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The northwest could have a national party leader to call its own and, if he has his way, a prime minster, too.

The Haida Nation announced today that the Haida Enterprise Corporation (HaiCo) has purchased a controlling interest in West Coast Resorts, which operates five high-end fishing lodges along the west coast.

BC Ferry Commissioner Gord Macatee was on Haida Gwaii last week for a series of meetings in communities around the island.

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.