B.C. is issuing an environmental assessment certificate for the Eskay Creek Mine using, for the first time, a consent-based agreement with the local Tahltan First Nation. The province announced the granting of the certificate in Vancouver on Tuesday, Jan. 27. The mine is located southwest of Bob Quinn Lake off the Cassiar Highway in northwestern […]

Lloyd, affectionately known as Papa, passed away peacefully on January 9th, 2026, surrounded by his family. He leaves behind his devoted wife Sarah Patricia, with whom he shared 65 years of marriage built on love, loyalty and deep companionship. Lloyd is lovingly remembered by his son Steve (Debbie), granddaughters Stephanie (Dan), Ashley (Sam), Ayla (Grant)

The BC Centre for Disease Control issued a provincewide alert for opioids (down) as the number of overdoses in B.C. are rising and the sedative medetomidine is believed to be the cause. “Medetomidine can cause harmful effects and make an overdose worse by: lowering the heart rate, causing, prolonged sedation (not waking up for a

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The Vancouver Goldeneyes have gone from the bottom of the league to tied for fifth after Sunday’s 3-1 win over Seattle. Vancouver faced off against the Seattle Torrent in the PWHL Takeover tour in Denver in front of a crowd of 11,612. Goldeneyes forward Jenn Gardiner opened up the scoring off the faceoff with only