Two school districts in the region will receive a combined $40,000 in funding for the Youth Work in Trades program to boost trades training for young people.

 Students, teachers and staff at Conrad Elementary school in the Prince Rupert school district will benefit from $376,575 in provincial School Enhancement Program funding.

Families in the Prince Rupert school district will benefit from improved transportation services thanks to $117,597 in funding under the new provincial Student Transportation Fund.

Paving the Tuck Inlet Road, which provides access to the community of Lax Kw'alaams near Prince Rupert, has begun.

The project to improve safety and pave Tuck Inlet Road, which provides access to the community of Lax Kw'alaams near Prince Rupert, has gone to tender.

Melanie Hann, a social worker for the Ministry of Children and Family Development, felt like a fish out of water when she first moved to Prince Rupert from her quaint hometown in southern Newfoundland, but it wasn’t because of the landscape.

The public is invited to attend a drop-in information session on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016, to discuss plans to pave Tuck Inlet Road, which provides access to the community of Lax Kw'alaams near Prince Rupert.

First Nations business professionals are learning how to tap into liquefied natural gas (LNG) opportunities in British Columbia at a national Aboriginal business conference.

The Province will fund a $500,000 scientific study to help inform future decisions on industrial development within the Prince Rupert airshed while examining any potential environmental and health impacts.