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July 28th	Council	Closer look	Thorkelson and economic outlook -- disastrous	DVPs and legal nightmare-- Extra Foods-- Hoteliers and subsidies
July 27th	Council	Overview of the meeting	Hoteliers main event -- rethink sewer rates etc	Rodin reports carry meeting -- and 'Roundtables' now in fall
July 26th	Council	Meeting tonight Public input	Hoteliers want homeowners to cover for them ($90T)	School girl corrects me-- and deadly weed found near Moresby
July 23rd	We See	Cruise ship day and sunny day	Local totem pole as family history -- H Watts	College library & vandalism --+ PRDN and flyers + 'Revitalization'
July 22nd	We See	Revitalization boondoggle, if	Tourists' Found Art and further look at SQCRD	'Old Boys Club'? and NDIT -- Plus Spruce disease locally?
July 21st	We See	Sporties food fishing	Waterline break leads to re-paving street	SQCRD gives out tender for Islands landfill 278T$ -- using Gas Tax $$
July 20th	We See	2nd look at the SQCRD meeting	But first: nuisances to problem gambling	And local street art + barges in Harbour
July 19th	We See	Productive SQCRD mtg	Effort made to give Access to meeting to HG residents	PNCIMA and access to Ministers at UBCM -- plus Senecio(?) flowers
July 16th	We See	SQCRD Meeting	More in-camera secrets-- electoral areas report	So who are they partnering with?
July 15th	We See	2 days of summer?	What about Managers' car allowances? Rationale?	Revitalization boondoggle and street trees -- more later
July 14th	We See	Boondoggles from SQCRD	to city watering --more later on car allowances	Plus Skeena Salmon run etc
July 13th	We See	More on Hays Creek Sewer lines	Diversion to be soon contracted out	From spruce needles to street art
July 12th	We See	Skeena Gillnet opening -BUT	Vandalism + Tour bus as art and postcard brochure	Revitalization being snuck through? Why now? Who pays??

July 9th	We See	Hays Creek Sewer	CBC's Mark Forsyth in town Thursday	Sidewalk cutaways and
July 8th	We See	'Enclosure of commons'?	Hotel patio 'grows' --- we see -- 'giveaways'	Sewer line replacement Hays Crk ---Epicurean demolish soon?
July 7th	Council	Overview of the meeting	Short meeting with huge implications	Revitalization main event but from booze to formalities
July 6th	Council	Meeting tonight	Comment on Annual Report	Revitalization Bylaw needs scrutiny
July 5th	We See	Council meeting Tuesday	Another look at Transit increase -- vs Terrace	Skeena River flows and El Nino -- drought, warm water temps ahead?
July 1st	We See	Extra Foods strike	Lease ends -- Now what?	Commercial closed -- and Source opens ---Skeena R peaked-- drought?
June 28th	We See	Koning gone from SQCRD	Old Boys club looking out for 'benefits	While Rupert taxpayers foot the bill?
June 25th	We See	Unusual foggy day	Gordon-Payne at SQCRD	Fraser R salmon and climate change etc
June 21st	Council	Enbridge comes to talk	And the opponents come to refute -- 1st look	Real business: SOFI, Auditor, Revitalization -- play to empty room
June 20th	We See	Alan Haig-Brown talk	End of an Era -- boats and fishers	Policy of efficiency over sustainability
June 18th	We See	SQCRD meeting tonight	Telling Citizens to shut up and be nice to 'our' Reps	Old boys club meeting -- + Haida totem pole etc + slide
June 16th	We See	UNBC Speaker series	Northern Community development-- How to	What to do in post Resource based economy -- 1st part
June 15th	We See	SQCRD & Council pay big time	CAO's salary and 'Teaching' don't cast stones	Rupert did same when fired Doug Jay etc -- plus street scenes
June 14th	We See	Seafest and SQCRD	but first more on facades	And who is looking out for PR taxpayers? Not Jack
June 11th	We See	Look at art in PR	A 3rd Renaissance needed?	plus cow parsnip -- last of the flowers?
June 9th	Council	Council's SOFI and $$	Nuisances and 'standards'?	Businesses spruce up -- but don't recycle?
June 8th	Council	Excellent meeting	Just intro here -- Council asserts itself	'We did not ask for this' -> tabled + 'you want our $$?' be nice
June 7th	Council	Very busy schedule	GHG Emission 'targets'	SOFI -- Annual Report -- Nuisances
June 4th	We See	Dr John MacDonald	Famous Engineer returns to PR roots	Energy in 21st Century -- discussion later
June 2nd	We See	SQCRD SOFI plus Council & flowers	Where The Tax $$ goes --- schools 4.4M$	And how much does City taxpayers subsidize SQCRD -- lots

