Real Estate Tracker: Week ending November 24, 2019

There were no changes to this weeks roster of the top ten listings in Prince Rupert, with a bit of settling taking place for the homes on the list, many of which have been there for a number of weeks now.

Every Monday, we look over the listing prices of the week just passed and outline the Top 10 asking prices in the area, providing a snap shot as to where the Real Estate market may be trending on a week-to-week basis.

The listings below are purely for information purposes, for further background on the properties recorded, see our links page  for access to the individual real estate listings.

The Archive for our weekly review can be found here.

Our list of the top ten priced homes for the week ending November 24, 2019 can be explored below:

Real Estate listings on the East Side of Prince Rupert
Week ending November 24, 2019

Real Estate Listings on the West Side of Prince Rupert
Week ending November 24, 2019

The West side continues to dominate our review, with Six of the Ten found on our list continue to be located in a cluster around Graham and Atlin, with one other is in Pineridge area and one along the Downtown waterfront area on Bill Murray Way.

Two properties, make for the east side review, with a relatively recent listing on Sixth Avenue East joining a property on Raven Crescent.

The total value of the list of ten remains at just below the 7 million mark this week, making for much of the same territory as in previous weeks.

The lowest mark for the list of ten now sits  at  $449,000, while our top end from the last week remains marked  at the price point of  $1,350,000



Below find our findings as of the Week ending November 24, 2019

1824 Graham Avenue                    $1,350,000 -- Remax
175 Bill Murray Way                     $669,000 -- Remax
1933 Graham Avenue                    $649,000 -- Remax
1714 Sloan Avenue                        $649,000 -- Remax
1800 Atlin Avenue                         $649,000 -- Remax
1830 Graham Avenue                    $644,000 -- Remax
2067 Graham Avenue                    $588,000 --  Remax
2201 Atlin Avenue                         $525,000 --  Remax
149 Raven Crescent                       $538,000 --  Realty Executives
1811 6th Avenue East                     $449,000 -- Remax

For more items related to Real Estate see our archive page here.

For background on Housing issues in the region see our past items here.

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Blog Watching: Week ending November 24, 2019

National studies tended to make for some themes for the week, with Prince Rupert featured in a national crime review by Maclean's; as well as to once again capture the attention of journalists working on a nation-wide examination of drinking water in Canada.

Lax Kw'alaams also captured a fair bit of attention this week, as the community cast their ballots in their Band Council elections, returning Mayor Garry Reece to office after a four year hiatus.

The community also released their latest update on projects underway or in the works, with a large number of readers exploring our notes on those themes.

The challenges of social services in Prince Rupert appears to have been a theme for a visit from NDP Cabinet Minister Judy Darcy, who was the guest of North Coast MLA Jennifer Rice for a day of discussion with local stakeholders.

However, the most read story of the week, returns us once again to the Sixth Avenue West detachment of the RCMP and a look at the Maclean's listings for Canada's most Dangerous cities and where Prince Rupert has been pegged.

Prince Rupert, Terrace listed among top 15 cities marked as Canada's Most Dangerous Places for 2020  -- The annual rankings of the nation's most dangerous cities found both Northwest communities scoring high in a number of categories, something which should give Prince Rupert City Council some themes for discussion should they ever bring in detachment officials for a public chat at Council. (posted  November 20, 2019)

That article was followed by:

Election Day for Lax Kw'alaams -- This week brought voters to the polls at Lax Kw'alaams and Prince Rupert as the First Nation community turned to former Mayor Garry Reece to guide the community for the next four years. (posted  November 19, 2019)

Prince Rupert remains partial focus for latest report in nationwide tainted water series -- The North Coast gained a bit more exposure through the ongoing review of the nation's water supply, with the latest story on the theme looking at both how Prince Rupert and Metlakatla approach water issues  (posted November 18, 2019)

Lax Kw'alaams Council update notes advances in transportation, housing and infrastructure planning -- Prior to heading off to votes, residents of Lax Kw'alaams had a chance to review the latest Community update which was released by Council in the lead up to Tuesday's vote.   (posted November  18, 2019)

B.C. cabinet Minister Judy Darcy gets first hand look at some of Prince Rupert's social issues -- It was a fairly off the radar visit for cabinet Minister Judy Darcy, with few notes on it from MLA Jennifer Rice who hosted the Minister in recent days. Ms. Darcy was in town to speak with stakeholders delivering a range of social and health services in the community.  (posted  November 18, 2019)

You can find our weekly Blog watching feature posted every Sunday morning by 9AM, making for a handy way to catch up to the week that was, at a leisurely weekend pace.

