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CFNR-FM
CFNR-FM is a Canadian radio station based in Terrace, British Columbia, owned and operated by Northern Native Broadcasting (Terrace). The station operates at 92.1 FM from the station headquarters in Terrace. The programming reflects and is broadcast to over 70 First Nations in Canada, First Nations communities in northern and central British Columbia and has an audience of over 150,000 listeners. Programming of CFNR-FM is distributed to numerous repeater stations in the region. The station describes its music programming as classic rock format. Programming includes cultural events such as the Hobiyee celebrations in Vancouver and Nisga'a territory, National Indigenous Peoples Day, and cultural sports broadcasts such as the annuaAll-Native Tournamentand the Junior all Native Basketball Tournaments. History CFNR received approval on July 20, 1992, Northern Native Broadcasting was granted a licence for an English-language and Native-language station at Terrace. The same year, CFNR r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terrace, British Columbia
Terrace is a city located near the Skeena River in British Columbia, Canada. The community is the regional retail and service hub for the northwestern portion of British Columbia. With a current population of over 12,000 within municipal boundaries, the city services surrounding communities as well bringing the Greater Terrace Area population to over 18,000 residents. The Kitselas and Kitsumkalum people, tribes of the Tsimshian Nation, have lived in the Terrace area for thousands of years. The individual Indigenous communities neighbour the city with Kitselas to the east and Kitsumkalum to the west. Terrace was originally called Littleton, but this name was rejected by postal authorities because of possible confusion with Lyttleton, a town in New Brunswick. The new name is descriptive of the manner in which the land rises from the river. As northwest British Columbia's main services and transportation hub, Terrace is intersected by the Canadian National Railway as well as Highway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Native Broadcasting (Terrace)
Northern Native Broadcasting is a non-profit Indigenous communications company in British Columbia which owns and operates radio stations whose music and primary content is intended to be of interest to Indigenous peoples in Canada. The company founded and owns CFNR-FM in Terrace, British Columbia, and a series of rebroadcasting transmitters, branded as the CFNR Network, that gives the station, which has been on the air since 1992, coverage throughout the British Columbia Interior in northern and central British Columbia, to an audience of over 150,000 listeners in 70 communities. CJNY-FM In 2017, the company was awarded a license for a Class B Native station in Vancouver, CKUR-FM at 106.3 MHz, which was to commence broadcasting in June 2018 and will be heard in Greater Vancouver and the Lower Mainland. The frequency was previously used by the Aboriginal Voices Radio Network until its license was revoked in 2015. According to the station's application to the CRTC, "the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Decker Lake, British Columbia
Decker Lake is a community on the lake of the same name in the Bulkley River drainage of northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is located northwest of the community of Burns Lake along British Columbia provincial highway 16, near the outlet of Decker Creek. Name origin The lake was officially given its name in honour of Stephen Decker, who was a foreman with the Collins Overland Telegraph. See also * Decker (other) *List of communities in British Columbia Communities in the province of British Columbia, Canada can include incorporated municipalities, Indian reserves, unincorporated communities or localities. Unincorporated communities can be further classified as recreational or urban. Indian ... References {{coord, 54, 18, 00, N, 125, 50, 00, W, display=title Designated places in British Columbia Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia Bulkley Valley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good Hope Lake, British Columbia
Good Hope Lake: Is a First Nations community in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, located on Highway 37 not far south 94 km of the Yukon border with the and located east of the semi-abandoned mining town of Cassiar and Jade City, British Columbia. As of the 2006 Census, there are 38 people living in Good Hope Lake, down from 75 in 2001. The Dease River Band Council of the Kaska Dene Nation is located in Good Hope Lake, BC and is a member government of the Kaska Tribal Council The Kaska Dena Council is a tribal council formed of five band governments of the Kaska Dena people in northern British Columbia, Yukon Territory, and Northwest Territories, Canada. Member governments The five member governments are the: * Daylu .... See also * McDames Creek IR No.2 ( Liard First Nation) References * Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia Cassiar Country Kaska Dena {{BritishColumbiaInterior-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kitseguecla, British Columbia
Gitsegukla (also Kitsegeucla or Skeena Crossing) is a Gitxsan community of about 500 at the confluence of the Kitseguecla and Skeena Rivers, approximately 40 km southwest of Hazelton, British Columbia, Canada. The community is on Gitsegukla Indian Reserve No. 1. History The original village was located below the present day graveyard near the Skeena River. The village was destroyed in 1872 when a party of miners on their way to Omineca failed to extinguish their camp fire. The result was a significant confrontation that was only resolved when the Lieutant-Governor travelled on war-ship, HMS Scout, to meet the Gitsegukla chiefs at Metlakatla. They received compensation for their losses. Subsequently the community relocated slightly upriver. Following the building of a church, the village divided along religious lines. Methodists moved to the upriver community of Carnaby, and followers of the Salvation Army to Andimaul, although most later returned to Gitsegukla in the dec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gitanyow, British Columbia
