Sunday, November 28, 2010

Podunk Below the Masthead, Friday, November 26, 2010

A blockade goes up in Oona River, health care in Prince Rupert celebrates it's 100 and a Terrace businessman hopes that his re-development project attracts new shops for the city, some of the items on interest from our Friday news review.

The Northern View
Kitkatla puts up shipping blockade in Oona River -- A dispute  between the Kitikatla Nation and the Provincial government regarding logging issues in its territory has resulted in a blockade of the Oona River barge ramp (see article here)

CFTK TV 7 News
Hospital 100th -- The celebrations of 100 years of patient care in Prince Rupert is reviewed as Sahar Nassimdoost looks back at the history of the Prince Rupert Hospital (view report here)

CFTK TV 7 News
Coroners inquest postponed-- The inquiry into the shooting death of a Hazelton man by the RCMP has been postponed by request of the family (see article here)

CFTK TV 7 News
Burns Lake Residents head to the polls -- A by-election for a position on Burns Lake Council takes place on Saturday (see article here)

CFTK TV 7 News
Skeena Landing -- A Terrace businessman opens up a new enterprise in an old industrial area of Terrace (view report here)

CFTK TV 7 News
CMSD Consultations -- The progress so far of the Coast Mountain School District closure and reconfiguration plans (view report here)

CFTK TV7 News
Health Forum--  A review of a health forum in Smithers that looked at factors in the Northwest for healthy living (view report here)

Terrace Standard
Northwest jobless rate drops -- The jobless rate for the Northwest in October tumbled to below double digits for the first time in two years, listed as 8.7 per cent (see article here)

QCI Observer
GMDC meeting postponed -- A meeting of the Greater Massett Development Corporation is postponed after some members advised that they would be out of town on the November 28th meeting date (see article here)


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