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On the road to Nemiah Valley, west of Williams Lake, a log gateway marks the entrance to Tsilhqot’in Title Lands. (Angie Mindus file photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

TNG reasserts mining policy for mineral exploration in Chilcotin

TNG said it aims to provide certainty, protect environment, for mining in Tŝilhqot’in territory

  • Oct 2, 2023
On the road to Nemiah Valley, west of Williams Lake, a log gateway marks the entrance to Tsilhqot’in Title Lands. (Angie Mindus file photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
Crew members at a watercraft inspection site in Golden decontaminated a boat from Ontario that had invasive mussels on board. (Conservation Officer Service/Facebook)
Crew members at a watercraft inspection site in Golden decontaminated a boat from Ontario that had invasive mussels on board. (Conservation Officer Service/Facebook)
Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe provides an update on illicit drug toxicity deaths in the province during a press conference at B.C. Legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Monday, February 24, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe provides an update on illicit drug toxicity deaths in the province during a press conference at B.C. Legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Monday, February 24, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
A regimental funeral service will be held for Const. Rick O’Brien on Wednesday, Oct. 4, at the Langley Events Centre. (Special to The News)

Funeral details revealed for slain B.C. Mountie

A regimental funeral for Rick O’Brien will be on Oct. 4 at Langley Events Centre

A regimental funeral service will be held for Const. Rick O’Brien on Wednesday, Oct. 4, at the Langley Events Centre. (Special to The News)
Dozens of health care professionals across the country are fighting the federal government in court for legal access to psychedelics, namely psilocybin mushrooms, to start offering therapeutic treatments in their practices. Psilocybin mushrooms sit on a drying rack in the Uptown Fungus lab in Springfield, Ore., Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Craig Mitchell

Federal court ruling sets back health workers seeking psilocybin mushroom access

Health-care professionals want exemption to take magic mushrooms themselves in ‘experiential training’

Dozens of health care professionals across the country are fighting the federal government in court for legal access to psychedelics, namely psilocybin mushrooms, to start offering therapeutic treatments in their practices. Psilocybin mushrooms sit on a drying rack in the Uptown Fungus lab in Springfield, Ore., Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Craig Mitchell
Four homes in Terra Ridge overlooking Williams Lake have had their occupancy permit revoked in September, 2023 as land slippage continues to impact the property. (Monica Lamb-Yorski file photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

Williams Lake declares state of local emergency as precaution due to land slippage

Evacuation order issued for 4 Terra Ridge units, remaining 76 homes placed on alert

Four homes in Terra Ridge overlooking Williams Lake have had their occupancy permit revoked in September, 2023 as land slippage continues to impact the property. (Monica Lamb-Yorski file photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, right, with Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Taylor Bachrach view the pole during the celebration. (Seth Forward/Northern View)

Northwest B.C. First Nation celebrates return of ancestral totem pole to their territory

Held in a Scottish museum for nearly a century, the pole was celebrated in a grand ceremony Sept. 29

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, right, with Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Taylor Bachrach view the pole during the celebration. (Seth Forward/Northern View)
The provincial legislature will resume sitting on Oct. 3 with four official parties. (Black Press Media file photo)

NDP will answer questions from 3 corners when B.C. legislature resumes

Conservatives get full party status, House Leader says government won’t give them ‘an easy pass’

The provincial legislature will resume sitting on Oct. 3 with four official parties. (Black Press Media file photo)
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Hay shortage forcing ranchers to offload cattle in northwest B.C.

Cattle ranchers in Hwy 16 corridor to be economically affected for next 2-3 years

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A rendering of the proposed Roberts Bank Terminal 2 project, located to the northwest of the existing container and coal terminals in Delta. (Port of Vancouver image)

B.C. approves major expansion to Delta port container terminal

Province sets out 16 binding conditions to “avoid, minimize or offset” potential adverse impacts

A rendering of the proposed Roberts Bank Terminal 2 project, located to the northwest of the existing container and coal terminals in Delta. (Port of Vancouver image)
A coyote walks through Coronation Park in Toronto on Wednesday, November 3, 2021. Prince George Conservation and RCMP officers are “actively investigating” after six coyote attacks within a week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Evan Buhler

Coyotes attacking the homeless in Prince George

Authorities issue warning after 6 attacks in a week, most against city’s unhoused

