February 29 -- Prince Rupert and Houston among recommended travel spots

A major travel advisor group has offered up a shout out to the Northwest, with both Prince Rupert and Houston receiving mention as locations for travellers to visit.

From the CFTK TV archives

February 29 -- Spill Preparedness on the West Coast

Mary Polak the Province's Minister of the Environment outlines plans for a new Spill response program for the West Coast.

From the CFTK TV archives.

February 29 -- Hoobiyee Celebrations 2016

A look at the 2016 Hoobiyee Celebrations that wrapped up this weekend in the Nass Valley.

From the CFTK TV Archives.

February 26 -- Rupert Terra Cycle program at local daycare centre

A look at a new recycling initiative in the Prince Rupert area, exploring how a local Daycare Centre is making use of the Terra Cycle program.

From the CFTK TV Archives

February 25 -- Prince Rupert Waterfront fires

The Prince Rupert RCMP is investigating some suspicious fires overnight at the Metlakatla Ferry Dock parking lot area.

From the CFTK TV archives

February 25 -- AltaGas Propane remains enthusiastic about Prince Rupert

AltaGas outlined the status of their planned propane export terminal project for Ridley Island in Prince Rupert.

From the CFTK TV Archives

February25 -- BC School Water tests

The Provincial Government is calling on all School Districts review their practices on lead contamination in school water supplies.

From the CFTK TV archives

February 25 -- AltaGas and consortium put halt on LNG terminal for Kitimat

Another Northwest LNG proposal is on the shelf, with AltaGas putting a halt on their Douglas Channel LNG proposal

From the CFTK TV Archives

February 24 -- Prince Rupert Syrian Refugee plans

The group looking to relocate Syrian Refugees in Prince Rupert continues on with their planning for a project to relocate up to three families in the region.

From the CFTK TV archives

February 24 -- Pink Shirt Day at Kitsumkalum

A look at how the Kitsumkalum School observed the day.

From the CFTK TV archives

February 24 -- Kitimat Power Out

BC Hydro and Rio Tinto officials are looking into the issue of sporadic power outages in the Kitimat area.

From the CFTK TV Archives

February 23 -- Prince Rupert Budget presentation

A look at Monday's Prince Rupert city Council session and the delivery of a report on the 2016 City Budget.

From the CFTK TV archives.

February 23 -- A Last Stand For Lelu

A look at a recently completed film that followed the efforts of those that are working to stop the proposed LNG terminal on Lelu Island.

From the CFTK TV archives

February 23 -- Homeless Intervention in Terrace

The City of Terrace's Homelessness Task Force is looking at some new measures to help get the homeless off the streets.

From the CFTK TV archives

February 23 -- Overpass problems in Terrace

The Ministry of Transportation is taking a look at the recently redesigned Sande Overpass in Terrace.

From the CFTK TV archives

February 22 -- Northwest Airport Statistics

Passenger numbers are down from last year at Terrace's Northwest Airport, with airport officials pointing to the completion of a number of major industrial projects in the region. But note that the airport is picking up passengers from other communities in the Northwest, looking to take advantage of the more frequent flight options there.

From the CFTK TV Archives

February 22 -- Road Dust concerns for Burns Lakes Residents

Northern Health and the BC Environment Ministry issue a road dust warning for the community of Burns Lake.

From the CFTK TV archive

February 22 -- TV 7 switches to CTV 2 affiliation

Monday marked switchover day for Terrace's CFTK TV 7, as the television station shifted its affiliation to the CTV 2 network.

From the CFTK TV archive

February 19 -- Prince Rupert School Water Quality

The issue of water quality at some Prince Rupert schools was raised at the British Columbia Legislature this week.


From the CFTK TV Archives.

February 18 -- Prince Rupert Water update

Northern Health provides an update on the issue of lead in drinking water in Prince Rupert.

From the CFTK TV archives.

February 18 -- Motorcycle Safety in the Northwest

A new education program on motorcycle safety is being introduced in the Northwest.

From the CFTK TV archives.

February 18 -- Lake Babine Mine opposition

A look at the concerns of the Lake Babine area over proposals to open the Morrison Mine, which area residents call a fundamentally flawed concept.

From the CFTK TV archives.

February 17 -- North Coast MLA on Prince Rupert water issues

North Cost MLA Jennifer Rice outlined her thoughts on a recent notice from School District 52 and Northern Health.  The report released on Wednesday outlined the details from recent testing of water at four area schools, which discovered elevated levels of lead at the four schools.

From the CFTK TV archives.