You can also review the full listings of the week just past, from our Blog Archive index page found on the right hand side of the page.

For those looking for updates to items as they are posted to the blog, don't forget about our email alert access.

A daily review of the latest items on the blog can be delivered to your email in box, simply by entering your email address into the information bar, items posted to the blog will be delivered to your e-mail account each day.

You can find the link to that feature on the upper, right hand side of the blog. It can be found underneath the Follow the North Coast Review by Email indicator.

As well, those who use Twitter can get updates as we post new items from our twitter feed

Our archive of weekly Blog Watching can be found here.

To view the most recent blog posting of the day, click here.

Real Estate Tracker: Week ending November 10, 2019

The east side of the city makes for a bit of rebound this week, with two properties now breaking the hold of the west on our list of ten.

Every Monday, we look over the listing prices of the week just passed and outline the Top 10 asking prices in the area, providing a snap shot as to where the Real Estate market may be trending on a week-to-week basis.

The listings below are purely for information purposes, for further background on the properties recorded, see our links page  for access to the individual real estate listings.

The Archive for our weekly review can be found here.

Our list of the top ten priced homes for the week ending November 10, 2019 can be explored below:

Real Estate listings on the East Side of Prince Rupert
Week ending November 10, 2019

Real Estate Listings on the West Side of Prince Rupert
Week ending November 10, 2019

The West side continues to dominate our review, with Six of the Ten found on our list continue to be located in a cluster around Graham and Atlin, while one other is in the Pineridge area and one along the Downtown waterfront area on Bill Murray Way.

Two properties, both new, have arrived to the list from the East Side, with a property on Overlook and one on Raven now included in the review.

The total value of the list of ten remains at just below the 7 million mark this week, making for much of the same territory as in previous weeks.

The lowest mark for the list of ten now sits  at  $449,000, while our top end from the last week remains marked  at the price point of  $1,350,000



Below find our findings as of the Week ending November 10, 2019

1824 Graham Avenue                    $1,350,000 -- Remax
175 Bill Murray Way                     $669,000 -- Remax
1933 Graham Avenue                    $649,000 -- Remax
1714 Sloan Avenue                        $649,000 -- Remax
1800 Atlin Avenue                         $649,000 -- Remax
1830 Graham Avenue                    $644,000 -- Remax
2067 Graham Avenue                    $588,000 --  Remax
1827 Graham Avenue                    $549,000 --  Remax
149 Raven Crescent                       $538,000 -- Realty Executives (new)
1616 Overlook Street                     $449,000 -- Remax (new)

For more items related to Real Estate see our archive page here.

For background on Housing issues in the region see our past items here.

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Blog Watching: Week ending November 10, 2019

Water made for much of the focus for the week following a rather significant national study and some notes that pointed towards Prince Rupert for some of its troubles with lead in the home plumbing.

And while the City probably would have liked to change the channel or flip the page, as the days moved on the story stayed fairly prominent for much of the week.

When readers weren't looking at the water issue, a few other themes caught their attention from our blog offerings this week.

Among them, the opening of the Cedar Village Elders/Seniors Centre. The impressive looking facility at Green and Seventh Avenue East hosted its Grand Opening on Thursday.

Our notes on a new concept for LNG Shipments found a large audience, while an update on the latest notes out of the School Board office and word of an upcoming update for City Council from the RCMP also generated a strong reception this week.

However, much as civic officials might have wished that it went away, the national attention to the city's home water in some residences made for the narrative for a good portion of the week and was by far the top item of the last seven days.

