Among the topics that captured the attention of our readers, were our notes on the city's approval for the 2020 Budget and Property Tax Bylaw, Council's ongoing disappointment at the Province having cancelled the Local State of Emergency and its accompanying orders, as well as Councillor Cunningham's desire to see the Committee of the Whole process find a way back into its monthly spot, as well as to seek more engagement from the public on civic issues.
Also of note this week was the late week development of ongoing action from Haida Gwaii related to calls to ensure no non-essential travel takes place. With this past week seeing a group of Haida supporters making their views known at the BC Ferry Terminal line up for a Prince Rupert-Skidegate sailing. Also making for a controversial theme are plans by the Lax Kw'alaams Band Council to set up some form of a checkpoint on Highway 16 to relay their concerns on travel in the region.
And the Port of Prince Rupert made some news this week, featured in a national newspaper story, as well as with their announcement of a milestone reached for the Fairview-Ridley connector road.
But when it came to the most read item of the last week, it was the plans for a Checkpoint and the events at the Prince Rupert Ferry Terminal that captured the most attention.
Checkpoint plans and advice for travellers the theme of the day for the North Coast -- Word late this week of action on Haida Gwaii and plans by Lax Kw'alaams to act on their concerns over non essential travel to the region have gained some strong feedback in the community. Much of it found through comments area for Mayor Lee Brain's Facebook page, which relayed the issue to those who follow his social media platform. (posted April 30, 2020)
That article was followed by:
Lingering Disappointment and Bitterness marks Council's comments over quashed Local State of Emergency -- A good portion of Monday's Councillor comments period from the Council session offered up a glimpse as to how the city's elected officials view the move in March by the province to cancel the city's Emergency orders. (posted April 30 , 2020)
Legacy, Watson Island revenues to assist Budget Delivery, with plans to revisit results in the Fall -- Monday's City council session provided for final reading and approval of the Five Year Plan and Property Tax Bylaw, with the Mayor, many councillors, as well as civic staff making note of their use of revenues from Watson Island and the Legacy fund for this years budget. (posted April 29, 2020 )
Councillor Cunningham calls for the return of the Committee of the Whole sessions; seeks feedback from community on how to achieve that process -- Earlier this week, Councillor Cunningham spoke to the recent cancellation of two Committee of the Whole sessions in a row; while the larger issue of the desire to still find community engagement on civic issues made for some discussion at Monday's council session. (posted April 27, 2020)
Fairview-Ridley connector project sees significant progress -- A key piece of industrial infrastructure reached a benchmark this week, as the connector road between DP World's Fairview Container terminal and the industrial land at Ridley Island reached the 20 percent completion point. In addition to our look at the progress of the road to this point, our notes of earlier in the week which highlighted some national attention for Port operations also brought a large readership to the blog this week. (posted April 28, 2020 )
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