Sunday, August 30, 2020

Blog Watching: Week ending August 27, 2020

Our list of the five top stories makes for an interesting mix of items over the last seven days.

A break in a near three year investigation into a 2017 bank robbery came this week, as Prince Rupert Mounties made an arrest related to the case file in the Fairview area. 

Other themes on the week included updates on the drinking water situation in both Port Edward and Prince Rupert.

Municipal government topics were also high on the reading list, with our look at the release of SOFI information for this year and some of the work at Monday's council session of note for the week.

We also received some interesting statistical notes from the BC Centre for Disease Control, with the provincial agency releasing its data break down by community in the province. The results provided a look at the confirmed case count of COVID and with the exception of the large community outbreak on Haida Gwaii, the rest of the Northwest delivered impressive results.

However, when it came to the most read item of the last week, the work of the local detachment of the RCMP on a bank robbery case file dominated our views of the last seven day.

Wanted Prince Rupert Man now in custody -- An alleged suspect in a Prince Rupert bank robbery from 2017 was taken into custody this week and had his first court appearance on Friday, as part of the update on the case the RCMP in the city thanked the community for their assistance towards the file.  (posted  August 27, 2020)

That article was followed by:

Port Edward brings Water Advisory to an end for District resident  -- Civic officials in Port Edward delivered some welcome news this week, advising that the Water Advisory that has been in place for most of August is now over. While District residents celebrated that good news, in Prince Rupert the Water Advisory in place since August 17th was extended, with the City of Prince Rupert offering an update on the situation on Friday afternoon.     (posted August  27, 2020)

City's SOFI report outlines 2019 compensation and expense totals for Mayor and Council -- The City of Prince Rupert released the last of the Financial information for 2019 this week, with the two month delayed listings of the compensation and expenses for the Prince Rupert Mayor and Council. Also included in Monday's report was the compensation list for civic employees making over $75,000 and the list of Suppliers of Goods and Services and payments out for the last year.    (posted August 242020 )

Prince Rupert among the best in BC at bending the curve of COVID-19 --  The British Columbia Centre for Disease Control released some expanded information on the provincial work on COVID, with data to show just how many cases of COVID have been recorded in BC communities. Overall the Northwest has fared well, other than the large community outbreak on Haida Gwaii, and for Prince Rupert the results were particularly impressive. (posted August 28, 2020)

East Side Road Closure makes for prelude for potential housing plans -- A rather small item of note from Monday's Council session seemed to attract a fair bit of attention this week, as readers explored our notes on the presentation from Operations Director Richard Pucci and the comments from council on the topic of the road closure in the Edwards Street area off of 11th Avenue East. More items of interest from the Monday Council session can be reviewed here.   (posted August 28 , 2020)

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