February 17 -- HMCS Whitehorse Port Visit to Prince Rupert

A Coastal Patrol Vessel based out of Esquimalt, made a port visit to Prince Rupert this week, offering tours to the public from the newly completed Cow Bay Marina dock.

From the CFTK TV Archives.

 

February 17 -- Russian LNG observations

A group of Russian scientists have been touring the Northwest providing their observations on the LNG industry and the impact that it could have on the salmon industry, the group focused on the proposed Pacific NorthWest LNG project while in the Northwest.

From the CFTK TV archives.

February 16 -- ANBT Hall of Fame

Three women took their place in the All Native Basketball Hall of Fame, the ceremony to induct them took place Friday night.

From the CFTK TV Archives

 

February -- Kitimat calls for more funding for Seniors care

The District of Kitimat will be sending a message to the province to seek out better funding for the provinces Better at Home program for Senior Citizens.

From the CFTK TV archives.

February 16 -- Lions Pride Outreach arrives in Northwest

A trio of  CFL stars from the British Columbia Lions are making a tour of the Northwest taking a positive message to students at schools arcoss the Northwest.

From the CFTK TV archives.

February 16 -- Changes coming to CFTK TV

CFTK has announced that it is about to change its network affiliation, shifting from being a CBC TV affiliate to one that carries the programming of the CTV 2 network. The switchover takes place as of February 22nd.

More from the CFTK TV archives

February 15 -- All Native Tournament Wrap Up

A final look at the 57th All Native Basketball Tournament.

From the CFTK TV Archives.

February 15 -- All Native Tournament Finals

A review of the final day of action at the All Native Basketball Tournament

From the CFTK TV Archives

February 15 -- Terrace Fund raising for Food Bank

The Terrace Save on Foods location and Bell Media in the city joined forces to lend a hand to the Terrace Food Bank.

From the CFTK TV archives

 

February 15 -- Haisla meet with Federal officials

Representatives of the Haisla Nation were recently in Ottawa to discuss issues a range of issues for their community with Federal officials.

From the CFTK TV Archives

February 12 -- Tsimshian Reaction to CEAA Assessment of Pacific NorthWest LNG proposal

Leaders of four Tsimshian communities outlined their plans to review and offer comment during the thirty day comment period related to the recently delviered CEAA Assessment review.

From the CFTK TV archives.

February 12 -- Russian Speakers to outline their experiences with LNG

A group of Russian scientists will start a tour of the Northwest in Prince Rupert to share their thoughts and observations on the impact of LNG development in the Sakhalin Island area.

From the CFTK TV Archives.

February 12 -- Smithers to receive Tax Gas fund money to put towards Airport issues

Smithers Mayor Taylor Bacharach will be putting the four million dollars in Gas Tax Funding towards renovation requirements at the community airport.

From the CFTK TV Archives

February 12 -- Prince Rupert Tax Grant

Prince Rupert Mayor Lee Brain outlined some of the priorities that the City will put the 97,000 dollars in Gas Tax Funding that the community has received.

From the CFTK TV Archives.

February 12 -- Prince Rupert Library uncertainty

With the prospect of a cut in the grant allocation for the Prince Rupert Library, the City is outlining its plan ahead for a longer term funding proposal.

From the CFTK TV Archives

February 12 -- New Hazelton RCMP bust Grow Op in community

The New Hazelton RCMP have arrested two residents of the region on charges related to a Grow Op investigation in the community.

From the CFTK TV Archives.

February12 -- Nathan Cullen continues Northwest Town hall sessions

Terrace was the latest stop on Skeena-Bulkley Valley NDP MP Nathan Cullen's tour of the Northwest to discuss infrastructure concerns.

From the CFTK TV archives.

February 12 -- Rio Tinto contribution to First Nation educational funding

Kitimat's Rio Tinto is joining in a funding initiative directed at First Nations students in the Northwest.

From the CFTK TV archives

February 11 -- Player barred from play at ANBT over ancestry

A player for the Heltsuik First Nation at this years ANBT has been disqualified for play at this years tournament over the tournaments rules related to ancestry.

From the CFTK TV archives.

February 11 -- CEAA Draft Report reaction

A look at some of the reaction to Wednesday's release of the CEAA Draft Report on the Pacific NorthWest LNG project.

From the CFTK TV archives

February 11 -- Terrace Transportation Plan

The City of Terrace has hired a Consulting firm to help develop a transportation plan for the community.

From the CFTK TV archives.

February 10 -- Recreation Fees Debate at Prince Rupert council

A look at the passage of a new five year program that will see recreation fees increase at City of Prince Rupert Recreation Facilities.

