Prince Rupert News

A stunning list of economic development projects worth more than $60-billion are on the books in northwestern British Columbia, a region that covers about one-third of the province.

Helijet International has inked a deal to provide turbojet air service between Vancouver International Airport and Port Hardy and Prince Rupert, the Richmond-based company announced Thursday.

B.C.'s Environmental Assessment Office is proceeding with impact studies on proposed liquefied natural gas development, including pipelines across the Rocky Mountains and marine terminals in the Kitimat-Prince Rupert area.

By Shaun Thomas - The Northern View Published: May 23, 2013 9:58 AM Updated: May 23, 2013 9:59 AM Fishermen from Prince Rupert and as far away as the Nass Valley claim they are being unfairly targeted by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, claiming the DFO has a hidden agenda of ridding the coast of the commercial fishery.

Prospective Aboriginal entrepreneurs will be better prepared to benefit from economic opportunities in northern B.C. due to a unique community-based program through the University of Victoria that combines education and mentorship.

BG Group Canada acting president Steve Swaffield discusses the Prince Rupert LNG project with the Prince Rupert and District Chamber of Commerce on May 15.

Malaysian energy giant Petronas has begun early engineering work for a massive British Columbia natural gas export project, and is weeks away from applying to send energy offshore and build a pipeline to the West Coast.

Angelina Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer.

Chris Hadfield has returned from his five-month mission aboard the International Space Station During his time in orbit, the Canadian astronaut has been tweeting some incredbile images of the earth.

Karl Lilgert was charged with two counts of criminal negligence causing death after the Queen of the North ferry sank in 2006.

By Shaun Thomas - The Northern View Published: May 13, 2013 11:00 AM Updated: May 13, 2013 12:08 PM According to census information released on May 8 by Statistics Canada, there are 4,745 people among the 12,360 residents who identify themselves as Aboriginal, meaning 38.4 per cent of Prince Rupert's population is Aboriginal.

Skeena Mill in Prince Rupert. The Skeena Cellulose pulp mill on Watson Island in Prince Rupert, once the economic lifeblood of the city, stopped production more than a decade ago, in 2001.

By Martina Perry - The Northern View Published: May 08, 2013 8:00 AM Updated: May 12, 2013 4:11 PM A candlelight ceremony two months after the discovery of 21-year-old Justin Brooks' body in the Prince Rupert Harbour was a bittersweet gathering for his family, who, while mourning the loss, have found support from groups also seeking justice.

By Martina Perry - The Northern View Published: May 11, 2013 5:00 PM Updated: May 11, 2013 5:17 PM Artist Lynn Cociani recently put on her first solo exhibit to highlight Prince Rupert residents that help make the community what it is.

The biggest proponents of bitumen oil - the Alberta Progressive Conservatives, the Harper Conservatives and the oil industry itself - have, in some respects, been the authors of these troubles.

By Shaun Thomas - The Northern View Published: May 09, 2013 8:48 PM Updated: May 09, 2013 8:48 PM After listening to members of the public for two hours the previous night, it was a closed-door session with members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees on Thursday that brought closure to the debate around the City of Prince Rupert's 2013 ... (more)

Atco is setting its sights on the potential for northern hydro projects and new transmission lines to energize natural gas production in booming northwestern Alberta and British Columbia.

Michelle Bryant of Ridley Terminals, left, Judy Levelton of the Relay for Life, Julie Stevens of the Ladies of the Royal Purple, Sheila Seidemann of the Relay for Life and Devin Archibald of Tim Horton's. Archibald, Bryant and Stevens made donations totalling $3,000. By Shaun Thomas - The Northern View Published: May 08, 2013 8:00 AM Updated: May ... (more)

When the Queen of the North set sail on the night of March 21, 2006, captain Colin Henthorne and his crew were set for what should have been a routine voyage down B.C.'s Inside Passage from Prince Rupert to Port Hardy on Vancouver Island.

The BG Group has filed plans for a liquefied natural gas plant at Prince Rupert that would consume the equivalent to all of the province's current production of natural gas and almost all the energy generated by BC Hydro's proposed Site C dam to produce it.