The City's Vision plan calling for 24,000 residents in Prince Rupert by 2030 may be a tad ambitious of a population forecast.
That as this week brought a report from the Provincial Agency Data BC which released its British Columbia community population projections for 2046, with the city not likely to reach the 18,000 mark over the next 22 years.
Our notes on the report by far made for the most read story of the week, though there were strong results for the rest of our list of five as well.
The City's Business sector was of some note for readers, with the owner of a Prince Rupert clothing store announcing its upcoming closure.
Our look at the January meeting for the Board of Education also was a well received piece, as was our follow up look on concerns over the mothballed Westview School property.
The CityWest Fibre outage issues on Haida Gwaii took on a bit of a twist, with the organization that represents Area A Crab Fishermen offering up a challenge on CityWest's narrative of the fibre cut issues.
The last of the list of five was our look at the land clearing work taking place adjacent to the area near the Drax Pellet Terminal on the waterfront.
The most read item of the week however is about the numbers, and the diversion of opinion on just how many people will be calling Prince Rupert home in the years to come..
BC Data Report on population growth notes of coming surge in residents for British Columbia by 2046,; but few of them apparently heading the way of Prince Rupert -- The latest review of population trends for British Columbia shows large growth for the province with 2.5 million new residents anticipated by 2046, though for Prince Rupert the BC Stats findings make for reduced numbers form the ambitious forecast of the 2030 Vision plan of a few years ago (posted February 1, 2024)
That article was followed by:
Prince Rupert Clothing Store sets March 2nd for final day of operations -- Prince Rupert's commercial sector will see yet another closure, with Heloise Tupas the owner of Aria Apparels announcing her plans to wind down operations of her Rupert Square store in March. (posted January 31, 2024)
January School Board session hears of PRMS successes , concerns over trespassing at Westview School property -- The January gathering for the Board of Education explored a range of topics to the school year to date, with the bulk of the near one hour meeting notable by a presentation on events at PRMS, along with a discussion on the status of the Westview School. We followed up on the Westview notes with a story last week exploring some history for the property. (posted January 30, 2024)
Area A Crab Association challenges CityWest accusations on Hecate Strait fibre cable issues, notes of inaccurate and inflammatory statements -- A CityWest statement from late January did not sit well with the Area A Crab Association, that organization released their own statement takin on the CityWest accusation of unsanctioned fishing and traced some of the history between the two parties. (posted January 29, 2024)
Waterfront clearing activity related to preparation for remediation work -- Some land clearing on the waterfront on the city's west side generated some interest over the last few weeks, to find out what the work was about we contact the Prince Rupert Port Authority for some Cole's Notes on their project. (posted February 2 , 2024)
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