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Following the April 9 accident that took the life of 15-year old Mary Jessica Faith Hartling, which saw the car she was in drive over the edge of the highway near Rainbow Lake east of Prince Rupert when the driver allegedly fell asleep behind the wheel, the Ministry of Transportation says it will look into placing protective barricades along that stretch of road.

The first ship of the next cruise season is scheduled to arrive in Prince Rupert on May 13 and the port authority is preparing a much more engaging and fun experience for passengers when they get here.

On April 4 West Fraser Announced that it would be selling its Skeena Sawmill assets to ROC Holdings Ltd., a subsidiary of a Chinese conglomerate.

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.

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

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.

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.