May 29 -- Rupert Tourism Grant

Tourism organizations across the province have received funding assistance towards recovery plans in response to the COVID pandemic, Tourism Prince Rupert outlined their plans ahead.

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May 29 -- Ferry Island Update

The City of Terrace outlined its plans for the camping season at Ferry Island.

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May 28 -- BC Ferries Summer Schedule

While summer is just a few weeks away, BC Ferries continues to operate on its winter schedule.


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May 28 -- Terrace Industrial Economy

Skeena MLA Ellis Ross outlined some of the future economic prospects for the Terrace area.


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May 27 -- Arrest Award for We'suwet'en elder

A Smithers area elder has received a monetary award for damages following a judgment from the BC Supreme Court following a false arrest, imprisonment and battery by a Smithers RCMP officer in 2014.

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May 28 -- Smithers Chamber Funding

The Smithers Chamber of Commerce has received a grant of 20,000 dollars from the Town of Smithers to assist in its work during these times of the Covid pandemic.

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May 27 -- Rupert City Finances

Prince Rupert City Council has received the Audited Financial Report for 2019.

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May 27 -- Courtroom Open

Court Houses will begin to resume some of their services in June, the regional court houses of the Northwest have been using remote methods out of Prince George during the pandemic.


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May 27 -- VIA Northern Service update

VIA Rail is getting ready to resume passenger rail service across the Northwest, offering up an update on their plans for a July return.

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May 27 -- Honourary name for Doctor Bonnie Henry

Doctor Bonnie Henry has been provided with an honourary Gitxsan Name by a school in the Bulkley Valley region.


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May 27 -- COVID survey

Northern Health is reminding residents of the region of the coming deadline for the BC COVID survey


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May 26 -- School District 52 Restart Plan

School District 52 has outlined its return to in class instruction plans for June 1.

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May 26 -- Terrace Duck Race Replacement

The Terrace Duck Race will look a little bit different in 2020.

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May 26 -- Low Flood Risk for the Skeena-Nass region

Water levels in the Northwest do not indicate that there will be any risk of flooding this year.

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May 25 -- SeaFest Virtual parade

Prince Rupert's SeaFest parade may not hit the streets this year, but a virtual version is planned and submissions are now being accepted.

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May 22 -- Prince Rupert Business Recovery Hotline

A look at a new program in Prince Rupert to help local business owners with their BC Restart recovery plans.

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May 22 -- Kitimat Waste Management

The District of Kitimat is about to launch a Curbside recycling program


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May 21 -- Chinook Closure

Recreational fishermen in the Northwest will have to hold off until July for a chance to fish for Chinook stocks after DFO announced a closure.

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May 20 -- Emissions monitoring in Kitimat

Further support is being put towards environmental monitoring in the Kitimat region.


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May 19 -- Hotel for housing

Prince Rupert's Raffles Inn will be the future home for supportive and emergency housing in the city, that after the BC Government announced the purchase of the Five Corners building on Saturday.

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May 19 -- Terrace Homicide

Terrace RCMP have now launched a homicide investigation following the discovery of a body near the Terrace Curling Club last week.

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May 19 -- Class room plans for when schools reopen

With the approach of a voluntary return to school set for June 1st, School Districts around the Northwest are making their plans for how to relaunch the education programs, CFTK looks at how SD82 in Terrace/Kitimat is approaching the program



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May 15 -- Prince Rupert Cannabis Request

Prince Rupert Council is holding back on any endorsement of a letter from the Canadian Cannabis retailers until they have more information.

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May 15 -- Terrace RCMP report for Council

Terrace City Council received an update on their RCMP service, including notes on how they are adapting to policing during COVID

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May 14 -- Prince Rupert Port Authority provides laptops for Lax Kw'laams students

The Port of Prince Rupert and Lax Kw'alaams Band Council have joined up to provide for laptops for students of the Coast Tsimshian Academy.

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May 14 -- Wet'swuwet'en Sign MOU

The Hereditary Chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en and provincial and federal officials have signed an MOU on rights and title for the territory.

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May 14 -- Parks reopening after May Long weekend

A look at the timeline to reopening parks across Northwest BC

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May 14 -- Kitimat Camp workers contract

Work Camp employees at Horizon Kitimat have a new contract.

