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City of Prince Rupert staff will now have the authority to approve up to $100,000 worth of building projects without having to bring those projects before City Council.

American concerns about container shipments through Fairview Terminal reached a new height last week, as Federal Maritime Commission Chair Richard Lidinsky confirmed that congressmen from the west coast had asked him to investigate Prince Rupert to determine if it puts US ports at an unfair disadvantage.

Trying to maintain market share in rapidly evolving gambling business, B.C. Lottery Corporation is looking at expanding its online games and tickets to mobile phones and tablets.

The Hecate Strait Employment Society and the North Pacific Cannery in Port Edward are working together to give aging and -- for a variety of reasons – unemployed Rupertites a chance to develop new skills so that they can become more employable.

The 2010 crime severity numbers from Statistics Canada put Prince Rupert at number nine in the country when it comes to violent crimes and number eight when it comes to non-violent and overall crime severity, and Inspector Bob Killbery of the Prince Rupert RCMP says he wasn't surprised by the figures.

A 10 per cent harmonized sales tax will cost an average B.C. family $255 a year less than returning to the former provincial sales tax, according to a new study.

According to Statistics Canada the number of people in BC receiving EI are down compared to last year, with Prince Rupert and Fort St. John leading the way in year-to-year declines.

The Skeena Queen Charlotte Regional District released financial statements for 2010 at their monthly meeting last Friday, which includes all the money paid to the Mayors and other community leaders that make up the Regional District board.

Local MP Nathan Cullen spoke out on Wednesday about the mini-crisis facing his party in Ottawa now that NDP leader Jack Layton has taken a leave of absence from Parliament to fight a second bout with cancer.

Prince Rupert’s Cruise Ship Task Force showed up en masse Monday evening to give City Council a mid-season update.