Local governments and First Nations in 28 communities have been approved to receive their share of more than $1 million in provincial emergency preparedness funding to support evacuation route planning.

Drivers can now cross the Kispiox Bridge as construction crews have completed repairs.

Drivers are advised the weight restrictions for the Kispiox Bridge have been raised from eight tonnes to 30 tonnes.

Crews will begin work on permanent repairs to the Kispiox Bridge this afternoon.

Crews will begin work on permanent repairs to the Kispiox Bridge this afternoon.

Drivers are advised that the Kispiox Bridge opened to passenger vehicles, or ones less than 8 tonnes in weight, last night at approximately 8 p.m.

Drivers are advised that the Kispiox Bridge, approximately 15 kilometres north of Hazelton, is closed.

David Eby, Attorney General, has released the following statement to recognize Access to Justice Week, Jan. 24 to Jan. 30, 2021:

Thousands more people in rural and Indigenous communities are benefiting from improved high-speed internet thanks to provincial investments in connectivity infrastructure projects.