting all mineral tenures and mining activity on Gitxaala territory while the provincial government proceeds with reforming mining legislation across the province.

The Telkwa Seniors Housing Society's application for housing has been denied. In 2022, 12 new units were erected for seniors, but the need has continued to grow for affordable, one storey housing for people 55+ in Telkwa.

This year, BC is seeing excessive numbers of pet surrenders and rescues, and unfortunately, there aren’t enough animal shelters to handle the load. Our local organization, the North West Animal Shelter has four buildings for cats and dogs, but it still isn’t enough.

Two months ago, 19 eagles were discovered in the Prince Rupert landfill covered in a “deleterious substance” that had been dumped in the liquid waste site at the landfill, according to a statement released by the City of Prince Rupert.

Bill C-63 (The Online Harms Act) is a new bill proposed by the Liberal government to fight child abuse, exploitation, and bullying online along with new laws and penalties for sharing intimate content that belongs to another person.