Prince Rupert's lead in the water woes  make for talking point across Canada (and beyond) -- A series on Canadian water delivered by a national collective of news services and investigative journalists had one element focused on the amount of lead in some Prince Rupert homes and with the spotlight on the city. From those notes,  there was no shortage of replies whether from an official statement, a soliloquy from the mayor at City Council or some helpful assistance on talking points from the local media.  You can review much of the week in water from an archive page we put together. (posted  November 4, 2019)

That article was followed by:

Official Opening of Cedar Village charts path to December occupancy -- A collection of invited guests and officials celebrated the official opening and blessing for the city's newest Seniors/Elders residence, with the soon to be residents set for an December move in.   (posted  November 7, 2019)

Chinese led LNG project in Terrace thinks "Inside the Box" for Shipments out of Port of Prince Rupert -- A new concept for shipping liquefied natural gas to Asian markets is being floated by Chinese investors, who have plans to build a processing facility in Terrace and ship the finished product by specialized container to Prince Rupert for transit overseas   (posted November 4, 2019)

School Trustees divvy up the work after election of officers -- As Prince Rupert's elected school board members settle into the 2019-20 school year, they have outlined which trustee will have which file in some important areas.   (posted November 8, 2019)

RCMP's Roll Call at City Council set for later this month -- After a number of attempts over the course of the last few years, Councillor Barry Cunningham may finally get to have a long desired update on policing in the city from the RCMP, with representatives of the detachment anticipated to attend to Council chambers later this month.   (posted  November 6, 2019)

You can find our weekly Blog watching feature posted every Sunday morning by 9AM, making for a handy way to catch up to the week that was, at a leisurely weekend pace.

You can also review the full listings of the week just past, from our Blog Archive index page found on the right hand side of the page.

For those looking for updates to items as they are posted to the blog, don't forget about our email alert access.

A daily review of the latest items on the blog can be delivered to your email in box, simply by entering your email address into the information bar, items posted to the blog will be delivered to your e-mail account each day.

You can find the link to that feature on the upper, right hand side of the blog. It can be found underneath the Follow the North Coast Review by Email indicator.

As well, those who use Twitter can get updates as we post new items from our twitter feed

Our archive of weekly Blog Watching can be found here.

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City Council Preview: Monday, July 22, 2019

With Council now placed in its leisurely summer pace of once a month meetings from July through September, tonight marks the only Council session for the month, and with a fairly light agenda, it may not keep the city's Council members indoors from a North Coast summer's night for very long.

The evening will get underway with the Committee of the Whole session and included in the Agenda for that segment of the evening's work is an update from the Prince Rupert Public Library, with Chief Librarian Joe Zelweitro and Library Trustee Cary Dalton set to outline some of the recent happenings from the Library.

The Committee of the Whole will also feature the regular opportunity for the public to ask questions or make inquiries of the members of Council.

The Full Committee of the Whole Agenda can be viewed here.

The Agenda for the Regular Council session is a fairly light document, with the City's Financial Officer to provide for a Financial Variance report, an announcement related to an appointment to the Library Board and a Report from the City Planner on a proposed change to zoning for a property on Biggar Place among the entries.

Council will also hear from Mayor Lee Brain on the Lost Votes Initiative, with a resolution of civic support towards a call for the UBCM convention to deliver its support to the Fresh Voices campaign and approach the Province of BC to make the necessary changes to allow Permanent Residents to vote in Municipal elections in municipalities in BC.

When they reach the comments from Council segment of the evening, the public may hear some background from a four day workshop hosted by Redesign Rupert that the City took part in.

As we noted on the blog last week, the City, a range of industrial leaders in the community and other organizations and groups took part in the four days of exploring how the city will look like as part of a project called the Prince Rupert 2030 plan.

So far, the City's elected officials have not offered too much for the public on the plan, other than a few notes for the media last week.

Tonight offers a chance for those interested in sharing their thoughts on the session to provide for a thumbnail sketch of the project and the path forward for it.

Prior to the Regular Council session of Monday evening Council members will also host a Closed Session planned for 5PM,  the Council membership citing two elements of the Community Charter for the closed session.

(a) personal information about an identifiable individual who holds or is being considered for a position as an officer, employee or agent of the municipality or another position appointed by the municipality.

(e) the acquisition, disposition or expropriation of land or improvements, if council considers that disclosure could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the municipality.


The Closed session for this evening, marks the twelfth Closed Session that has been scheduled so far in 2019.

You can review the Full Agenda Packages for the Regular Council Session from the City's website here.

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COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

Adoption of Agenda and Past minutes -- Mayor Brain will call the meeting to order and then will review the COW agenda for the evening and Council will adopt the minutes of past meetings.

Petitions and Delegations

Presentation from Mr. Joe Zelweitro, Chief Librarian and Cary Dalton, Library Trustee - Re: Prince Rupert Public Library Council Update

Question Period from the Public

The Public can speak to any issue they wish.

