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Fewer than 500 police officers found themselves dealing with a crowd of 155,000 hockey fans and troublemakers much more quickly than they expected, a review of the Stanley Cup riot has found.

MLA Gary Coons and MP Nathan Cullen would like to congratulate Adrian Liu, on being eligible to compete in the 2012 summer Olympics in London.

Premier Christy Clark has ended months of speculation and will stick to the scheduled date of May 2013 for the next B.C. election.

Students from UNBC were on the North Coast last week to assess and document the biodiversity of the Skeena estuary near Port Edward.

Canadian citizens were hit with a wave of shock and sadness after it was announced last week that the leader of Canada’s New Democrats Party, Jack Layton, had passed away due to an undisclosed form of cancer in the early morning of Monday, August 22.

When the new middle school and high school scenario becomes reality in Prince Rupert this September there could be an increase in the number of students using the crosswalk at McBride Street and Ninth Avenue to go to and from school.

Between August 21 and August 22, 2011 the Prince Rupert RCMP had three separate reports of tires being slashed on vehicles and trailers located on Summit Avenue. At this time the police are looking to the public for their assistance in locating a possible suspect. If you have any information regarding this investigation or know someone who may have information to further the investigation you are asked to call the Prince Rupert RCMP at 250-627-0700 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.

A work-to-rule campaign by public school teachers, set to begin on the first day of school, is only one dispute expected in education in the coming year.

A 16-year old player from Prince Rupert has made it to the next level in his hockey career as the Kamloops Blazers announced that they had signed Devin Oakes to a WHL education contract at the conclusion of the team's training camp.

With students across the province returning to school on Tuesday, Minister of Education George Abbott spoke with northern media outlets on August 30 to discuss the year ahead and some of the changes and challenges facing the provincial education system.