Prince Rupert News

A violent storm in Hecate Strait early Monday forced BC Ferries to turn a Skidegate-bound vessel back and return to Prince Rupert.

A tipped chair and shelved goods strewn across the floor of the gift shop aboard the Northern Adventure after the ship was tossed on the waves of B.C.'s Hecate Strait early Monday.

AN EARTHQUAKE IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN NEAR THE SOUTHERN TIP OF THE QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS THIS MORNING WAS FELT AS FAR AWAY AS PRINCE RUPERT, AND PERHAPS EVEN PRINCE GEORGE, ACCORDNG TO A GOVERNMENT SCIENTIST.

More than 150 workers and community supporters marched through downtown Prince George today protesting the B.C. government's repressive Bill 21.

A northwestern B.C. First Nation has passed a historic law allowing Nisga'a citizens to own their own property, in New Aiyansh, north of Terrace, B.C. After years of consultations with Nisga'a communities in the Nass Valley and in Vancouver, Prince Rupert and Terrace, the Nisga'a have passed Nisga'a Landholding Transition Act.

A strong 6.6 magnitude earthquake occurred early Tuesday Nov. 17, 2009 in the Queen Charlotte Islands region off of B.C.'s central west coast, according to Earthquakes Canada.

BEING AN advocate for seniors requires passion, persistence and patience, says a Vancouver resident long experienced in the field.

BC Ferries is hoping to launch a new route between Tsawwassen and Prince Rupert in 2011 with the M.V. Northern Expedition.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - West Coast port directors and executives from the two Class I western railroads meeting in China cited their region's deep-water ports and extensive ocean and intermodal rail services as reasons why the West Coast is the preferred gateway for U.S. trade with Asia.

Submitted by Billy Hackett on Tue, 11/10/2009 - 06:54. The Coast Guard says it has suspended its search for a Filipino crewman missing from a cargo ship north of Dutch Harbor.

Parents of young women who were either slain or went missing along the remote British Columbia highway from Prince George to Prince Rupert shed a lot of tears during a day-long meeting with police on the status of the investigation, participants said.

Willy and Charles Neal were honoured for their many years of dedicated service to aboriginal children in care at the Annual General Meeting of the Federation of Aboriginal Foster Parents held in Abbotsford and hosted by the Sumas Indian Band, in October during Foster Parents Month.

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business has just completed their annual crunching of the numbers and when it comes to spending public dollars, the City of Prince Rupert is sitting high on the list.

A significant announcement about the murder of women along British Columbia's Highway of Tears will be made Saturday, according to a First Nations leader.

There's some interesting number crunching to be found on the Vancouver Sun's Report Card blog from last week, as the Sun blog's author and Education reporter Janet Steffenhagen goes up and down the Statement of Information Files seeking out information regarding legal fees.

Washington states' election season has arrived, with any number of would be Commissioners, Mayors, Sheriffs and perhaps even dog catchers offering up an opinion on what might make Seattle, Tacoma and other Washington communities better places to live and more competitive for industry.

Listed are Meteorological events that happened on November 2nd: 1743 Benjamin Franklin's "eclipse hurricane" unlocked the key to storm movement.

British Columbians are waiting about the same time for medical surgeries as they did last year, a new study shows.

RCMP are releasing more details on the body discovered at the waterfront in Prince Rupert earlier today.

Brent Jang Montreal - From Tuesday's Globe and Mail Published on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009 12:00AM EDT Last updated on Tuesday, Oct.