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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.

The Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District Board had its monthly meeting on Friday where Steve Kietzmann, a representative from the accounting firm Carlyle Shepherd & Co, reported on the audit on the districts finances for 2010.

Leading into the election the Prince Rupert Northern View will be sending questions out to the candidates on different topics of interest to the North Coast. This week the question focused on small business development. While all candidates had the opportunity to respond with up to 300 words by press deadline, only the following two candidates provided answers. The question this week is:

After months of organization, planning, gathering information from trustees and various other staff members, a number of consultant and public meetings, the budget for School District 52’s 2011/2012 fiscal year was completed and carried at last Tuesday’s school board meeting.

The new president of the Northwest Community College visited Prince Rupert last Wednesday for her first official visit to the campus as president.

The Lax Kw'alaams and Metlakatla bands announced today a joint venture that will see the creation of Coast Tsimshian Marine Services LP, a joint venture company that comes following an agreement with Island Tug and Barge Ltd. of Vancouver.

A new water conservation plan adopted by the City of Prince Rupert aims to protect water assets, raise awareness, promote water-use efficiency and help reduce overall water usage by 10 percent based by population over the next 20 years.

With the Federal election less than to weeks away, six candidates in the Skeena - Bulkley Valley will be in Prince Rupert tonight for the all-candidates forum beginning at seven p.m. at the Lester Centre.

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union of Canada (ILWU) says it has reached a tentative agreement with the Maritime Employer's Association that could lay to rest any potential strike at Fairview Terminal in Prince Rupert.