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As he neared the end of the regular routine of his mayor’s report at Monday evening’s city council meeting, Mayor Jack Mussallem made a surprise move, and asked council members to consider taking the bylaw route, rather than a referendum, for a new emergency services building in Prince Rupert.

Masset RCMP have launched a search for a 66 year old male from Courtenay after his partner was rescued in Tian Bay, Haida Gwaii Sunday June 5th.

On May 27, 2011, at 9:54 p.m. the police received a call from the Crest Hotel where an occupant saw one person with a blue and green kayak, overboard in the middle of the Harbor.

Citizens in Prince Rupert will have a number of opportunities to observe the Naden Band of the Maritime Forces Pacific, as well as one of the bands smaller ensembles, the Naden Winds, this week during Seafest weekend.

By this time next week, eight people will arrive in Beijing from the north coast of B.C. as part of a delegation representing Prince Rupert and Port Edward.

Betty Fox, mother of the late Terry Fox, the Canadian hero from Port Coquitlam, is seriously ill, according to a statement posted today on the Terry Fox Foundation website.

Prince Rupert has been without psychiatric service for many years, but Northern Health confirmed on June 2 that work is underway that would see a practicing psychiatrist in the community by the end of the year.

In the early morning hours of June 1, 2011 four youths, two females aged 14 and two males aged 16 were arrested for Break and Enter and Mischief Under $5000 to a vacant office space and construction area connected to a business in the 100 block of 1st Avenue East in Prince Rupert’s downtown core.