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10/10/2025

𝐀𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐮𝐛𝐞 - Local Legends: NCSIS - A Crisis in Prince Rupert⁣
𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰 𝘣𝘺 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘊𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘙𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵⁣
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Backbench Media. Dec 6, 2024.⁣

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10/10/2025

"𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬⁣" 🙌
"Good public participation practices can help governments be more accountable and responsive to their communities, and can also improve the public’s perception of governmental performance and the value the public receives from their government. Transparency is a core value of governmental budgeting. Developing a transparent budget process will improve the government’s credibility and trust within the community."

The Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA), founded in 1906, represents public finance officials throughout the United States and Canada.

10/10/2025

𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐄𝐎 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐁.𝐂. 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝟒-𝟓 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧
"(Dawn Farrell) The CEO of Canada’s newly formed Major Projects Office (MPO) says she hopes that it would take between four and five months to issue a decision on a bitumen pipeline to the West Coast."

"Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Farrell’s aspirational timeline was too long"

CBC. Oct 9, 2025.

Read more at the webpage.

10/10/2025

𝐂𝐁𝐓𝐔 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫-𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬⁣
"Canada’s Building Trades Unions has launched a national letter-writing campaign to mobilize its “600,000 members across the country” in relation to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s newly formed Major Projects Office. "

"The organization wants to ensure all projects approved through the office “that involve taxpayer funding include project labour agreements, pay prevailing wages and have mandatory apprenticeship requirements.”

DCN-JOC News Services via ConstructConnect. October 9, 2025

10/10/2025

𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐁.𝐂. 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞
"Sessions in Terrace, Burns Lake co-organized with industry focused on liquified petroleum gas"

"Local fire departments across northern B.C. took part in specialized rail safety training in early October as part of an annual program aimed at improving emergency response for incidents involving flammable materials."

"AltaGas, in partnership with Pembina and CN, hosted the two-day liquified petroleum gas (LPG) emergency response training in Terrace beginning Oct. 1, with additional sessions held in Burns Lake. "

Northern View. Oct 9, 2025.

See the NV website for more about this.

10/10/2025

𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲: 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞⁣
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𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐑𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐋𝐢𝐨𝐧'𝐬 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐊𝐧𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟗, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐⁣
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“When the Lions members announced the final results it was Kristin Marraty (6.99 kilograms) with the Big fish putting 1,200 dollars on the table for her. Second prize went to Raymond Dudaward (6.76 kg), $1,000 Third to Gary Mossini (6.23 kg) $500”⁣
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“Local fishermen and women hit the water at dawn on Tuesday in quest of the Big one, the one that would reel in the Big Cash from the 2022 Blue Knuckle Derby, the thirtieth edition of the annual fishing event.”⁣
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https://northcoastreview.blogspot.com/2022/12/big-winners-and-tales-of-fish-that-were.html⁣
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Local fishermen and women hit the water at dawn on Tuesday in quest of the Big one, the one that would reel in the Big Cash from the 2022 Bl...

10/10/2025

On 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬. 𝐁𝐂 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞. 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟗, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓.⁣
Claire Rattée: “…city council there is being forced to cover even more provincial responsibilities — $8 million a year to strengthen their crisis response services in that vibrant community, despite it being provincial responsibility. My question to the minister: is she okay with the city of Vancouver being forced to pick up her government’s tab?”

Hon. Christine Boyle: “We know these systemic challenges remain and that’s why we are working so hard in partnership with the city council, in partnership with community organizations, in partnership with residents to see results.”

Claire Rattée: “…. Has her mind changed about whether or not these provincial responsibilities should be downloaded onto the municipalities? They are funding the work that your government is supposed to do….To the minister, very simple: Why does this government prioritize paying for consultants instead of funding real solutions?”

Hon. Christine Boyle: “The province has contributed a significant amount to the very solutions that the member opposite speaks to.”

Tony Luck: “This government loves downloading its responsibilities onto local governments, and now they’re trying to download highway patrol. They’re quietly moving to offload Highway 1 patrol duties onto already overstretched police detachments in Abbotsford, Chilliwack and Hope. To the Minister of Municipal Affairs, will she guarantee that highway patrol will remain under provincial jurisdiction? Yes or no? Local mayors are concerned about this issue and have written to this government and are still waiting for solutions to the problem because they’re concerned about the downloading. It’s no wonder municipalities have lost trust in this government. Will the minister stop hiding behind process and finally confirm if highway patrol is staying under provincial jurisdiction? Yes or no?”

