Sunday, June 10, 2018

Blog Watching: Week ending June 10, 2018



Civic issues, Civic salaries and Civic celebration collected some of our most views of the week, with  some updated news from the School District and CN Rail rounding out our list of five on the week.

In fact, CN's major investment plan for the summer in Northern BC captured the most attention on the week, with our look at their equipment and infrastructure plans proving to be a popular item.

The annual release of financial information by the City of Prince Rupert came this week, with a range of reports to be presented to Council on Monday night, of the three items we made note of this week, the Salary review for elected officials found a large audience.

Our week of items related to Seatfest, he annual launch of the summer season for the North coast also attracted some strong readership on the week.

As did our look at change at the top of the Prince Rupert School District, with the SD52 Board announcing their selection for the new Superintendent of Schools for 2018-19.

And the latest project from the Mayor's Desk will be launched on Monday, as Mayor Brain presents his First Draft on the Sustainable City 20230 initiative, with readers exploring our notes on what some of that report may look like.

The top story of the week puts us all on the railroad, as CN Rail announced a range of spending for the summer and fall to increase capacity on the northern BC line.

CN Investments in Northern BC include, track, rolling stock and employees  --  Our account of  CN Rails plans for some significant investment in British Columbia captured its fair share of attention this week   (posted June 7 , 2018)

That article was followed by:

City of Prince Rupert's SOFI report provides details on Council salaries in 2017 -- June brings a close to reporting season for the City of Prince Rupert's Finance Department, with our notes on the salary release of council members finding a large audience. Two other reports have also been released for Monday's Council session, a look at the salaries for those employees making over 75,000 dollars per year and the City's Annual Report document    (posted June 8, 2018)

Seafest Events Archive 2018  -- Our week long preview of this weekend's Seafest celebrations proved to be a popular destination this week, as readers explored all that Seafest had to offer. (posted June 5, 2018)

School District 52 reaches to the North Okanagan for New Superintendent -- With the current School District 52 Superintendent set for a summer departure, the Board of Education has wrapped up its search for a replacement, announcing the hiring of Irene Lapierre who takes up her duties in August      (posted  June 4, 2018)

Renewable Rupert the next focus for city's Mayor   -- Monday's City Council session will bring Mayor Lee Brain to the presentation table, providing a look at the First Draft of his sustainable city initiatives  .   (posted June 7, 2018 )

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