Podunk below the Masthead for June

A daily look at the BIG TYPE headline of the Podunkian Daily News. We'll list that day's BIG STORY, the one the Daily puts out in the big type just below it's masthead, for all Podunkians to ponder. There will be a link to this feature on the right hand side of the blog. Unfortunately there will be no link to the stories, as . Now you just end up at a dead end, asking you to go purchase your paper for (as Paul Harvey would say) the rest of the story.


JUNE 30 PAC TO BE NAMED AFTER PETER AND MARY LESTER--The former mayor and his wife are to be honoured for their contributions to Prince Rupert with a renaming of the Performing Arts Centre as the Lester Centre of the Arts. (see story here)

JUNE 29 FEDERAL COURT DATE SET FOR FAIRVIEW DISPUTE--The ongoing dispute between the First Nations of the area and the Federal Government over the development of the Container Port will go to court in late August.(see story here).

JUNE 28 NH SCOURING WORLD FOR NURSES--Serious staffing concerns continue to dog Prince Rupert Regional Hospital, the Daily News had all the deatils. (see story here)

JUNE 27 NEW MOM FORCED TO GO TO TERRACE TO DELIVER--More horror stories from the files of Northern Health, as a local mother tells her tale of having to go to Terrace to have her baby.(see story here)

JUNE 26 FORMER NDP PREMIER LOOKS TO LEAD LIBERALS-- A piece on the visit of Bob Rae to the Northwest, as he visited Prince Rupert to try and drum up support for his Liberal leadership campaign.


JUNE 23 NEW CONSULTANT HELPS MOVE PULP MILL FORWARD-- Bill Belsey gets hired on by Sun Wave after working on the file as a consultant. (see full details)


JUNE 22 ACTION URGED ALONG HIGHWAY OF TEARS-- A review of the findings of the Prince George Symposium and what the report generated from it recommends. (see full details)

JUNE 21 RUSSIAN CITY LIKE RUPERT'S LONG-LOST TWIN--The Daily brings us the saga of Vanino, a city similar in size and circumstances to Prince Rupert. (see story here)

JUNE 2O SKEENA DECLARED A 'NO FISH FARM AREA'-- Fish farms once again become a controversial topic on the North Coast, the Daily News has the story of protests about fish farms in northern waters. (see story here)

JUNE 19 CREDIT UNION MAKING INROADS INTO TERRACE--Members of the Terrace and District Credit Union voted Yes to a merger with Northern Savings Credit Union. The Daily has the full details. (see story here)

JUNE 16 NEW ERA FOR SKEENA MILL SITE STARTS TODAY--Further information on the sale of the land that the Skeena Pulp Mill sits on to Sun Wave Forest Products a Chinese company (see story here)

JUNE 15 CHINESE COMPLETE DEAL TO BUY SKEENA-- The long and winding saga of the Watson Island pulp mill took another twist today, with the announcement that Sun Wave Forest Products had purchased the land which the pulp mill calls home. The Daily had a complete report on today's developments and a bit of a primer on the saga in Thursday's edition. (see story here)

JUNE 14 'GIVE US AN INQUIRY' OPPOSITION DEMANDS--The NDP wants a full public inquiry into the sinking of the Queen of the North, the Daily has a complete report. (see story here)

JUNE 13 BC FERRIES' PAYOUT ATTACKED BY CRITICS--With the BC Ferry Corporation receiving monies from insurance and fuel surcharges as well as reimbursement for runs not made, a few people are asking questions. The Daily has the full details. (see story here)

JUNE 12 PORT LOOKING FORWARD TO CONSTANT CONSTRUCTION-- The stories seem to write themselves at the Daily, as they recount yet another good news day from the Container Port. (see story here)

JUNE 9 JOBS, SPIN-OFFS FLOW FROM NEW PORT WORK-- The Prince Rupert Port Corporation paints a happy story for the local population with their tales of local involvement in the container port project. (see story here)

JUNE 8 WIND FAIRM AIRS ITS VISION FOR MOUNT HAYS-- Katabatic Power revealed some more of the interest in setting up a wind farm on Mount Hays. (see story here)

JUNE 7 FERRY UNION ASKING 'ARE SHIPS SAFE?' -- The growing acrimony between the BC Ferry Corporation and its union bubbled over on Wednesday, as the union raised up the spectre of unsafe ships at seas (see story here)


JUNE 6 HUGE $350 MILLION PROJECT BONANZA FOR RUPERT--Details come out about the latest major project to make news in Prince Rupert, an LNG terminal for Ridley Island expected to be completed by 2011. (see story here)

JUNE 5 FERRY BOSS'S COMMENTS INTIMIDATING, SAYS COONS-- The threat by BC Ferries management to punish those that don't co-operate with an internal investigation doesn't sit well with the North Coast's MLA. (see story here)

JUNE 2 EXPERTS SEEK ANSWERS TO ANCIENT QUESTIONS--A group of American and Canadian scientists are hoping to study the Coast Mountains to determine how continents are formed.

JUNE 1 GREEN PARTY LEADER ATTACKS 'SILENT' NDP-- The war on the left breaks out in B. C., as the leader of the Green Party; Adriane Carr visits Prince Rupert and suggests that the provincial NDP are far too silent, on far too many issue.