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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.

The employment picture continues to improve with a regional jobless rate of 7 per cent in June compared to 8 per cent in May.

BC Ferries is offering refunds for assured-loading passes that have expired.

Prince Rupert's new Coast Guard vessel, the Cape Dauphin, was on display at the Coast Guard station today and those who work with the ship outlined the role it will play in search and rescue on the North Coast.

The City of Prince Rupert will be on the hook to fund the remaining $2.7 million needed to complete the final phase of the Hays Creek Trunk Sewer line replacement.

TWO NORTHWEST businesses are sharing in an $8 million taxpayer-financed payout announced by the provincial government.

Federal NDP leader Jack Layton has announced he is taking an indefinite medical leave from the leadership of the party, after being diagnosed with a second type of cancer.

Five new provincial court judges will help B.C.'s backlogged court system, but the system is still falling behind, says NDP justice critic Leonard Krog.