As the fire crews were working the fire, the coverage of the fire itself became a focus for much discussion, with readers of the Prince Rupert weekly paper Northern View, taking the paper to task for some of the wording of their story.
Prince Rupert's continued challenges towards affordable housing became a hot community issue this week as well, that after the new owners of two Prince Rupert apartment complexes began handing out eviction notices related to their plans to renovate the units.
The travels of the Charles Hays Rainmakers to Langley this week for Provincials captured the attention of our readers, as they followed our accounts the Senior Boys from the preview of the tournament on Monday to their second championship of Saturday afternoon.
And putting a wrap on our list of five for the week, our notes on the Provincial response to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak found a strong audience by weeks end.
However, the most read story of the week brought us to the cliffs over the Waterfront on Sunday and the work of Prince Rupert Fire as they tackled another of the major fires for the Prince Rupert archives.
Prince Rupert Fire/Rescue work large blaze on Prince Rupert Waterfront into Sunday evening -- A large number of Prince Rupert residents gathered on the cliff overlooking the CN Rail yard on Sunday evening as a wind propelled fire consumed the old Roundhouse/Maintenance building near Rotary Waterfront Park (posted March 1, 2020)
That article was followed by:
Weekly paper feels the heat from its Sunday waterfront coverage -- Prince Rupert's weekly paper became the story, rather than an organization covering the story, with a large number of residents expressing disappointment in the nature of their coverage and the terminology that they used as part of it. (posted March 2, 2020 )
Prince Rupert's lack of housing starts looms large now ... that as Renoviction crisis set to make additional impact on community -- Upcoming evictions for residents of housing units in two locations in the city will add more pressure to the search for already scarce affordable housing in Prince Rupert. (posted March 2, 2020)
As cases increase, Province activates an advanced COVID-19 response to protect British Columbians -- The end of the week and into the weekend found British Columbia Health officials updating their latest results, with a significant increase in the cases reported as more British Columbians became ill with the coronavirus. (posted March 6, 2020 )
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