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The refrigeration unit parked outside of Mills Memorial Hospital on Jan. 13, 2021. (Jake Wray/ Terrace Standard)

Business deal gone bad results in ambulances transporting deceased people in Northwest

BC Coroners Service looking for new provider

The refrigeration unit parked outside of Mills Memorial Hospital on Jan. 13, 2021. (Jake Wray/ Terrace Standard)
Don Roberts faces a challenge from former provincial NDP candidate Nicole Halbauer in his bid for re-election as the chief councillor of the Kitsumkalum First Nation. (Black Press file photo)

Five running for top job in Kitsumkalum election

Incumbent Chief Councillor Don Roberts faces challenge from Nicole Halbauer

Don Roberts faces a challenge from former provincial NDP candidate Nicole Halbauer in his bid for re-election as the chief councillor of the Kitsumkalum First Nation. (Black Press file photo)
Terrace Mayor Carol LeClerc, seated on the left, with Bill and Helene McRae at the Oct. 4, 2019 opening of the Kitsumgallum Cemetery lookout. (Brittany Gervais photo)

Wing at new hospital should be named after prominent couple, says Terrace mayor

Bill and Helene McRae were instrumental in promoting health care

Terrace Mayor Carol LeClerc, seated on the left, with Bill and Helene McRae at the Oct. 4, 2019 opening of the Kitsumgallum Cemetery lookout. (Brittany Gervais photo)
A refrigerated trailer sits outside Mills Memorial Hospital on Jan. 8, 2021. (Jake Wray/Terrace Standard)

Refrigeration unit returns to Mills Memorial Hospital

Morgue capacity strained

A refrigerated trailer sits outside Mills Memorial Hospital on Jan. 8, 2021. (Jake Wray/Terrace Standard)
A landslide has blocked the CN rail line from Terrace to Kitimat. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan)

Landslide blocks CN rail line between Terrace and Kitimat

Customers using trucks and other means of transportation

A landslide has blocked the CN rail line from Terrace to Kitimat. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan)
The local snowboarder who went missing Dec. 22 has passed away. (Erin Reimer/Facebook)

Missing snowboarder passes away

Was taken to hospital after being found Dec. 23

The local snowboarder who went missing Dec. 22 has passed away. (Erin Reimer/Facebook)
A photo of the missing snowboarder posted to Facebook by his partner Erin Reimer on the evening of Dec. 22. (Erin Reimer/Facebook)

Snowboarder missing in Shames Mountain area has been found

Man taken to Mills Memorial Hospital

A photo of the missing snowboarder posted to Facebook by his partner Erin Reimer on the evening of Dec. 22. (Erin Reimer/Facebook)
A plan unveiled by Coast Mountain College for its main building at its Terrace campus envisions a new main entrance. (Coast Mountain College illustration)

Renovated main building next on Coast Mountain College’s capital list

Province has committed $9 million to the project

A plan unveiled by Coast Mountain College for its main building at its Terrace campus envisions a new main entrance. (Coast Mountain College illustration)
A vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Louisa Jordan Hospital in Glasgow, Scotland, Tuesday Dec. 8, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-POOL, Jeff J Mitchell

Officials mum on vaccine roll-out locations for the northwest

First two locations to be in the lower mainland

A vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Louisa Jordan Hospital in Glasgow, Scotland, Tuesday Dec. 8, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-POOL, Jeff J Mitchell
Pacific Northern Gas wants to add two compressor stations such as the one here located in Telkwa to increase the flow of natural gas through its line serving the northwest. (Photo courtesy Pacific Northern Gas)

Pacific Northern Gas plans to pump more gas in the northwest

Upgrade project would cost $60 million

Pacific Northern Gas wants to add two compressor stations such as the one here located in Telkwa to increase the flow of natural gas through its line serving the northwest. (Photo courtesy Pacific Northern Gas)
Eva Clayton has been re-elected as president of the Nisga’a Lisims Government. (File photo The Terrace Standard)

Eva Clayton re-elected as Nisga’a Lisims president

Full government slate chosen

Eva Clayton has been re-elected as president of the Nisga’a Lisims Government. (File photo The Terrace Standard)
The plan to build a staircase to the Bench includes a channel to more easily transport bicycles up and down. (Photo courtesy City of Terrace)

Staircase to Bench subject of City grant application

Would connect lower Eby St. to upper Eby St.

