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The demolition of two homes in Prince Rupert was on the agenda at the September 6 city council meeting, and while one was given a reprieve the other will be demolished.

At its September 6 meeting, City Council voted to allow vinyl siding to be put on buildings in the downtown core, but it wasn’t without concerns from the community.

BC Hydro has now signed the largest contract connected to its Northwest Transmission Line.

Kwinageese River salmon are once more making their way to their spawning grounds after biologists and engineers crafted a plan to help them clear a waterfall that had been blocking their passage.

Below are photos from around Prince Rupert and Highway 16 leading into town as a result of the heavy rains over the past two days.

Prince Rupert's waterfront could soon be home to a large wood pellet export facility as a representative from the Pinnacle Renewable Energy Group and CMC Engineering and Management outlined their plans for the project to council on September 6.

Feds show little flexibility on policing contract: Fassbender

According to the managers of two of Prince Rupert’s bigger hotels, business was good during the summer of 2011.

Former Fraser Health technology manager James Roy Taylor was charged in 2010 along with an Abbotsford doctor and a former senior official in the B.C. health ministry, after police found evidence of improper payments and benefits in health ministry purchasing.

Northern Health will be replacing an aging steam boiler at Prince Rupert Regional Hospital, a move that will result in five positions being re-classified.