Prince Rupert's popular Homecoming celebrations to be deferred for one year

The ongoing provincial effort towards the COVID-19 response has knocked a very popular Prince Rupert Social Event off the calendar for a year, with organizers of Homecoming 2020, announcing that they will postpone the event until 2021.

The notice was posted to the Homecoming 2020 Facebook page in late March, advising of the postponement for the May 14-18 event this year.

Planning had been underway for months for the event which takes place every five years, with a number of activities in place for the hundreds if not more who had indicated of plans to make the trip back to their old stomping grounds.

Among the events that had been planned for the May long weekend had been an evening with Craig Oliver and Gloria Macarenko, two former Prince Rupert residents who have stepped out on the national stage through the news media.

The new date to mark on your calendar and keep in your phone and other electronic devices is May 20-24, 2021.

You can keep up to speed on how they will approach the event in a year's time from the Homecoming Facebook page.

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