Blog Watching: Week ending October 28, 2018

Last Saturday night was election night across British Columbia and in Prince Rupert that 29 per cent of the eligible voting pool that took to Civic Centre to cast their the ballots helped to shape the make up of our City, District  and School Council memberships for the next four years.

Our election evening updates proved to be quite popular as the evening moved into Sunday morning, with four of the seven stories we cobbled together during the weekend finding a particularly strong audience.

The four that resonated the most included our look at the final results for the City Council race, Port Edward vote and that of the Prince Rupert School District, our notes on the arrival of an all male contingent in Prince Rupert for the years ahead also attracted a large audience.

The only item to break through the political overview on the week, our account of twin drug busts coordinated between the Prince Rupert and Terrace detachments of the RCMP, with arrests made in both communities.

This week however, it was the municipal political scene on the front burner, with our look at the results of the 2018 Municipal voted attracting the largest audience of the week.

Prince Rupert voters return incumbents, send two newcomers to the Council chambers for the next four years  -- The election returns rolled in about an hour after the closing of the polling station and when the final vote had been recorded, Prince Rupert had its City Council line up in place for the next four years     (posted October 20 , 2018)

That article was followed by:

Winds of change roar through Port Edward -- With the District of Port Edward finding itself in the political spotlight for much of the week on talk of Ridley Island, election day delivered a seismic shock on the political scale, with long serving Mayor Dave Macdonald going down to defeat, as Knut Bjorndal bested him by but ten votes    (posted October 20, 2018) 

Familiar faces return to School District Board, joined by two newcomers to the work ahead -- For the first time since 2015, the Prince Rupert School District will have all of their  seats filled, and when the new Board takes office in November, two new faces will be among those settling in for the work ahead.  (posted October 20, 2018)  

Welcome to the Boys Club on Third Avenue West ... No Girls Allowed!  -- The 2018 municipal election turned back the clock, as electors voted in six council members and an acclaimed Mayor who will all be heavy on the testosterone for the next four years.   (posted October 20 , 2018) 

Drug Busts in Terrace, Prince Rupert net RCMP crack, cocaine and cash --  Some combined law enforcement from units in Prince Rupert and Terrace have seen two residents of the Northwest arrested and heading for court dates  (posted October 25, 2018)  

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