A coyote walks through Coronation Park in Toronto on Wednesday, November 3, 2021. Prince George Conservation and RCMP officers are “actively investigating” after six coyote attacks within a week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Evan Buhler
The cottonwood trees that were poisoned at Goodman dog beach and park in Osoyoos have been cut down. (John Rawkins Facebook)

Who poisoned 7 trees at an Osoyoos park remains a mystery

Mature cottonwoods at Goodman Park were cut down recently after being poisoned

The cottonwood trees that were poisoned at Goodman dog beach and park in Osoyoos have been cut down. (John Rawkins Facebook)
The Okanagan Indian Band Fire Department attended a trailer fire Sept. 23 where two bodies were discovered inside. (File photo)

2 bodies found in B.C. trailer fire

No criminality suspected in Westside Road blaze

The Okanagan Indian Band Fire Department attended a trailer fire Sept. 23 where two bodies were discovered inside. (File photo)
Ernest and Nancy Ledwehr were killed in a collision in California in June 2021. Ernest’s family has launched a wrongful-death lawsuit in which an Abbotsford trucking company has been named.

B.C. trucking firm named in $10M lawsuit tied to crash that killed US couple

Husband and wife killed in 2021 California collision involving impaired commercial truck driver

Ernest and Nancy Ledwehr were killed in a collision in California in June 2021. Ernest’s family has launched a wrongful-death lawsuit in which an Abbotsford trucking company has been named.
Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon acknowledged not all municipalities won’t be happy with new legislation increasing density on single-residental lots, but added that the time for talking on building more housing is over. (Justin Samanski-Langille/News Staff)

Legislation increasing housing density coming next week: BC housing minister

Ravi Kahlon acknowledged some municipalities won’t be happy, but says time for talking over

Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon acknowledged not all municipalities won’t be happy with new legislation increasing density on single-residental lots, but added that the time for talking on building more housing is over. (Justin Samanski-Langille/News Staff)
B.C. has become the second province to mark Orange Shirt Day (Sept.30), also known as National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, as a provincial statutory holiday. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu)

B.C. marks 10th anniversary of Orange Shirt Day with new statutory holiday

British Columbians asked to mark holiday by learning about legacy of residential school system

B.C. has become the second province to mark Orange Shirt Day (Sept.30), also known as National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, as a provincial statutory holiday. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu)
Fraser Health held a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Gurdwara Dukh Nivaran Sahib in Surrey on May 7, 2021. A 2023 report notes that half of British Columbians are tired of having to get vaccinated. (Lauren Collins)

Vaccine fatigue: 55% of British Columbians plan to get a COVID shot this fall

Half of British Columbians say they’re tired of having to get vaccinated

Fraser Health held a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Gurdwara Dukh Nivaran Sahib in Surrey on May 7, 2021. A 2023 report notes that half of British Columbians are tired of having to get vaccinated. (Lauren Collins)
Organizer Richard Hagensen led the protesters in a song at the protest. Photo by Marc Kitteringham/Campbell River Mirror

B.C.-wide call made for protection of old-growth forests

Protesters target MLAs as province has yet to implement review panel’s 14 calls to action

Organizer Richard Hagensen led the protesters in a song at the protest. Photo by Marc Kitteringham/Campbell River Mirror
Elder Chuck Henry at the Indigenous Perspectives Society in Langford. (Arnold Lim/Black Press Media)

VIDEO: B.C. residential school survivor aims to break the cycle

Chuck Henry hopes the next generation will have a better life than he has had

Elder Chuck Henry at the Indigenous Perspectives Society in Langford. (Arnold Lim/Black Press Media)
BC Ferries’ Spirit of Vancouver will be out of service during Thanksgiving weekend due to repairs. (Photo by Theresa Bodger)
BC Ferries’ Spirit of Vancouver will be out of service during Thanksgiving weekend due to repairs (Photo by Theresa Bodger)

B.C. Ferries cancels sailings heading into busy Thanksgiving weekend

Travellers to consider walking on Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay route

BC Ferries’ Spirit of Vancouver will be out of service during Thanksgiving weekend due to repairs. (Photo by Theresa Bodger)
BC Ferries’ Spirit of Vancouver will be out of service during Thanksgiving weekend due to repairs (Photo by Theresa Bodger)