Hon Boyle would not confirm on the downloading and states is working on stuff.

To see more than excerpts go to the website.

10/10/2025

𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐁.𝐂. 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝟕 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬⁣
"After nearly two months beneath the surface, HMCS Corner Brook slipped back into it home port of Esquimalt on Oct. 5, capping off its first deployment in seven years."⁣
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"The Victoria-class submarine spent the past several weeks patrolling the Northern Pacific and Arctic approaches as part of Operation Latitude, a mission focused on boosting Canada’s presence in the North and strengthening cooperation with U.S. forces."⁣
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"Canada plans to replace the class with up to 12 new patrol submarines by the mid-2030s through the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project."⁣
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Yukon News. Oct 9, 2025⁣
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Read more about this interesting story at Yukon News. ⁣
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10/10/2025

𝐉𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐱𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥⁣
"Jiangxin Shipyard has launched the first of two 742-TEU all-electric feeder ships for Ningbo Ocean Shipping, marking China’s largest oceangoing battery-powered container vessels to date."

Shipping Matters. Oct 3, 2025

Jiangxin Shipyard has launched the first of two 742-TEU all-electric feeder ships for Ningbo Ocean Shipping, marking China’s largest oceangoing battery-powered container vessels to date. Designed by the Shanghai Ship […]

10/10/2025

𝐊𝐬𝐢 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐋𝐍𝐆 - 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝟐𝟓 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐂 𝐄𝐀𝐎 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬⁣
𝘕𝘪𝘴𝘨𝘢’𝘢 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: Did not participate - “We understand that Nisga’a Nation, represented by the Nisga’a Lisims Government (NLG), co-developed the proposed Project... We understand that Nisga’a Nation chose not to be a participating Indigenous Nation”⁣
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𝘒𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘴 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: Consents ⁣
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𝘎𝘪𝘵𝘨𝘢’𝘢𝘵 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: Consents. Had previously triggered dispute resolution under Section 5 of the Act, which was later withdrawn ⁣
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Oppose / Did Not Consent ⁣
• 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘪𝘥𝘢 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: “chose not to be a participating Indigenous Nation” Have since made no consent press release⁣
• 𝘓𝘢𝘹 𝘒𝘸’𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘥: did not consent⁣
• 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘵𝘭𝘢 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: did not consent⁣
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No Decision⁣
• 𝘎𝘪𝘵𝘹𝘢𝘢ł𝘢 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: “was not able to provide a notice of consent or lack of consent at the time of referral⁣
• 𝘒𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘬𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘮 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: consent not confirmed. “there are ongoing concerns”⁣
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Read the full report to see the reasons, associated projects and more on the BC approval. (according to Sept 25 EAO Reasons for Decisions and recent news)⁣

There has been zero news on this since the oil pipeline talk began 🤔 Eby said he was counting on Nisga'a to make the partnerships.

10/10/2025

𝐏𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐏𝐮𝐬𝐡: 𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬, 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁.𝐂. 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐩𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐭
"..data may challenge the stance of Eby, who has been steadfast that the project is, to this point, a pipe dream, without financial backing and counter to the law prohibiting tankers on the portion of the B.C. coast assumed to represent the terminus. In Eby’s province, support significantly outweighs opposition (56% to 33%)."

Check out more about the Oct 9 poll findings.

Fewer say it should receive a “fast-track”, but support outpaces opposition from coast-to-coast October 9, 2025 – A pipeline-related spat is playing out on social feeds in real time as B.C. Premier David Eby and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith send volleys back and forth about the value and ris...

10/10/2025

𝐑𝐂𝐌𝐏 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐕𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐞
"The RCMP’s North District Major Crime Unit and Houston RCMP are renewing their call for public assistance in the disappearance of Michael Kowalchuk, who has been missing for over a year."

"Kowalchuk was last confirmed seen in Prince Rupert in July 2024. At the time, he was driving a white 2003 Cadillac Escalade. Police now believe that same vehicle was located burned and destroyed on an unassigned road off Highway 118, just south of Granisle, in late summer of last year."

"The vehicle was found by a member of the public but was not reported to police immediately. Investigators say other items were initially present near the vehicle but were no longer at the scene when police were alerted. These items may have included bags, clothing, or tools."

"Investigators continue to treat the case as suspicious and are working to piece together Kowalchuk’s movements and what may have happened to him."

CFNR. Oct 9, 2025.