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More details are now known on the April 19 all-candidates forum at the Lester Centre.

On April 7 the Lax Kw’alaams First Nation filed a court document with its response to the claims made by Kitkatla in the case involving Kitkatla, the City of Prince Rupert and the band over the sale of Watson Island.

City Council has given Mayor Jack Mussallem the green light to sign a memorandum of understanding between the City of Prince Rupert and the Prince Rupert Port Authority related to improving cruise ship passenger experience in Prince Rupert.

Last week the Prince Rupert Northern View was informed that two other candidates had entered the May 2 election in the Skeena - Bulkley Valley riding competing with Rod Taylor of the Christian Heritage Party, Clay Harmon of the Conservatives, Roger Benham of the Green Party, Kyle Warwick of the Liberal Party and Nathan Cullen of the New Democratic Party.

Leading into the election the Prince Rupert Northern View will be sending questions out to the candidates on different topics of interest to the North Coast from different stakeholder groups.

Representatives from Enbridge were in Prince Rupert yesterday to provide an update on the proposed Northern Gateway Project at Monday’s regular city council meeting.

On April 6, 2011, the Prince Rupert RCMP responded to a report of fraud complaint.

Air traffic in and out of Prince Rupert could come to a halt as workers at YPR say they are prepared to strike after negotiations with the employer broke down earlier this month, with the employer saying their offer in March was their final offer.