Opinion

On Saturday and Sunday, I was among the hundreds of people who made their way to the Jim Ciccone Civic Centre Arena to take in some CIHL playoff action as the Rampage faced off against the Kitimat Ice Demons.

Editor: In the years before the sport lodges and sport charter boats, there was enough fish for any person who choose to fish.

I don’t think that the tourism industry has been vocal enough in speaking out about Canada’s marine lifesaving capabilities. Most of Prince Rupert’s tourism industry relies upon marine operations.

The District of Port Edward will have to wait a little while longer to see if they can borrow $2-million to build a new school connected to the community centre and municipal hall.

As you can tell from the story generously provided by The Tumbler Ridge News in last week’s issue of the Prince Rupert Northern View, not everyone is happy with Ridley Terminals signing an agreement to provide a set amount of capacity to a US company.

Editor:

It is often said that tourism is an “industry of industries.” Many different types of businesses and organizations are needed to create a healthy tourism economy. This is true even of businesses that don’t have an obvious tourism role.

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