Work clothes? Check. Books? Check. Tools? Check. A place to stay? Check. Students in the Prince Rupert School District are packing their bags and traveling to other B.C. communities for enhanced skills, technical, and trades training opportunities thanks to $5,000 for the school district from the Province’s Skills Training Access Grant.

The B.C. government has distributed $49,475 in compensation for municipal property taxes to the City of Prince Rupert.

A visit by Google Trekker to Prince Rupert and the Inside Passage this summer helped to mark an amazing year for tourism in Northwestern British Columbia.                                           

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.

The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure has committed to re-paving the Prince Rupert Arterial at Second Avenue and McBride from the BC Ferries terminal to McClymont Bridge.

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.

The Prince Rupert airshed can safely accommodate emissions from new industrial development with proper management, according to an independent science-based study released today.