The Mayor hints at progress over Watson Island, Joy Thorkelson continues her bid for disaster relief for local fishermen and plant workers and the Civil Liberties Association wants your input into policing when it comes to the city on August 18th, some of the items of interest for Tuesday.
The Northern View
City and Sun Wave in mediation to seek a solution to ongoing Watson Island debate --The City and Sun Wave take the mediation route in a bid to solve their ongoing legal concerns over the status of the Watson Island site (see article here)
The Northern View
Northwest unemployment highest in BC, only region in double digits-- A reprise of the Terrace Standard item from yesterday outlining the background of the double digit unemployment numbers for the Northwest. As we outlined on the blog Monday, the northwest has the highest unemployment rate in the province (see article here)
The Northern View
Civil Liberties group coming to hear feedback on RCMP-- The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association will arrive on August 18th to take in some feedback on issues of policing in the province, the BCCLA will host a session at the Salvation Army, part of the organizations plan to submit their findings prior to the province making a decision on RCMP contract policing (see article here)
The Northern View
Former OIC discusses Afghanistan -- A former officer in charge of the local RCMP detachment recounts his time in Afghanistan, where he was in charge of training or retraining the Afghan National Police (see article here)
The Northern View
MP welcomes twin baby boys -- The weekly delivers the news of the arrival of twin boys for Nathan and Diana Cullen, as we outlined on the blog last weekend, the Cullen's welcomed their new arrivals into the world on August 6th (see article here)
The Northern View
MLA assistants on strike-- Constituency assistants of NDP MLA's have given their notice of a trike vote. As we outlined on the blog on August 2, the assistants have been trying to negotiate a satisfactory contract since their last one expired last year (see article here)
CFTK TV 7 News
Expect Watson Island sale announcement in the "near future" says Prince Rupert Mayor-- With the city and Sun Wave, the former owners of Watson Island still involved with the courts, the Mayor offers up a hint that the situation may soon be resolved and the process of selling the mill moving forward (see article here)(Sahar Nassimdoost provided this interview with the Mayor for CFTK News)
CFTK TV 7 News
Disaster relief for fisherman is only fair is UFAWU Representative --Joy Thorkelson the representative for UFAWU outlines her concerns for her members as they face another troubled fishing year, including her bid to gain disaster relief for commercial fishermen (see article here) (Sahar Nassimdoost provided this report for CFTK News)
CFTK TV 7 News
MP's wife Gives Birth to Twins-- CFTK also handles the birth announcement file on the safe arrival of the twin boys for NDP MP Nathan Cullen and his wife Diana (see article here)
Terrace Standard
Sawmill goes up for sale -- West Fraser makes its final plans to leave the western half of northwestern BC as they put the Skeena sawmills plant in Terrace up for sale along with its three wood licences (see article here)
Terrace Standard
Smelter rebuild project takes a leap forward-- Rio Tinto Alcan provides some background on it's proposed 2.5 billion rebuilding plan for the Alcan works plant in Kitimat (see article here)
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