Prince Rupert News

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.

First Alexander Mackenzie, who discovered the Fraser on his journey from Peace River to the Pacific coast in 1793, the first European to cross the continent north of Mexico.

Dozens of women have gone missing along the so-called Highway of Tears. Photograph by: Mikael Kjellstrom, Calgary Herald They disappear from small towns and big cities, from native reserves in the north and affluent suburbs in the south.

One couple who wants to raise money for a charity close to their hearts, promote cycling as an environmental friendly way to travel and experience an incredible adventure passed through town on their 25,000 km journey from Alaska to Argentina last week.

The Gold Pan's crime rate sits number two, according to the latest statistics. Comparing municipalities, Quesnel scored second, with a crime rate of 290 and a population of 9,567. Williams Lake took first place with 336 with a population of 11,133. Prince Rupert sits third with 244 and a population of 12,860; while Merritt landed fourth place with ...

Top of the News: The Great Recession has only strengthened China's position as an exporting powerhouse and its economy may be stabilizing, if not recovering, faster than elsewhere.

As a high school student I can remember staring at an historical map of Canada and being struck by the large swath of territory called Rupert's Land.

For the first time ever, working fishermen in British Columbia have successfully refused to pay for commercial quota, something the United Fishermen and Allied Workers' Union calls "a major victory." For the first time ever, working fishermen in British Columbia have successfully refused to pay for commercial quota, something the United Fishermen ...

Former Prince Rupert mayor John Wayne Kuz passed away in Vancouver just before Christmas at the age of 57.