Community

The Prince Rupert Indo-Canadian Sikh Association presents a cheque for $2,000 to the Red Cross. The money comes entirely from donations from members. In photo: Kouwenhoven and Josie Mackay from the Red Cross; association president, Mohinder Nanan; treasurer Gurvinder Randhawa, and Gurmail Sidhu.

The Prince Rupert Sikh Missionary Society donated $1,000 to School District 52

Grad Fashion Shows have become known over the last 50 years as a hilarious and extremely entertaining way for graduating students to raise money for their prom celebrations.

Craig Smith and Nancy and Odd Eidsvick of Eidsvick and Associates present Scott Farwell with the inaugural Walter Smith Memorial Paul Harris Fellow for his work in promoting tourism in the city. The $1,000 donation to the Rotary Foundation is made in honour of the late Walter Smith, a tourism pioneer, community ambassador, Freedom of the City and Rotarian.

Rob Eby of the Prince Rupert Rotary Club presents a cheque for $3,500 to a member of Captain Cook’s Sea Cadets to support the group in their travel to Europe to visit historic military sites and pay respect to Canadians who fell in combat.

The Kaien Anti-Poverty Society hosting an open house April 3 from one to three p.m. at 567 McKay St. to seek input from the community.

Over 1000 young aboriginal people from as far away as Nova Scotia have arrived in Prince Rupert to attend, Gathering Our Voices 2011, an aboriginal youth conference held by the B.C. association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres.

Sometimes issues are brought to government by some of its tiny, yet mighty citizens. Last Sunday 7-year-old Jordyn Carter noticed garbage in and around Hays Creek close to the Civic Centre and decided she had to do something.

North Coast MLA Gary Coons (second from right) joined students from Conrad Elementary in donning pink on February 23 to send a message that bullying needs to stop. Pink was a common colour around the community on Wednesday, which was designated as Stop Bullying Day.

Students at Northwest Community College held a student debt soup kitchen on Wednesday last week as part of a protest against government inaction on reducing the student debt load, increasing tuition fees and, to a lesser extent, the recent cuts to student aid programs in the new 2011 provincial budget that was announced the day before.