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The Village of Telkwa Council questions the longevity and cost of a proposed 5G cell tower on the Telkwa Barbecue Fairgrounds, And the Northern BC Human Trafficking Coalition is on CICK News to talk about how rural communities need to work together to end human trafficking.

Genevieve Paterson and Sam Raven are both vying to be re-elected on Smithers Council. Today we talk with both of them about what their priorities will be if elected for a second term in Smithers.

Terry Fulljames is running for mayor of the City of Terrace against incumbent Sean Bujtas. And Tyee Provincial Park overnight camping has been cancelled for the rest of the season due to an uptick in bear activity.

John Buikema has been on Smithers council for eight years and as we approach the October municipal election in B.C. he is preparing to step up and run for mayor, following the departure of current mayor Gladys Atrill.

The town of Smithers hired Christina Benty to host a pre-election workshop in council chambers last night. Tonight is Telkwa's workshop from 530-830PM at the Telkwa Community Hall at 13890 Birch Street.

Dze'L Kant Friendship Centre and Cub House childcare facilities opened on August 19th in Houston, and pre-election workshops are coming to Smithers and Telkwa on August 24th and 25th.

On Saturday night a wildfire was reported only 55 km from Prince Rupert along Highway 16. Videos of Social Media show a fire close to the rail-line and spreading up a steep ridge next to the tracks. By Sunday evening the BC Wildfire Service was dispatching crew to attack the fire and as of Aug.

CityWest's third internet outage in 3 months has many businesses in Smithers moving on to Starlink. And Groundbreakers builds a seed cart for the library whilst teaching new carpentry skills to the Bulkley Valley's future farmers!

Municipal elections are just around the corner in B.C. and this week we start our campagin coverage with interviews from potential candidates for mayor in Smithers and Prince Rupert.

Coast Mountain College Hazelton campus closure on June 30th.

The Wet'suwet'en Nation celebrated the first salmon to return to the territory last week, with a ceremony and salmon barbecue in Witset. We asked folks who attended the celebration about why salmon means so much to them.

After years of planning, the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 63 in Smithers unveiled a new veterans crosswalk on Main Street and First Ave. to honour those that made the ultimate sacrifice for the freedoms we all hold dear.

July marks the halfway point of summer in the North, and although that might be a sad realisation, it also marks Toadfest the annual migration of Western Toads at Ross Lake Provincial Park. Thousands of tadpoles have now descended on the beaches of Ross Lake and

Mixed Martial Arts has gained extreme popularity over the past decade and in Northwest, B.C. almost every major community has a dojo geared towards Brazilian Jiujitsu, a discipline that is a mix between wrestling and grappling techniques.

Multi-instrumentalists and producers Maddie Jay and Josh Shpak are in Smithers from Los Angeles to teach young people from age 9 to 17 how to jam on the synthesizer for Telkwa Elementary's upcoming Synth Club!

Midsummer Music Festival celebrated 43 years this weekend, and naturally CICK was roaming the festival grounds talking with Smithereens about what makes Festival so special still after 43 years.

Canada Day in Smithers was a sensory experience with Touch A Truck.

Boston Pizza has been shuttered for nearly three years and after a two-year odyssey to completely rebuild the restaurant from the ground up, the business community celebrated the reopening with a ribbon cutting lasty week. Just in time for the FIFA World Cup.

BC's Attorney General Niki Sharma was in Smithers on Tuesday morning to discuss 5 years of virtual bail and a new program roll out for chronic property offenders.  GLadys Atrill talks about not seeking re-election in the fall's upcoming municipal elections.

The Smithers Library is inching closer to moving into a new space as prepa

In the wake of intense flaring from the LNG Canada facility in Kitimat, residents have approached the District of Kitimat council about writing a letter of support cal

Thursday June 11 - Jim Pojar - new book + Paul Choi, Chair of the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services in British Columbia

Prince Rupert is experiencing one of the largest improvement projects in the city’s history, with dozens of kilometres of water pipes being replaced as well as several

As BC Housing continues to move forward with a planned supportive housing unit on Alfred Ave. to open in 2028, a temporary shelter is being considered for the same location as this past winter as an interim measure in Smithers.

Micro plastics have been identified on the north coast, today we check-in with Colin Masson a Board Member with the North Coast Ecology Centre Society about how the mi

As Kitselas First Nation nears Federal and Provincial recognition of their Treaty, neighbouring nations are not happy with how the process has unfolded.

Buck Creek Hatchery is helping to increase the population of salmon in the Bulkley and Skeena Rivers each year by raising and releasing thousands of young salmon into the river system.

The BC Nurses Union has been trying to negotiate a better deal with the Health Employers Association of BC in recent months without success.

On May 5th, the District of Houston Council met to discuss important financial matters and proposed bylaws.

Hadestown Teen edition almost didn't happen this year - hear from Lucia and Fiona, two integral students to this year's production. Terrace will have a new detox centre in the coming years, listen to Terrace Mayor Sean Buitaj and Minister of Health for BC, Josie Osborne.

The Northwest Fire Centre is already attending to wildfire in the region and gearing up for what could be a very hot and dry fire season.

As the temperature climbs and crews across the province prepare for another fire season, we look at what climate and weather patterns have brought us to this point and what we can expect in the coming months as we move out of the latest La Nina trend and move into the prevailing El Nino that coul

Fire crews from Smithers and Telkwa responded to a significant blaze at Inland Truck and Equipment early this morning, with details on the impact on employees and the ongoing investigation into the cause.

Earth Day celebrations are starting to ramp up across the world as we mark the 56th Earth Day in 2026.

Today on CICK News, I speak with Northern Health's public health officer, Dr. Raquel Kling about the last 10 years of the toxic drug crisis. I visited Coast Mountain Colleg's Smithers Campus to meet the next generation of nail techs and learn more about the ins and outs of the trade.

Alex Cuba recently made history at the 2026 Junos after he received the inaugural Juno Award for Latin Music Recording of the Year for his album Indole.

What Matters In Our Valley Fundraiser at the Smithers Legion on Saturday, April 4th raised over $1000, and filmmakers Jasmine Thomas and Lyana Patrick are speaking about "Nechako: It Will Be A Big River Again", a documentary about the Stella'ten and Saik'uz First Nations fight for sovereignty and

Hudson Bay Mountain just hosted the 40th annual Schussboomer, one the longest running recreational downhill ski races in Canada.

Dr Kira Hoffman was named one of National Geographics 33 Honourees for her work in fire ecology and cultural burning.

Adam Kingsmill is a two-time Paralympic silver medallist and a 2024 Para-hockey world champion and has played dozens of games representing the red and white. However, his humble beginnings started in Smithers, B.C., playing pond hockey in the backyard.

Today on CICK News I'm speaking to Genevieve Paterson, Sharon Gregson (the $10/day childcare fee advocate for the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC), and ECE and Smart Start programmer, Sherlana Schrader.

The forestry industry has been hit hard in the past few years and a recently formed advocacy group hopes to build more support at all levels of government.