At last week’s Smithers Council meeting council received a letter from COFI, the BC Council of Forest Industries with a request to sign on to the Forestry in a Solution Initiative.

Dr. Deanna Nyce from the Wilp Wilx̱o’oskwhl Nisg̱a’a Institute and Interim President of UNBC Bill Owen are talking about a collaborative Bachelor od Education program aimed at Nisga'a high school students and recent grads to become certified and teach in the north.

Tens of thousands of northerners were without power Saturday and Sunday, after a wicked windstorm blew through the region Saturday night. A few hundred people are still with outpower, as crews work around the clock to restore power to remote communities.

BCEHS Clinical Operations Director for the Northern Districts, Jon Brnjas and Houston Councillor Tony Reitsma talk about Houston's ambulance station and response times with a presentation from BCEHS at Houston's Tuesday, March 3 Council Meeting.

Maureen Nyce is the Chief Councillor for the Haisla Nation. For more than ten years they have invested heavily into Liquefied Natural Gas, in support of LNG Canada’s export facility in Kitimat.

Jasmine Jack and Professor Dawn Mills give an update on Year 2 of Geoscience Gitsegukla and Sheena Miller (Smithers and District Chamber of Commerce ED) and Susan Bundock (Visitor Centre Manager) talk about the Chamber moving out of the Visitors' Centre where it's lived for nearly 70 years!

A local First Nations tribe in Prince Rupert is lobbying to have a permanent presence near the civic centre for a sacred fire.

Rock Talk 2026 presentations and interviews from Day 1, Telkwa Seniors Housing update with comment from BC Housing about accountability on construction on Aldermere House, and BC Housing selected to partner with the Town of Smithers for the HEART & HEARTH program to address homelessness and h

We’re down here in Prince Rupert this week for the 66th All Native Basketball Tournament. The annual event draws hundreds of players from across the province and beyond as they face off in one of the longest running community basketball tournaments in Canada.

CICK News Feb. 12, 2026