Terrace Standard, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The remote northwest B.C. First Nation community of Iskut has been lobbying the RCMP and the provincial government for more than 20 years now for its own police detachment but with no luck.
Continue reading A First Nation’s 20-year fight to get an RCMP detachmentTerrace Standard, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Last week the BC Green Party asked British Columbians to share their housing stories to learn how the province’s housing crisis is affecting them.
One of the earliest to respond to this call was Adeana Young, the Green Party’s 2021 federal candidate for Skeena-Bulkley Valley riding in northwest B.C.
Young shared her story in three sentences on the BC Green Party’s platform: “I’ve been a renter all my life. It doesn’t count for anything. I’m going to be homeless on Nov. 1.”
Continue reading Haida Gwaii: Former federal Green Party candidate at risk of homelessnessTerrace Standard, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Following two new arrests at the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline site near Houston this week, Skeena BC Liberal MLA Ellis Ross came forward in support of pipeline workers and spoke about protecting them.
“The workers are not at fault here. They are just doing the job they were supposed to do under a contract with the company. They should not be exposed to anything, other than just doing a job that was lawful.”
Continue reading B.C. MLA calls for protection of CGL pipeline workers, slams ‘arrogant’ NDP governmentTerrace Standard, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Two northwest B.C. films shedding light of the issue of the region’s Murdered & Missing Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) are set to be premiered this month.
Continue reading Two films from northwest B.C. shed light on MMIWG issuesTerrace Standard, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Hundreds gathered in a torrential downpour near Terrace’s Millennium Trail to honour the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
The unity walk, organized by Tears to Hope Society, was open to all members of the public and saw people march the length of the trail on Thursday afternoon.
Continue reading Hundreds gather in Terrace for the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