Gitanyow is an Indian reserve community of the Gitxsan people, located on the Kitwanga River 8 km south of Kitwancool Lake, at the confluence of Kitwancool Creek. The community is located on Gitanyow Indian Reserve No. 1. Gitanyow was formerly named Kitwancool as was the Indian Reserve it is located on. The band government changed its name from the Kitwancool Indian Band to the Gitanyow Band in 1991. In 1994 the Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs, the governing body of the band, renamed themselves Sim-Gi-Get'm Gitanyow and asked that localities on the Kitwancool Indian reserve henceforth be identified as Gitanyow. The village of about 400 people is a National Historic Site of Canada. See also * 'Ksan *Kitwanga Fort National Historic Site Gitwangak Battle Hill National Historic Site, formerly Kitwanga Fort National Historic Site, is a National Historic Site of Canada located near the village of Kitwanga in the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine in British Columbia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Ware, British Columbia
Kwadacha, also known as Fort Ware or simple Ware, is an aboriginal community in northern British Columbia, Canada, located in the Rocky Mountain Trench at the confluence of the Finlay, Kwadacha and Fox Rivers, in the Rocky Mountain Trench upstream from the end of the Finlay Reach (north arm) of Williston Lake. The population is about 350. It is in the federal electoral riding of Prince George-Peace River. The community is home to Kwadacha First Nation, a Sekani First Nation but a member of the Kaska Dena tribal council. History The area is part of the traditional territory of the Sekani-speaking people, the Kwadacha, and called ''Tahche'' in their language. In 1927, the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) established an outpost of Fort Grahame, naming it the Whitewater trading post. It was first built in Deserters Canyon farther along Finlay River, but was later relocated near the meeting of Fox, Kwadacha and Finlay Rivers. It became a "full-fledged" post in 1929. The fort introduce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Babine, British Columbia
Fort Babine, British Columbia (Wit'at) is a small native reserve community, located at the northern tip of Babine Lake, approximately 100 km north of Smithers. It is accessible by an all-weather gravel logging road. There are approximately 60 year-round residents. The community comprises five Indian reserves in the area, Babine Indian Reserve No. 16, Babine Indian Reserve No. 6, Casdeded Indian Reserve No. 8, No-Cut Indian Reserve No. 5, and Alphonse Tommy Indian Reserve No. 7. Rainbow Alley Provincial Park is located just north of Fort Babine, between the north end of Babine Lake and the south end of Nilkitkwa Lake. Traditional name Fort Babine's traditional Babine name is "Wit'at," which is an abbreviated form of "Wit'ane Keh," "place of making dry fish." The name "Babine" comes from a French word for "pendulous lips" and refers to the fact that the native female inhabitants first encountered by Europeans had the practice of placing wooden labrets in their lips to enla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doig River, British Columbia , an award for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League
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Doig may refer to: Places *Doig, Alberta, Canada, an unincorporated community *Doig Airport, a remote forest fire suppression airfield in northwestern Alberta, Canada *Doig River, a river in Alberta and northern British Columbia, Canada People *Doig (surname) Other uses *Doig Formation, a stratigraphical unit of middle Triassic age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin *Doig Medal The Doig Medal is the best and fairest award given out to the player considered best and fairest during a season for the Fremantle Football Club in the AFL. It was renamed in 2000 after the legendary Fremantle footballing family, the Doigs, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dog Creek, British Columbia
Dog Creek is an unincorporated ranching settlement, located on the Fraser River, in the Cariboo region of British Columbia, Canada. Located on the northeast side of the Fraser's confluence with Dog Creek, it is opposite Gang Ranch on the west side of the river, which is connected by an old suspension bridge serving local ranch roads. Dog Creek's first post office opened in 1873. The Dog Creek reserves of the Canoe Creek/Dog Creek Indian Band are located east of the settlement. The ranches at Dog Creek, along with the Gang Ranch, mostly hire First Nations cowboys, most of them coming from the Canoe Creek/Dog Creek Band. Dog Creek Station of the Royal Canadian Air Force The Dog Creek Station of the Royal Canadian Air Force opened during World War II as an RCAF supplementary aerodrome. In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed as RCAF Aerodrome - Dog Creek, British Columbia at with a variation of 26 degrees 16' E and elevation of . The aerodrome was listed as "Under constr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dease Lake, British Columbia
Dease Lake is a small community located in the Cassiar Country of the Northern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. It is located a few hours south of the Yukon border on Stewart–Cassiar Highway (Highway 37) at the south end of the lake of the same name. Dease Lake is the last major centre before the Alaska Highway while driving north bound, and also the junction to Telegraph Creek and the Grand Canyon of the Stikine. Dease Lake Indian Reserve No. 9 is located nearby and is under the governance of the Tahltan First Nation band government. The town sits astride a drainage divide separating the basins of the Dease River (to the north) from that of the Tanzilla (to the south), a tributary of the Stikine. As this is a division point between drainage to the Pacific Ocean, via the Stikine, and the Arctic Ocean, via the Liard and Mackenzie Rivers, this is part of the Continental Divide. The town has a school, various stores, a fuel and service station, hotel, and a North ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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