Terrace Standard, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The City of Terrace is calling on municipal lobby groups and the province to re-examine Crown Counsel’s priorities after witnessing a severe uptick in criminal activities.
The council unanimously passed a resolution to send to the North Central Local Government Association (NCLGA) for its 2022 annual general meeting and convention.
Continue reading B.C. prosecutors failing public says City of Terrace after repeat offenders back on streetsTerrace Standard, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Terrace business owners say they continue to bear the brunt of the city’s myriad social issues and increasing crime.
Liz Smaha, executive director of the Kermodei Tourism Society is calling on Terrace’s mayor and council to raise these concerns before the Union of BC Municipalities and North Central Local Government Association (NCLGA).
“Our community is in a severe crisis; our business community can not sustain this,” Smaha told the council in a Feb. 23 letter.
Continue reading ‘Our community is in a severe crisis’: Crime impacting businesses in northwest B.C. cityTerrace Standard, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Tracey Davidson never thought that her love for volunteering activities would one day see her leading a volunteering organization.
When she moved to Terrace from North Vancouver in 2011, she joined Volunteer Terrace (VT) as a volunteer community engagement coordinator.
She found herself enjoying volunteer work more and more, and it even helped her through the grieving process when her husband passed away.
Eventually she took up a paid position with the organization and was soon offered the role of interim executive director.
Continue reading Volunteer Terrace executive shares her experience with the restorative justice systemTerrace Standard, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Former Terrace Councillor Jessica McCallum-Miller has filed a human rights complaint against the city, mayor and a council member, nearly a year after resigning from her position citing systemic racism.
Continue reading Human rights complaint filed against City of Terrace, mayor, councillorTerrace Standard, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Families of murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls from northern B.C. will gather in Terrace next month to commemorate the victims lost to Highway 16.
Continue reading Families of MMIWG from northern B.C. to gather in Terrace to commemorate Hwy 16 victims