Reports, Questions and Inquiries from members of City Council

Adjournment to reconvene to the regular Council Meeting

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REGULAR SESSION OF CITY COUNCIL

Adoption of Agenda and Past minutes -- Mayor Brain will review the agenda for the evening and Council will adopt the minutes of past meetings.

Petitions and Delegations

Unfinished Business

Reports and Recommendations

Report from the Chief Financial Officer   -- Council will hear a report from Ms. Corinne Bomben that outlines the details of the May 2019 Financial Variation Report (see page 10 of the Agenda)

Correspondences for Action 

Resolutions from Closed Meetings

Council will release information from a previously held closed meeting,  that Stephanie Lysyk has been reappointed to a two year term on the Prince Rupert Library Board.

Bylaws

Report from the City Planner: Re: Biggar Place

Council will hear a report from the City Planner related to a proposed rezoning for a portion of property located on Biggar Place, near the Five Corners area of the city. ( See Page 15 of the Agenda)

The evening will come to an end with any Additional Items as well as Reports, Questions and Inquiries from Members of Council.

On the Agenda  is one item from Mayor Lee Brain, who will follow up on his serving of notice on the 24th of June related to the Fresh Voices campaign to allow Permanent Residents to Vote in British Columbia Municipal elections.

Council members will be voting on a motion to see a resolution vote take place at the UBCM convention in September,  if successful that resolution would request the Province of British Columbia to make changes to allow Permanent Residents to vote in municipal elections in municipal elections in British Columbia.

Council members can also take advantage of the period to offer up any items or concerns that they have for consideration on the night.

The Live broadcast of the City Council session can be found here, a video archive of past sessions is available here.

Our items of note related to the July 22nd session can be found here.

While our archive of all sessions for 2019 for Council is available here.


To return to the most recent blog posting of the day, click here.

City and partners take a walk as part of annual survey of local business

Prince Rupert's Business sector had a few visitors today as
the City's Economic Development office conducted the annual Business Walk

Today was survey day for the city's business sector, as representatives from the City of Prince Rupert and its Economic Development office conducted the annual business walk around town.

The project an annual event that helps to get a better understanding of the issues that face local business owners and help to form civic policy in the future.

This year the City reps were joined by a number of other walkers, with representatives from the Prince Rupert and District Chamber of Commerce, Community Futures Pacific Northwest, Province of BC, Ecotrust Canada and Redesign Rupert.

The findings will be collected by the various groups to help develop local programs to help area businesses grow and succeed.

At some point the results of today's work should find their way to the City of Prince Rupert Facebook page or that of the Economic Development office.

For more items of interest related to the city's business sector see our archive page here.

To return to the most recent blog posting of the day, click here.

Blog Watching: Week ending May 4, 2019

Back after a short hiatus from our blogging efforts,  many of this weeks items focused on the Monday Prince Rupert City Council session, as well as a number of civic related issues.

From the council session, the story which attracted the largest number of readers for the week involved a quest from City Councillor Barry Cunningham to provide for frequent public presentations for City Council.

A pair of items related to the Prince Rupert Airport also found some interest, that as we took note of the temporary transportation modes in effect, as well as a shift in the Airport ferry in the lead up to the changeover to Q400 service in June.

Thanks to a tip from a reader we took note of an editorial from the weekly paper on the current state of journalism in the city, a piece which had a few observations to make on blogging and social media in general.

Also claiming some space in the top five listings was an update on the latest round of public funding for projects in the Northwest and Haida Gwaii.

However the top story of the week was spawned from some commentary from Councillor Cunningham at Monday night's Council session which explored his thoughts when it comes to an apparent difficulty in generating a list of Guest Presentations for the City Council sessions.

Cunningham's calls for more public Council presentations go unheeded so far -- Our review of this week's City Council session, provided for a number of items of interest from the city's elected officials, with our look at some concerns from Councillor Cunningham topping the weekly review for the week.   (posted May 2, 2019)

That article was followed by:

Province distributes most recent Rural Dividend Money -- The Province spread out some of their rural dividend wealth this weekend, with a number of communities in Skeena and the Bulkley Valley receiving funding, while Prince Rupert and Port Edward will have to wait around to see if they make the list in the next round of funding announcements.  (posted May 3, 2019)

Airport Ferry Service shifts to new schedules in May, June as change to Q400 service nears -- The Prince Rupert airport seemed to be one topic that readers can't get enough about, with our look at a new schedule and the dawn of a new aircraft on the Prince Rupert-Vancouver run providing for a strong audience.  (posted  May 2, 2019)

