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New billboards for missing and murdered women aim to change narrative of B.C.’s ‘Highway of Tears’

Families of missing and murdered Indigenous women in northern B.C. and an Indigenous social service agency have unveiled four new billboards to honour and remember the women and girls who’ve died or disappeared along a notorious highway that’s been dubbed the Highway of Tears. The route has been called the Highway of Tears because more […]

Northern B.C. getting better highway cell coverage

The province is investing an additional $75 million to expand cell coverage. The province is investing $75 million through the Connecting British Columbia program, administered by Northern Development Initiative Trust, to help fund projects that will expand cellular to at least another 550 kilometres of highway by 2027. The funding builds on a $15-million investment […]

Still missing loved ones top of mind after Madison Scott’s remains recovered in B.C.

Highway 16 in British Columbia is known as the Highway of Tears. It is a route that holds many secrets of people who have gone missing or been found murdered along the stretch of highway between Prince George and Prince Rupert in northern B.C. A recent breakthrough in the 12-year-old missing persons case of Madison […]