Sunday, July 10, 2022

Blog Watching: Week ending July 10, 2022

Municipal and Regional themes once again dominated our most read items for the week, with both bodies of government in the area providing themes of note.

Two items related to Mayor Lee Brain's recent State of the City presentation topped the list for the last seven days.

The BC Liberals used some of the Mayor's themes and talking points to make some political hay and challenge some of the efforts of North Coast NDP MLA Jennifer Rice during this last municipal term of office. 

While our wrap up to our overview of the Mayor's presentation also generated a large readership as the week moved forward.

An interesting call for proposals from the Prince Rupert Port Authority offered up a glimpse at perhaps some local solutions for civic infrastructure requirements for the future.

A late Friday information release from the Prince Rupert RCMP highlighted gang activity and violence in the downtown core earlier this Spring.

And the challenges of highway infrastructure were provided with a strong visual aid, as a traveller along Highway 16 this week shared photos of a gaping hole along the highway east of Prince Rupert.

The top item of the week puts a provincial politics spin to the Mayor's June 28th State of the City Presentation, as the BC Liberals made use of some of the Mayor's talking points to put forward their view of how the riding has been represented over the last four years.

BC Liberals of the North Coast find much to like from Prince Rupert Mayor's State of the City address -- The BC Liberal party members on the North Coast, made use of the Mayor's overview of notes on the civic/provincial themes to send a few political messages of their own.    (posted  July 6 , 2022)

That article was followed by: 
 
State of the City: Some Facts, Some fun themes ... Some omissions from the narrative -- Our wrap up to the volume of notes culled from Mayor Lee Brain's State of the City presentation from June 28th   (posted  July 4, 2022)
 
Unique Prince Rupert Port Authority RFP for Emergency Response facility could set template for future partnerships with City -- An interesting potential solution to civic infrastructure issues is one element to take note of from a Request for Proposals from the Prince Rupert Port Authority towards a community Emergency Response facility  posted July 7, 2022)

Prince Rupert Gang members facing a number of criminal charges following April attack -- The Prince Rupert RCMP outlined a disturbing account of some downtown violence as part of a late Friday afternoon update on charges that have been forwarded to the Crown stemming from an April incident.     (posted July 8, 2022)  .  

There are pot holes and then there's this subterranean cavern under Highway 16 -- Some video and photos from a traveller along Highway 16 east of Exchemsiks provided for a travel warning for those transiting the highway 16 corridor on Wednesday.    ( posted July 6, 2022)

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