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Each year the members of the All Native Basketball Society board choose individuals that have stood out in the crowd, helping organize, playing and just simply doing everything they can for the week-long tournament.

Northwest provincial Liberal party members joined a province-wide wave of support last weekend to change the way they’re going to vote for their next leader.

Shaun Stevenson, the vice-president of marketing and business development for the Prince Rupert Port Authority, was the speaker at the February 16 Chamber of Commerce luncheon and focused on the cruise industry and how it can be grown and restored in Prince Rupert.

Skeena Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen says CityWest is going to have some explaining to do if they choose to proceed with plans for usage based billing as the government pushes the CRTC to reverse a decision allowing it to be implemented.

Prince Rupert City Council is sending a second letter to protest the decommissioning of the Coast Guard’s 70ft Point Henry and plans to replace it with a 47ft manned lifeboat.

While the number of containers handled by Prince Rupert's Fairview Terminal was down slightly in January 2011 compared to January 2010, other facets of the port of Prince Rupert are already seeing significant growth compared to last year.

On February 15 federal Fisheries Minister Gail Shea made her decision on the allocation of halibut for the coming season known, and it is not one that takes some steps towards addressing concerns from both the sport and commercial fishery.

The Prince Rupert Rampage took to the friendly confines of the Jim Ciccone Civic Centre Arena with a one game lead in the CIHL western conference finals, but it would be the Kitimat Ice Demons that walked out on Sunday with a ticket to the league championship against the Williams Lake Stampeders.