![]() The youth, who may not be identified under the Youth Justice Act, had his sleepwalking plea rejected. (Alex Kurial / The Northern View)Ī Prince Rupert foster child was found guilty of two counts of manslaughter according to a judgment released on Aug. It is the first major renovation of the kitchen in the Friendship House’s 60 year history. The kitchen offers multicultural events, nutrition classes, soup kitchen and food bank services as well as being a home for a youth catering business. The $94,172 investment for a state-of the-art kitchen was celebrated, with a barbeque lunch and tour of the improved centre. The land which lies in the area around the Nasoga Gulf, north of Prince Rupert is claimed by both the Tsimshian and Nisga’a Nations.Ī brand new kitchen graces the interior of The Friendship House thanks to the Prince Rupert Port Authority’s Community Investment Fund. The agreement follows a protest and information road block along Highway 16 in June. The 22,000 hectares of Crown land was proposed to be sold to the Nisga’a Nation. The leaders of the Coast Tsimshian, which include representatives from Lax Kw’alaams and Metlakatla have signed a joint stewardship agreement in an effort to preserve environmental ownership of traditional territory. READ MORE: New plastic pellet export facility to be built at Prince Rupert PortĬoast Tsimshian sign historic stewardship agreement CN Rail will transport the product from Alberta by rail. The ability to bag the plastic pellets on site provides producers direct access to global shipping lanes offered in Print Rupert. Construction started on the first phase of the facility in August. Ray-Mont Logistics partners with CN rail to announce multimillion-dollar facilityĪ multimillion-dollar plastic pellet export facility will be constructed by Ray-Mont Logistics in partnership with CN Rail. READ MORE: Canada divests from Prince Rupert’s Ridley coal terminal, First Nations to get portion AMCI Group and Riverstone Holdings have purchased 90 per cent of shares of the local coal terminal, with the remaining ten per cent of shares transferred to a limited liability partnership owned by the Lax Kw’alaams Band and the Metlakatla First Nation. was sold for $350 million to a multinational private equity firm. fishermen now bargaining under labour code The bargaining unit now includes “all salmon seine boat crew members employed by Canadian Fishing Company including captains/skippers, engineers, mates, cooks, deckhands, and crew members who own the seine boat, and crew members who share ownership of the boat, in the Province of British Columbia”. ![]() This vote will pave the path for a collective bargaining agreement to be negotiated under the labour code. seine fishers voted in favour of becoming certified to bargain like many other groups of workers. On June 17, the labour relations board ruled that crew members of seine boats could become their own certified unit. (Alex Kurial / The Northern View)įor the first time in B.C.’s history, those working on commercial fishing boats will be a certified bargaining unit under the labour code. An illustrious career spanned from the beginning with a degree in physics, to teaching high school, to the legal profession. Seidemann ascended to the court bench after 24 years as a local lawyer. Judge Herman Seidemann retired from the judicial bench, in July, after working through 42 years of legal cases in Prince Rupert. Prince Rupert 2019 Sports in Review: Part 1 JULY Prince Rupert’s news makers of 2019: Part 1
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