From the CFTK TV archives

February 10 -- Pacific NW LNG Assessment released

The CEAA Draft Assessment of the proposed Pacific NorthWest LNG Terminal project has been released.

From the CFTK TV archives

February 10 -- Terrace Radon Awareness

The City of Terrace and Norther Health are offering a program to help education residents about the dangers of Radon Gas.

From the CFTK TV archives

February 9 -- ANBT Portable Court in use

Players and fans are enjoying the first opportunities to see and play on the new ANBT Arena Court, the new purchase for the tournament arrived in town last week and was up and ready to go by Monday morning.

From the CFTK TV Archives

February 8 -- ANBT Opening Ceremonies

The 57th Annual edition of the All Native Basketball Tournament got underway Sunday with the highly anticipated Opening Ceremonies.

From the CFTK TV Archives

February 8 -- NO LNG T Shirt protest at ANBT

A demonstration against LNG development took place during the opening ceremonies of the All Native Basketball Tournament.

From the CFTK TV Archives

 

February 8 -- Freda Diesing Student Art Exhibition

The Terrace Art Gallery is showcasing the works of art from students of Northwest Community College's Freda Diesing School of Art

From the CFTK TV Archives

February 5 -- Prince Rupert prepares for ANBT 2016

The 57th edition of the All Native Basketball Tournament is about to get underway in Prince Rupert and the business community is ready to greet the influx of visitors

From the CFTK TV Archives

February 5 -- Skidegate Saints plan to protest LNG sponsorship of ANBT tournament

A team from Haida Gwaii will be adding some politics to the All Native Basketball Tournament this week, with plans to present a petition related to LNG sponsorship of the tournament

From the CFTK TV Archives

February 5 -- Nathan Cullen's Northwest Town Halls

Nathan Cullen, the MP for Skeena-Bulkley Valley will be hosting a number of town halls in the week to come to seek out comments from residents of the Northwest.

From the CFTK TV archives

February 5 -- Smithers makes ready its welcome to Syrian refugee families

Two Syrian refugee families will be arriving in Smithers, with the first set to make their way to the Bulkley Valley community on Family Day.

From the CFTK TV Archives

February 5 -- MP Nathan Cullen reacts to Bulkley Valley mine closure

MP Nathan Cullen offered up some thoughts with word of the closure of the Huckleberry Mine in the Bulkley Valley


From the CFTK TV Archives

February 4 -- ReDesign Prince Rupert Open House

Residents of Prince Rupert received their first look at the ReDesign Rupert project through an Open House held on Thursday in the city.

From the CFTK TV archives

February 4 -- Lake Kathlyn School closure meeting

The Bulkley Valley School District begins its consultation process related to the proposed closure of the Lake Kathlyn School.

From the CFTK TV archives

February 4 -- Terrace road project receives award

A road reconstruction project in Terrace has received an award for its design of the Sande Overpass.

From the CFTK TV Archives

February 4 -- LNG Canada delays plans for Kitimat terminal project

An LNG Terminal project for Kitimat is on hold after an announcement by Shell that the final investment decision for the LNG Canada project will be delayed for at least a year.


From the CFTK TV archives

February 3 -- RCMP investigating incidents related to Lelu Island protest

The Prince Rupert RCMP confirmed that they are actively investigating incidents related to the ongoing protest taking place at Lelu Island.

From the CFTK TV Archives.

February 3 -- Rescue mission off coast of Haida Gwaii

A video of a rescue mission conducted in late January off the coast of Haida Gwaii has been released to the public.

From the CFTK TV Archives

February 3 -- Port Rampage Goals assist for Salvation Army

The final numbers are in from a partnership between the Prince Rupert Rampage and the Prince Rupert Port Authority which has provided over 4,000 dollars to the Salvation Army.

From the CFTK TV archives

February 3 -- Kitimat Stikine Regional District turns down recycling subsidy proposal

A proposal to offer subsidies to Seniors for Curbside recessing was turned down by the Kitimat-Stikine Regional District.

From the CFTK TV Archives

February 3 -- Old Remo Fire

Terrace and area firefighters responded to a house fire in the Old Remo area on Wednesday.

From the CFTK TV Archives.

February 2 -- Kitimat Council moves forward on mobile home park

Kitimat Council is moving forward with the zoning requirements for a proposed mobile home park in the community.

From the CFTK TV archives.

February 2 -- Smithers Alex Cuba gets more nominations for new album

Alex Cuba, the Smithers musician who has already been nominated for a Grammy for this year, can add a Juno award nomination to the list for this year as well.

From the CFTK TV Archives.