Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Podunk Below the Masthead, Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Recaps of the weekend windstorm, City council tenders a contract to Broadwater for sewer infrastructure and the MLA for Skeena seeks disaster relief for hard hit areas of his riding, some of the items of note from Tuesday's news reviews.

The Northern View
Prince Rupert community recovering from weekend wind storm -- After going missing in action during the aftermath of the weekend windstorm, the Northern View returned to posting articles on Tuesday with a review of the weekend's activities (see article here)

The Northern View
Prince Rupert RCMP seeking public's assistance in locating missing person-- The RCMP are requesting the public's assistance if locating Patrick Lyle Boulton, last seen on October 6th (see article here)

The Northern View
Rupert senior drives van into ditch near Burns Lake airport -- Details of an incident in Burns Lake (see article here)

The Northern View
Mayor adds support to minimum wage increase-- The Mayor adds his name to a growing list of municipal leaders seeking an increase in the province's minimum wage (see article here)

The Northern View
Utilities commission approves price drop for natural gas-- A slight price respite is on the way for natural gas consumers in northern BC (see article here)

The Northern View
Northwest accountant raising concerns about changes to tax breaks related to medical travel and lodging-- The cost of travel for medical reasons is set to increase if changes to medical travel and lodging procedures remain in place (see article here)

The Northern View
Rampage and Kings set to face off-- The Prince Rupert Rampage are set for their home opener this coming Saturday night, but not before some off ice paperwork is taken care of, as we outlined on the blog last week, the CIHL issued sanctions to three teams last week including the Rampage (see article here)

The Northern View
Automatic defibrillators add to airport emergency response-- Emergency medical equipment is introduced at the Prince Rupert Airport (see article here)

The Northern View
Northwest Corridor Development directors come to town -- Details of a visit to Prince Rupert of the board of the Northwest Corridor Development Corporation (see article here)

CFTK TV 7 News
Massive Weekend Storm Creates Havoc Across Northwest-- A round up from across the Northwest of the aftermath of this weekends windstorm (see article here) Sahar Nassimdoost had this video report for TV 7

CFTK TV 7 News
Rampage request denied -- The Prince Rupert Rampage will have to pay for their own ice time for a Christmas charity skate, after City Council turned down their request for free ice time at the Civic Centre (see article here)

CFTK TV 7 News
Prince Rupert Company awarded construction contract-- Broadwater Industries picks up a 1.8 million dollar city contract for sewer line infrastructure (see article here)

CFTK TV 7 News
Enbridge debate returns to Terrace council-- The Enbridge debate made for lively discussion at Terrace city council (see article here)

CFTK TV 7 News
CIHL recap-- A look at the quick start to the CIHL season for the Terrace River Kings (see video report here)

Terrace Standard
MLA appeals to government for disaster relief --Skeena MLA Robin Austin has been quick to call on the provincial government to offer disaster relief to the most hard hit areas of this weekend's windstorm (see article here)

Terrace Standard
Power remains out in some places -- Power outages continued to cause problems for BC Hydro crews on Tuesday (see article here)

Terrace Standard
Tahltan celebrate 100th anniversary of declaration-- Details of celebrations for Tahltan Nation (see article here)

Terrace Standard
Victim’s family fights parole-- A Northwest family opposes parole for the killer of a family member who is up for parole for the 1998 murder. (see article here)

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