BC North News

• CAPP, Haida Nation Present Final Arguments JRP

  Proponents and opponents of the Northern Gateway Pipeline project faced off again Tuesday, pleading their closing arguments to the joint review panel that will pass down a recommendation on the project. Opponents of the project continued to criticize Enbridge's calculations of environmental risks, their lack of consultation with First Nations ... Read more...

• ENVIRONMENT CANADA WEATHER ALERT Bulkley Valley/Lakes District

  Bulkley Valley and The Lakes - northwest including Smithers, Burns Lake3:41 AM PDT Tuesday 18 June 2013Severe thunderstorm watch for Bulkley Valley and The Lakes - northwest including Smithers issued - southeast including Burns Lake issuedSevere thunderstorms are possible today.This is an alert to the potential ... Read more...

• Enbridge Presents Closing Argument To Joint Review Panel

  Closing arguments began Monday to a federal review panel charged with passing down a recommendation on Enbridge’s controversial Northern Gateway Pipeline project. Enbridge lawyer Richard Neufeld was the first to present the project’s closing argument to the three-person joint review panel, made up of delegates from the National Energy Board and ... Read more...

• Hazelton Area Teen Drowns In Seeley Lake

  A New Hazelton teen has died in a weekend swimming accident on Seeley Lake. The 16-year-old was with two friends, who were reportedly trying to swim across the lake toward an island, about 100 feet from shore, at around 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon.    The other two boys, aged 16 and ... Read more...

• Highway Crash North of Terrace Claims One Life

  One person was killed and two others were seriously injured, in a single-vehicle crash on Highway 113 north of Terrace Saturday. Police say a 28-year-old man died when the Pontiac Sunbird he was driving left the highway at the north end of Lava Lake, at around 2am Saturday. His two ... Read more...