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By this time next week, eight people will arrive in Beijing from the north coast of B.C. as part of a delegation representing Prince Rupert and Port Edward.

Betty Fox, mother of the late Terry Fox, the Canadian hero from Port Coquitlam, is seriously ill, according to a statement posted today on the Terry Fox Foundation website.

Prince Rupert has been without psychiatric service for many years, but Northern Health confirmed on June 2 that work is underway that would see a practicing psychiatrist in the community by the end of the year.

In the early morning hours of June 1, 2011 four youths, two females aged 14 and two males aged 16 were arrested for Break and Enter and Mischief Under $5000 to a vacant office space and construction area connected to a business in the 100 block of 1st Avenue East in Prince Rupert’s downtown core.

Big changes have been afoot since the last time MP Nathan Cullen was in the House of Commons when his party, the NDP, was the smallest party on Parliament Hill, falling behind the Liberals and the Bloc Quebecois.

Without hesitation, City Council unanimously endorsed the Prince Rupert Unemployed Centre Society’s request that the City write a letter of support for the society’s Bingo Licence renewal with the B.C. Gaming Branch.

On Friday, May 28, the final graduating class from Prince Rupert Secondary School received their Dogwood Diplomas during the graduation ceremony. This year was the largest graduating class in a decade, with the number of male students out numbering the females by a significant amount, something that principal Sheila Wells says has been uncommon in the past.

On June 1 the Prince Rupert Port Authority released its draft 2020 Land Use Management Plan, and it is a document that outlines some significant opportunities for growth in the waters around Prince Rupert.

A heated debate erupted at the monthly meeting of the Skeena – Queen Charlotte Regional District last Friday over whether or not the regional district was wasting time and money by trying to be involved in the Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area (PNCIMA) initiative.