The plan to build a staircase to the Bench includes a channel to more easily transport bicycles up and down. (Photo courtesy City of Terrace)
BC Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson made a brief campaign stop at Mills Memorial Hospital in Terrace Oct. 14. From the left is BC Liberal Skeena candidate Ellis Ross, local supporter Briana Greer, Wilkinson and Terrace mayor Carol Leclerc. (Rod Link/Terrace Standard)

BC Liberal leader affirms commitment to a new Mills Memorial Hospital

Andrew Wilkinson makes brief campaign stop in Terrace

BC Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson made a brief campaign stop at Mills Memorial Hospital in Terrace Oct. 14. From the left is BC Liberal Skeena candidate Ellis Ross, local supporter Briana Greer, Wilkinson and Terrace mayor Carol Leclerc. (Rod Link/Terrace Standard)
Helmut Giesbrecht, left, being sworn in as transportation minister in Feb. 2001. With him is deputy premier Joy MacPhail and Lieutenant-Governor Garde Gardom. (Government of BC photo)

Former Skeena MLA passes away

Helmut Giesbrecht represented the riding from 1991 to 2001

Helmut Giesbrecht, left, being sworn in as transportation minister in Feb. 2001. With him is deputy premier Joy MacPhail and Lieutenant-Governor Garde Gardom. (Government of BC photo)
Provincial health minister Adrian Dix came to Terrace May 21, 2019 to announce the go ahead for a new Mills Memorial Hospital. (File photo)

Financial fallback plan in place for Mills Memorial replacement

That’s in case province rejects first submission

Provincial health minister Adrian Dix came to Terrace May 21, 2019 to announce the go ahead for a new Mills Memorial Hospital. (File photo)
A wide-ranging network of electric vehicle charging stations has been announced for the central and northwestern areas of B.C. (File photo)

Major electric vehicle charging network announced

Stations to cover central interior and the northwest

A wide-ranging network of electric vehicle charging stations has been announced for the central and northwestern areas of B.C. (File photo)
Chief Gisday’wa with the remains of a structure alongside the Morice Forest Service Road burned in an arson fire overnight from Aug. 14 to Aug. 15. Two suspects have now been identified. (Gidimt’en Clan photo)

Morice Forest Service Road arson suspects identified

Structure, material destroyed in fire from the weekend, Gidimt’en Clan calls it a ‘hate crime’

Chief Gisday’wa with the remains of a structure alongside the Morice Forest Service Road burned in an arson fire overnight from Aug. 14 to Aug. 15. Two suspects have now been identified. (Gidimt’en Clan photo)
In this file photo, government leaders hold up copies of the Nisga’a Final Agreement which officially came into effect on May 11, 2000. From the left, B.C. Premier Ujjal Dosanjh, Nisga’a Lisims Government president, Nisga’a leader Joseph Gosnell and Robert Nault, the federal minister of Indian affairs. (File photo, The Terrace Standard)

Former Nisga’a Nation leader passes away

Joseph Gosnell was instrumental in negotiating landmark 2000 self-governing treaty

In this file photo, government leaders hold up copies of the Nisga’a Final Agreement which officially came into effect on May 11, 2000. From the left, B.C. Premier Ujjal Dosanjh, Nisga’a Lisims Government president, Nisga’a leader Joseph Gosnell and Robert Nault, the federal minister of Indian affairs. (File photo, The Terrace Standard)
Brucejack mine fatality identified

Brucejack mine fatality identified

Patrick Critch was from Newfoundland

Brucejack mine fatality identified
Construction of new student housing at Coast Mountain College in Terrace is about to start in July 2020. (File illustration)

College housing construction to start

Project will replace outdated student accommodation

Construction of new student housing at Coast Mountain College in Terrace is about to start in July 2020. (File illustration)