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RTI is waiting to hear from the federal government on the status of its sale. The organization just hired its next president and COO.

RTI still for sale by government exiting coal business

With coal-fired electricity on its way out in Canada, RTI awaits word from the federal government as to the status of its future ownership

RTI is waiting to hear from the federal government on the status of its sale. The organization just hired its next president and COO.

Youth in Trades program boosted by ministry

The Prince Rupert School District (SD52) was the recipient of $20,000 from the Ministry of Education in November.

L-R: Metlakatla’s Barb Petzelt, Harold Leighton, Bill Pahl, Wendy Pahl, Yvonne Ryan and Joycelynn Mitchell all worked with genome study lead author Ripan Malhi and other researchers to identify the Coast Tsimshian genome.

First Contact and the Tsimshian genome

A new study reveals first contact fundamentally affected the DNA structure of Coast Tsimshian modern descendants living today

L-R: Metlakatla’s Barb Petzelt, Harold Leighton, Bill Pahl, Wendy Pahl, Yvonne Ryan and Joycelynn Mitchell all worked with genome study lead author Ripan Malhi and other researchers to identify the Coast Tsimshian genome.
Donna Hinde, from The Planning Partnership, outlines the 10 points the team arrived at after four days of consultation with Rupert residents.

New-look Prince Rupert unveiled by The Planning Partnership

Grand ideas and abstract concepts are finally beginning to take shape in the long process to redesign the city of Prince Rupert

Donna Hinde, from The Planning Partnership, outlines the 10 points the team arrived at after four days of consultation with Rupert residents.
Rodney Proskiw is the second candidate to vie for the B.C. Liberal party nomination in the North Coast riding.

STORY AND VIDEO: Proskiw in the running for B.C. Liberal nomination

Rodney Proskiw is throwing his hat in the ring to be the next North Coast MLA as a member of the B.C. Liberal Party

Rodney Proskiw is the second candidate to vie for the B.C. Liberal party nomination in the North Coast riding.
Prince Rupert city council approved a resolution to request funding from the Clean Water and Wastewater Fund on Oct. 24.

Impassioned discussion sheds light on Rupert council’s asking price from Pacific NorthWest LNG

Coun. Thorkelson's motion to not support the project draws heated discussion from council on timing, role of local government on project

Prince Rupert city council approved a resolution to request funding from the Clean Water and Wastewater Fund on Oct. 24.
SD52 students explore a soldier's cairn off the Highway in early November as part of a Remembrance Day learning exercise.

School council briefs: Nov. 8 meeting

Low enrolment, schools go digital, Hartley Bay LESA negotiated, Aboriginal entrepreneurship program, new curriculum adjustment and more

SD52 students explore a soldier's cairn off the Highway in early November as part of a Remembrance Day learning exercise.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, tours the Vancouver Harbour aboard the Canadian Coast Guard ship, Sir Wilfrid Laurier on Nov. 7.

North Coast harbours mixed reaction for feds’ new Oceans Protection Plan

For some, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s visit to Vancouver was a welcome one. For others, what was announced just wasn't enough

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, tours the Vancouver Harbour aboard the Canadian Coast Guard ship, Sir Wilfrid Laurier on Nov. 7.
Two cars caught fire on Nov. 11 on Highway 16 in between Prince Rupert and Terrace. RCMP have not commented on the incident.

Cars go up in flames on Highway 16

A Nov. 11 accident on Highway 16 caused two vehicles to catch fire between Prince Rupert and Terrace

Two cars caught fire on Nov. 11 on Highway 16 in between Prince Rupert and Terrace. RCMP have not commented on the incident.
Ridley Terminals' coal facility

Coal rises, but other terminals experience September decline

It wasn’t a banner month at the Port of Prince Rupert during September, with four out of five terminals posting cargo handling decreases

Ridley Terminals' coal facility
Cullen quizzes minds of Trump supporters during campaign

Cullen quizzes minds of Trump supporters during campaign

Nathan Cullen woke up in Cleveland on Nov. 9 with a collection of stunned Americans, but Americans ready for change.

Cullen quizzes minds of Trump supporters during campaign
The Kitimat Ice Demons’ Craig Baker, left, and the Prince Rupert Rampage’s Mike Coolin, right, race each other for the puck during second-period action in Kitimat this past Saturday. The Rampage took the game 7-4 to improve to 4-2 on the year.

Rampage demolish Ice Demons

The Prince Rupert Rampage took the game 7-4 against the Kitimat Ice Demons.

The Kitimat Ice Demons’ Craig Baker, left, and the Prince Rupert Rampage’s Mike Coolin, right, race each other for the puck during second-period action in Kitimat this past Saturday. The Rampage took the game 7-4 to improve to 4-2 on the year.
Herb Pond has thrown his hat in the ring to be nominated as the B.C. Liberal Party candidate for the North Coast riding in the upcoming 2017 provincial election.

STORY AND VIDEO: Pond seeks North Coast B.C. Liberal nomination

Former Prince Rupert mayor throws his hat in the ring for legislative office

Herb Pond has thrown his hat in the ring to be nominated as the B.C. Liberal Party candidate for the North Coast riding in the upcoming 2017 provincial election.
Spill response team members try to clean up the diesel fuel that leaked into waters off of Bella Bella in October. Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen and North Coast MLA Jennifer Rice said equipment, training and infrastructure are needed for the central coast.

Cullen, Rice slam spill response

Representatives say equipment, training and proper response is sorely lacking in B.C.’s central coast

Spill response team members try to clean up the diesel fuel that leaked into waters off of Bella Bella in October. Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen and North Coast MLA Jennifer Rice said equipment, training and infrastructure are needed for the central coast.
Representatives from the Province of B.C. discuss items with Southeast Asian economic leaders in the leadup to a new trade and investment office being opened by the province in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.

B.C. trade office scheduled to be opened in Malaysia

The Province of B.C will be able to closely monitor how, if or when the investors behind the PNW LNG project will make their FID

Representatives from the Province of B.C. discuss items with Southeast Asian economic leaders in the leadup to a new trade and investment office being opened by the province in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
A mockup of a Mark IV bomb.

Department of National Defence to search for lost bomb off Banks Island

Reports of part of a newly-discovered Mark IV bomb, once lost by a U.S. aircraft, has prompted the navy to depart to waters near Rupert

A mockup of a Mark IV bomb.
PNW LNG's Derek Beker presented to three councils and districts last week.

Regional district awaits PNW’s TERMPOL results

NCRD waits for critical evaluation of emergency preparedness on the water related to PNW LNG

PNW LNG's Derek Beker presented to three councils and districts last week.
Prince Rupert city council approved a resolution to request funding from the Clean Water and Wastewater Fund on Oct. 24.

Ecotrust presents tech-savvy update to council; more from Oct. 24 meeting

Ecotrust update, PNW LNG presentation, enhancement grants, water funding application

Prince Rupert city council approved a resolution to request funding from the Clean Water and Wastewater Fund on Oct. 24.

NCRD re-alignment to be explored

The North Coast Regional District board of directors are feeling a little bit like a group of Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeers

NCRD to review costs of re-branding

The North Coast Regional District has successfully changed its name, but it will come with a price tag