Blog Watching: Week ending April 1, 2018

The week began much as the last one ended, with the community expressing it's shock and disappointment at the destruction of a stand of cherry trees near the DFO building downtown, with Monday's flow of information starting with a Facebook page post from Mayor Lee Brain.

The final session for March of Prince Rupert City Council took place Monday evening and from our notes on that meeting, two items caught the attention of readers, with a fair bit of interest in a presentation from Ecotrust Canada and the discussion related to Prince Rupert's fading street markings

Premier Horgan stopped in the city early in the week, part of a two day tour of the Northwest which also took him to Terrace and Kitimat. His visit to Prince Rupert, included a tour of the container port, meetings with local officials and some social sessions with area residents.

And the final item of top five most read for the week took a look at the start of the North Coast Fishing industry with the herring catch mostly just passing through the city on its way for processing in the Lower Mainland.

The top story of the week however, puts the focus on the Cherry tree controversy and the reaction across the city to the work of March 23rd.

Prince Rupert's Cherry Blossom Tree Manifesto -- Much of the week found the discussion around the city focused on the destruction of a stand of Cherry Trees near the Federal Office Building on Second Avenue West     (posted March 27 , 2018)

That article was followed by:

Ecotrrust Canada to provide update to City Council on range of community plans -- A look at the agenda plans for Prince Rupert City Council last Monday and a planned presentation from EcoTrust Canada. A follow up item later in the week highlighted the range of topics they outlined.  (posted March 26, 2018)

Councillor Cunningham seeks report on city's pavement marking program -- The ongoing issue of the city's fading crosswalk and roadway marking lines once again made it to City Council, with Councillor Barry Cunningham looking for a report from staff on the work that was done  (posted March 28, 2018)

Tours, Meetings, Social events and Photo Ops make for Horgan tour of Prince Rupert -- Premier John Horgan was in the Northwest for two days, with the first stop on his tour a number of locations around Prince Rupert   (posted March 27 , 2018)

Herring season arrives and as the fish rolls in, the trucks (and jobs) roll out -- The North Coast Hearring season is underway, and with the exception of the fish landings and freezing, most of the work will take place in Vancouver again this year    (posted March 27, 2018 )

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