Bringing out more of that Old Time Bombast down on Fraser Street -- While we were on our blogging hiatus the weekly paper introduced an editorial page presentation that caught our attention and generated a few thought in passing related to it. (posted  May 1, 2019)

A trip back in time for airport Ferry users through April and now into May -- Such was the interest in the Digby Island Airport this week that our notes on the temporary barge system and changes to ground transportation between city and airport found a large audience.    (posted May 1, 2019)

You can find our weekly Blog watching feature posted every Sunday morning by 9AM, making for a handy way to catch up to the week that was, at a leisurely weekend pace.

You can also review the full listings of the week just past from our Blog Archive index page found on the right hand side of the page.

For those looking for updates to items as they are posted to the blog, don't forget about our email alert access.

A daily review of the latest items on the blog can be delivered to your email in box, simply by entering your email address into the information bar, items posted to the blog will be delivered to your e-mail account each day.

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As well, those who use Twitter can get updates as we post new items from our twitter feed

Our archive of weekly Blog Watching can be found here.

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Blog Watching: Week ending April 7, 2019

LNG has jumped back into the news flow with a flourish this week, thanks mostly to some amendments to the province's taxation regimen for the industry, a move which seems to have made for some movement for some ambitions for the industry in the region.

From the week, we reviewed some plans for the Kitimat LNG project, the second LNG terminal project for that community, while up in the Nass, the Nisga'a Lisims Government was hearing some interest from LNG proponents as well.

For Prince Rupert the latest notes on the Wolverine Marine Fuels Terminal indicated that the terminal project for the Prince Rupert waterfront continues along its path towards development.

And it was a busy week for members of the RCMP in the Prince Rupert area, with the Mounties dispatched to a number of calls that gained notice, included on the list a homicide investigation  that continues in Kitkatla.

The top story of the week however was a police file from the Prince Rupert area, and a report of an attempted abduction taking place that rattled parents of school children in the community.

Prince Rupert RCMP alert parents on attempted abduction on McClymont Trail as investigation launched  -- What is one of every parent's worst nightmares took place on Thursday morning with a report of an attempted abduction of a middle school student on McClymont Trail, with Prince Rupert Mounties seeking the assistance of the public in their investigation into it.        (posted April 4, 2019)

That article was followed by:

Second Kitimat area LNG project moves forward with NEB process  -- Another LNG project is showing some indications of life in the Northwest, as  energy giants Chevron and Woodside look to expand on their proposed output for a Bish Cove terminal near Kitimat  (posted April 2, 2019)


Nass Valley latest region to see stirrings for potential LNG development -- With interest returning to the region towards the development of the LNG industry, the Nisga'a Lisims Government provided an update for its residents related to some interest in the Nass Valley.    (posted  April 5 , 2019)

Wolverine Terminal moves closer to construction after positive Environmental Determination -- Prince Rupert residents learned the status of a proposed marine fuelling station for the waterfront of the city, as the plans for the Wolverine Terminal project continued to move forward.     (posted  April 2, 2019)

Homicide investigation underway in Kitkatla -- It was a busy week for the Prince Rupert Detachment of the RCMP, with one of their case files taking members to Kitkatla to investigate a homicide in the community.  You can review the full list of notes on the work of Emergency Responders from our archive page here.    (posted April 3, 2019)

One other item did very well when it came to views this week as our April 1st tomfoolery found a large audience, actually topping the weeks listings when it came to attention, you can review our tribute to the day made for pranks and creative thinking here.

You can find our weekly Blog watching feature posted every Sunday morning by 9AM, making for a handy way to catch up to the week that was, at a leisurely weekend pace.

You can also review the full listings of the week just past from our Blog Archive index page found on the right hand side of the page.

For those looking for updates to items as they are posted to the blog, don't forget about our email alert access.

A daily review of the latest items on the blog can be delivered to your email in box, simply by entering your email address into the information bar, items posted to the blog will be delivered to your e-mail account each day.

You can find the link to that feature on the upper, right hand side of the blog. It can be found underneath the Follow the North Coast Review by Email indicator.

As well, those who use Twitter can get updates as we post new items from our twitter feed

Our archive of weekly Blog Watching can be found here.

To view the most recent blog posting of the day, click here.