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May 13 -- SD 52 on continuation of Education

A look at the SD52 plan for continuation of education for the rest of this year and again at the start of the next school year in September.

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May 13 -- Fire in Old Remo

Firefighters were rushing to the scene of a Fire in Old Remo

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May 13 -- Northern Health Surgeries

Northern Health has outlined how they plan to return to delivering on elective surgery in the Northwest.

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May 13 -- Wet'suwet'en Draft MOU

The Hereditary Chiefs, and Federal and Provincial Government are one step closer towards signing off on a Memorandum of Understanding on rights and title for the Wet'suwet'en.

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May 13 -- CN Derailment

CN crews have finished their work on a derailment site near Burns Lake after a coal carrying train derailed.


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May 13 -- Virtual Farmer's Market

The Skeena Valley Farmers Market has gone digital, with some of the popular Terrace venue taking to an online presence.



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May 12 -- Prince Rupert Recovery Task Force

Work towards rebuilding some of the local economy is underway through efforts of the Prince Rupert Recovery Task Force.

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May 12 -- Kitimat Business Survey

Kitimat is taking the pulse of the business community to learn more about the impact of the COVID pandemic on the local commercial sector.


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May 12 -- Terrace/Kitimat Airport Covid Impact

Flight reductions as a result of the COVID pandemic have had an impact on the volume of passengers travelling through the Terrace/Kitimat airport.

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May 12 -- Grad Signs Project for Terrace

A project to help celebrate the Grad year for students in Terrace is in the planning stages.

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May 11 -- Funding for the Northwest

The BC government has announced another round of capital and infrastructure funding for communities in the Northwest and along the Highway 16 corridor.

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May 11 -- Eco Trust Energy launches new energy campaign

A new campaign to reduce the cost of electricity in remote and Indigenous is now underway.

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May 11 -- Terrace Heritage Park Plan during Covid-19

How the Heritage Park Museum in Terrace plans to address its operations  during the current COVID situation.


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May 11 -- Wildfire Update

A look at the work of BC Wildfire personnel  on a pair of fires in the Northwest over the weekend.

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May 11 -- Terrace Clinic Fire

Terrace Firefighters tackled a blaze at a downtown medical clinic

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May 8 -- Relief for Indigenous Communities

MP Taylor Bachrach has questioned he Federal Government  assistance to Indigenous communities to deal with COVID-19.

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May 7 -- Public Art Policy for Terrace

The City of Terrace has outlined its policy on Public Art in the community.

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May 7 -- Fire North of Terrace

Fire Crews were called to a rural property north of Terrace to tackle a suspicious fire

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May 7 -- Fights return to Prince Rupert in June

Air Canada will resume flight operations to the Digby Island Airport in late June

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May7 -- BC Fire Warning

The province has issued a Wild Fire warning for residents of BC, including the Northwest.

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May 6 -- Food Bank's receive Funding

With demand surging for Northwest Food Banks some funding relief is on the way, the Terrace Food Bank has received 25,000 for their services, Prince Rupert 30,000.

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May 5 -- Rupert Sewer Mapping project

The City of Prince Rupert has launched its Sewer mapping project, working on the city's east side to begin with.

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May 5 -- Terrace Golf Course Open

Golfers in the Terrace area can now hit the links, all while keeping proper physical distancing.

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May 5 -- Decker Lake Fire

Emergency Responders and Burns Lake fire fighters in Decker lake responded to a house fire in the community, the fire started as a grass fire nearby.

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May 5 -- Free Transit coming to an end as of June 1st

Transit Users in the Northwest will be required to pay once again, as the days of Free Transit during COVID come to an end.

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May 4 -- Wet'suwet'en Agreement Faces new Push Back

The announcement of a new agreement between Federal, Provincial and Indigenous leaders in the Wet'suwet'en has not bee universally endorsed just yet.

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May 4 -- Skeena Spirit Day

Teachers and staff at Skeena Middle School sent out a message for the students of the school on Monday, using Star Wars Day to let them know that they miss them in the classroom.

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May 1 -- Skeena Middle School Spirit Day

Staff at Skeena Middle School will be hosting a Drive By Spirit Day on May 4th.


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