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The Burns Lake Husky is being converted to a Four Rivers Co-op gas station. Locals wonder if it will still be lucky when it comes to 50/50 and other lottery ticket sales. (Laura Blackwell photo/lakes District News)

Co-Op has a growth spurt, inluding Burns Lake

This is one of 10 sites Co-Op purchased from Husky in northern BC

The Burns Lake Husky is being converted to a Four Rivers Co-op gas station. Locals wonder if it will still be lucky when it comes to 50/50 and other lottery ticket sales. (Laura Blackwell photo/lakes District News)
Searching for Burns Lake’s Centennial Artist

Search for Burns Lake’s Centennial Artist

The Search for Burns Lake’s Centennial Artist is now underway, and the…

  • Feb 15, 2023
Searching for Burns Lake’s Centennial Artist
Federated Co-ops is once again providing grants to qualifying community groups. (Federaled Co-operatives Ltd. image)

Co-op program has $1 million for community groups

Emphasis on recreation, conservation, food

Federated Co-ops is once again providing grants to qualifying community groups. (Federaled Co-operatives Ltd. image)
School District 91 is falling short with school bus drivers. (File photo/Lakes District News)
School District 91 is falling short with school bus drivers. (File photo/Lakes District News)
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RDBN
Michels Canada fishing derby

Hook on to charity ice fishing derby

Two lakes, one Sunday, lots of community benefits

Michels Canada fishing derby
Corey Hirsch
Corey Hirsch
Advocates took to Highway 16 in Terrace on Valentine’s Day alongside the families of missing and murdered people. (Michael Bramadat-Willcock/Terrace Standard)

Making sure they’re not forgotten

Group walks in solidarity with grieving families

Advocates took to Highway 16 in Terrace on Valentine’s Day alongside the families of missing and murdered people. (Michael Bramadat-Willcock/Terrace Standard)
Doctors of B.C. says there were 136 responses to the 2022 survey. (Black Press media file photo)

Northern doctors pan health authority

Just 30 per cent said physicians and medical leaders trust each other

Doctors of B.C. says there were 136 responses to the 2022 survey. (Black Press media file photo)
Skeena MLA Ellis Ross questions NDP cabinet ministers in the B.C. legislature. (Hansard TV)

MLA says he’ll back any bid by Skeena Sawmills for government assistance

Terrace mill closed Feb. 8 for unknown period of time

Skeena MLA Ellis Ross questions NDP cabinet ministers in the B.C. legislature. (Hansard TV)
A BC Transit handyDART bus. (Contributed photo)

‘It’s not fair’: Long road ahead for B.C. transit improvements

Province unlikely to fund more accessible transit this year: BC Transit

A BC Transit handyDART bus. (Contributed photo)
A BC Transit handyDART bus. (Contributed photo)

‘It’s not fair’: Long road ahead for Terrace transit improvements

Province unlikely to fund more accessible transit this year: BC Transit

A BC Transit handyDART bus. (Contributed photo)
The KSM mining site, located about 65 km north-northwest of Steward, B.C., taken in 2012 (Photo courtesy of Seabridge Gold)

Nisga’a and Tahltan First Nations partner on gold mining project with Seabridge Gold

The partnership is intended to maximize both Nations’ economic benefit and engagement, they say

The KSM mining site, located about 65 km north-northwest of Steward, B.C., taken in 2012 (Photo courtesy of Seabridge Gold)
Nanaimo RCMP are investigating after a person was found dead after possibly being struck by a vehicle along Harewood Mines Road on Friday, Jan. 27. (News Bulletin file photo)
Nanaimo RCMP are investigating after a person was found dead after possibly being struck by a vehicle along Harewood Mines Road on Friday, Jan. 27. (News Bulletin file photo)
UNBC’s nursing program is expanding with a new location in Prince George (Submitted photo)
UNBC’s nursing program is expanding with a new location in Prince George (Submitted photo)
ski race

Teck Northern Cup Race

The Omineca Ski Club held their Teck Northern Cup Race. Approximately 85…

  • Feb 8, 2023
ski race
Cariboo-Chilcotin hockey superstar Carey Price, citing Indigenous rights to hunt, was one of the many Canadian firearms enthusiasts who said the proposed gun ban went too far. (Carey Price social media photo)

Liberals lower their weapons on rifle prohibition

Surprise amendments to Bill C-21 have been retracted

Cariboo-Chilcotin hockey superstar Carey Price, citing Indigenous rights to hunt, was one of the many Canadian firearms enthusiasts who said the proposed gun ban went too far. (Carey Price social media photo)
Lakes Artisan Cooperative rents the space on 586 Highway 16 location from the Village of Burns Lake,. (Ted Douglas photo/Lakes District News)

Village of Burns Lake stirs the room more mill

Three municipal spaces opened up for Expressions Of Interest

Lakes Artisan Cooperative rents the space on 586 Highway 16 location from the Village of Burns Lake,. (Ted Douglas photo/Lakes District News)
This map is an overview of the lands involved in the initial return of Crown land to Lake Babine National control. (courtesy of Lake Babine Nation)

Lake Babine Nation has land parcels returned by Crown

An intial 20,000 hecatares has been transfered, more expected

This map is an overview of the lands involved in the initial return of Crown land to Lake Babine National control. (courtesy of Lake Babine Nation)
The Village of Burns Lake has now started their yearly budget meetings, they will go now until February.
The Village of Burns Lake has now started their yearly budget meetings, they will go now until February.
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