Community

Bill Jackson of Prince Rupert had an unexpected visitor this summer when the former Ministry of Forests boat, Poplar III, showed up in the harbour.

Kaiya, Akemi and Hailey of Prince Rupert spend a sunny Friday afternoon the classic way, running their own lemonade stand for 25 cents a cup.

The Prince Rupert Garden Club held their annual City Garden Tour and Tea last weekend, when gardening fans had an opportunity to visit six different locations around the community to see a beautiful arrangement of different flowers and plants.

Shecana International Schools is calling out to families who are interested in taking in an international exchange student this August.

Since the end of 1910, when the first citadel was opened in Prince Rupert, the local Salvation Army church group has been dedicated to not only their beliefs, but also helping others who are in need.

Teenaged volunteers from a church youth group came to visit the Bethel First Baptist Church in town, all the way from Brownfield Alberta, a small town with a population of only 150 people.

This picture was sent in of the trash around the Annunciation School Playground, and just out of frame is a garbage can. The reader sent it in to create “public awareness over our community’s trash problem”.

Over the last few months in Prince Rupert it’s been common to hear a dove that’s cooing early in the mornings or at dusk.

Prince Rupert Regional Hospital ER/ICU Clinic Coordinator Chris Gordon shows a young ‘patient’ what kinds of tests might be done in an Emergency Room during a recent “Teddy Bear Clinic”.

Each year the Health Employers Association of BC (or HEABC) acknowledges the best in British Columbia’s publicly funded health care community with the Excellence in BC Health Care Awards.