Earthquakes dominated the news this week, with California bearing the largest brunt of all the seismic shifting with two large quakes in less than 48 hours and hundreds of aftershocks recorded since; however, the fault lines were active in British Columbia as well, with our notes on Wednesday's 6.2 temblor in Queen Charlotte Sound and the aftershocks following it attracting a large audience.
Other themes that found significant interest this week included our look at the challenges being faced by BC Ferries workers, that as they feel the wrath from some of what is an increasingly hostile customer base.
We may only be a few weeks into the run up for the Fall election campaign, but already in the space of one week the political spotlight has been directed towards Skeena-Bulkley Valley, with the latest bit of news on the theme of an unusual birthday gift and the fall out from it.
Some notes on Port Edward grabbed some traction this week, propelling our update on recent District events into our Top Five review.
And a key labour settlement also made news this week, as longshore workers up and down the BC Coast gave their approval to a new agreement that had been put together between the ILWU and BCMEA.
However, the top item of the last seven days was focused on our north south fault lines and the seismic activity that was found along it this week:
6.2 magnitude earthquake rumbles along fault line between Haida Gwaii and Port Hardy -- Our notes on this week's seismic activity off the coast captured a large audience, with much in the way of interest in our original item on the 6.2 quake and the subsequent aftershocks that followed it both North and south of Prince Rupert (posted July 3, 2019)
That article was followed by:
Uncivil passage ... BC Ferries Workers are calling for action on abuse from customers -- The hot summer months are bringing some overheated tempers from customers of BC Ferries, as part of our blog line up this week, we took a look at a recent push by the BC Marine Workers Union for management to address growing abusive towards employees captured a large readership. (posted July 2, 2019)
Campaign side story keeps Skeena-Bulkley Valley in the National News cycle -- It's not often that a birthday gift becomes a hot political issue, but that's the case after an APTN news story on Skeena-Bulkley Valley Conservative Claire Rattée generated significant interest this week. (posted July 4, 2019)
Roadwork CAO search and train whistling all are works in progress for Port Edward -- We can't trace the individual daily hits to unique home addresses, but judging by the surge in numbers of those reading our Friday update on news out of Port Edward, we imagine that we have a strong readership in the District. (posted July 5 , 2019)
Votes are in ... ILWU accepts new contract with BCMEA -- With a May lockout avoided by hours, workers up and down the West Coast of Canada have voted to accept the new contract put together between the ILWU and BCMEA negotiating teams. (posted July 2, 2019)
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