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On April 18, 2011 at 10:00 p.m. the Prince Rupert RCMP received a call from a resident in Metlakatla stating relatives, an adult male and his nine-year-old son, went for a walk around 12:00 p.m. to a lake that is approximately 20 minutes from the village and still had not returned.

There will be plenty of Easter fun this weekend for people of all ages to enjoy in Prince Rupert, kicking off with the Prince Rupert Rotary Club's annual Community Easter Egg Hunt at Rotary Waterfront Park.

With the country’s focus being drawn to politics and elections, many Canadians are finding themselves in a difficult situation: they want to vote, but because they might be out of town on election day or they’ll simply not be able to make it to the polls so they won’t be able to vote.

Masset mayor Barry Pages accepts a plaque from regional district vice-chair and Prince Rupert mayor Jack Mussallem in recognition of the community’s 50th birthday of incorporation.

Around 70 voters, plus a teenager and two children, attended the all-candidates forum hosted by the Prince Rupert District Chamber of Commerce at the Lester Centre of the Arts on April 19.

On April 13 the Provincial Government and the Haida Nation announced the five-member council that will execute the shared land-use decision making outlined in the Kunst’aa guu - Kunst’aayah Reconciliation Protocol passed last June.

Since the Federal Government gave approval for Ridley Terminals in Prince Rupert to borrow from capital markets it’s been full-steam ahead on the planned doubling of capacity, according to company chair Bud Smith.

As the time for French Immersion students to relocate from Westview to Roosevelt draws nearer, the Canadian Parents for French brought up some concerns they have with staffing at Roosevelt via a letter to the board of the Prince Rupert School Board that trustees discussed at last Tuesday’s school board meeting.