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Quesnel looking to address harm caused by Mayor's wife denying Residential School history

Quesnel looking to address harm caused by Mayor's wife denying Residential School history

The City of Quesnel is seeking to set up a meeting with the Lhtako Dene Nation, following the discovery that the Mayor's wife, Pat Morton, had been distributing copies of a book which severely downplays the history and harms of residential schools in Canada.
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Old growth forests still being logged for pellets, conservation advocates say

Old growth forests still being logged for pellets, conservation advocates say

Conservation North and the Bulkley Valley Stewardship Coalition say UK-based Drax Group is still sourcing logs from old growth forests in BC.
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Ministry clarifies oil and gas tenure award to Blueberry River First Nations

Ministry clarifies oil and gas tenure award to Blueberry River First Nations

Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation representatives met with directors at the Peace River Regional District to clarify an upcoming petroleum and natural gas tenure award to Blueberry River First Nations. 
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Prince George man jailed for raping unconscious teen

Prince George man jailed for raping unconscious teen

In addition to the one-year jail sentence, Craig Bogh will serve three years of probation and has been registered as a sex offender.
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Fort St. John man sentenced to six years in jail for violent home invasion

Fort St. John man sentenced to six years in jail for violent home invasion

Garrett Allen Cazes, 41, was sentenced to six years in jail on Jan. 8 in Fort St. John Provincial Court for unlawful confinement, aggravated assault, uttering threats, and breaking and entering of a dwelling house for robbery. 
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Lawsuit filed against north-central B.C. school district over alleged sexual assault

Lawsuit filed against north-central B.C. school district over alleged sexual assault

A civil liability claim has been filed in Vancouver on Feb. 26 against School District 91's board of education, alleging they failed to dismiss a teacher for sexually assaulting a student between 1979 or 1980 in Vanderhoof.
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Rio Tinto says it's committed to working with First Nations on Nechako River

Rio Tinto says it's committed to working with First Nations on Nechako River

Rio Tinto says they're committed to working with both the Saik’uz and Stellat’en First Nations following a Feb. 26 BC Supreme Court appeal decision regarding the two groups' aboriginal rights to fish the Nechako River watershed.
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Indigenous man denied return of guns following seizure

Indigenous man denied return of guns following seizure

Charged with uttering threats to kill an animal or bird, Benjamin James Jackson had filed an affidavit that he needs the guns for sustenance hunting
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First Nations' appeal for Nechako River rights partially upheld

First Nations' appeal for Nechako River rights partially upheld

Saik’uz and Stellat’en launched a case against Rio Tinto Alcan and the Province over impaired fishing rights. 
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Northern BC man to serve jail time for child pornography

Northern BC man to serve jail time for child pornography

Tyler George Joseph Harroff, 21, will serve two concurrent eight-month jail sentences for recording and sharing videos on Snapchat of a minor being sexually assaulted.
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