May 31st	SQCRD	'We do things our way'	First Patio on 2nd Ave-- no booze?	Committee w not so hidden agendas etc + Mariners' Park renos
May 29th	SQCRD	Old Boys' Club	Audit + NP Cannery presentations	Quick overview of meeting -- more later
May 27th	Council	Second look meeting	From Dump to SPCA and Feral Cats	to Nuisance Bylaw and those high backed chairs -- safety issue?
May 26th	Council	First look at another Show & Tell meeting	Lisa Walters award etc --Jean Martin Recycles	Dumbing Down Council meetings -- Public input can change that
May 24th	We See	Street patios and liability--hog fuel	OCP and 'nuisance' Bylaws Tuesday	White phase flowers going to berries from Thimble to elder berry etc
May 21st	We See	Cruise ship and sunshine	Coast hotel new patio and Rain's old one	Plus Sewage Treatment -- Bogs or Harbour as waste receptacle
May 19th	We See	We See from BC Transit	to Sewage in Peatlands Dodge Cove etc	to falling cherry blossoms etc
May 17th	We See	From Audit to zoning	And seasons: dandelions over	As are the elderberry and White Ash bloom
May 14th	Council	1st Cruise ship of season	Spruced up buildings plus vandals, drunks	OCP Zoning changes represent 'intent' -- Bylaws later (public input) etc
May 13th	Council	More fun with OCP maps	'Mistakes were made' disappearing P1	But trust elected officials (and managers) -- Ditto the Audit etc
May 12th	Council	Closer look at OCP map	Back room deals? 2007 & 2010 OCP compared	Were the changes 'errors' and details Or were significant changes made?
May 11th	Council	First look at meeting	Another ho-hum -- why bother --- meeting	Kinney had right idea and left early -- still important stuff shuffled through
May 6th	Council	We See circus, roofs & OCP	OCP gets digital treatment	More details about rest of Island -- plus <GHG emissions coming next
May 4th	Council	Special meeting sets Ferry fees, etc	Thorkelson stars -- champions 'workers'	Citizens too little info to participate meaningfully in discussion
May 3rd	Council	Special Mtg tonight	Budget Fees and OCP	We See Gardens & weeds

Seen in various Media online

See current PR court list and recently completed cases as PDF
PR Port vessels schedule; Vessel Traffic schedule

April 30th	We See	Another slum bites the dust	Fire in PR -- Prince Rumour and how started -- OCP stuff	First discussion of Airport Ferry fee increases
April 29th	Council	On Bikers and Budgets	Train Whistling and legal crossings	Comparing 2009 and 2010 Budgets -- who pays etc
April 28th	Council	We see Banners	and Boarded up windows/ Vandalism--- M Page asks--	HST on Parking --Building Permits??+ Flowers & deer
April 27th	Council	4hr marathon mtg	Let the People speak -- excellent public input	But first an overview of meeting -- from Modular to Tidal
April 26th	We See	Cncl Meeting tonight	Dandelion Bloom almost over	More infrastructure failures
April 23rd	We See	Spring unwinds:	from blossoms to time to mow lawns already	SQCRD wanting to dump treated sewage on Digby bogs
April 20th	We See	Wolves and penthouses	Back to Future? Local Food SQCRD backgrounder	Dumbing down the City Budget -- Faulty logic of increases
April 18th	SQCRD	Let the people -- ask questions	Short meeting -- Cut-off lands + final readings fee increases	But real content from question period: Recycling, Dispensations etc
April 16th	We See	BC Book Writers in town	Cruise passengers and banner-gate - Recycling?	Wolves, 'Rules' and poor tourists free parking etc
April 14th	We See	RCMP -- vandalism	RCMP divers and crime scene	City Budget and class warfare -- soaking the poor etc
April 13th	Council	Long dull meeting	First look at the budget --- after tour of new drafting software	Who pays the increase taxes only 'drama' -- predictable 4-3 vote
April 12th	We See	Council Mtg tonight	1st Reading Budget --- April critical for public input $$	Community Gardens and spring food plants
April 9th	We See	Winter returns after Spring	FD door update --- Extra Foods 'update' of sorts	Who is in charge of City owned Airport? Liability etc
April 6th	We See	Spring and flowers	Easter Lily memorial --- FD door--- Ribes laxiflorum	RR ties and booze party site
April 1st	SQCRD	SQCRD budget Passed	But took an Order in Council -- Admin and Sandspit water +	landfill still behind -- Plus PNCIMA in town too -- more later
March 30th	SQCRD	2nd look at meeting	But first NIS closing ----and logging on 3rd Ave	No fish $ to Crown Lands to ISWAC budgets

March 29th	SQCRD	1st look at SQCRD	Budget not passed-- doesn't balance -- Enbridge talk	--Making meeting accessible, Alpha males -- more later
March 26th	We See	Council 2 and SQCRD	Make work projects for planner? where is the BoV?	SQCRD Hospital board meets after only 9 months-- perfunctory
March 24th	We See	SD 52 decides	Dramatic and emotional -- Westview to close	Potentially a turning point in Rupert's local politics/ history
March 23rd	Council	Ho-hum	Navy and Sea Cadets provide the entertainment	BC Cancer Soc presentation -- and Daffodil Day provided rest
March 21st	We See	Disputes	From landlord - tenant to leaning houses	plus logging to get view -- and cause slides?
March 19th	We See	SD 52 Budgeting	Short quick meeting --- hockey game you know	'a difficult year' -- part 1
March 17th	We See	SD Forum part2	We see spring, street scenes seismic ratings	School catchement areas and transboundary transfers
March 16th	We See	SD 52 Forum	School closures and public info/ inputs	Part 1 -- the PPT presentations
March 15th	We See	3 Sewage plants?	Option chosen as allows most flexibility	Book ends to Bob Thompson's career
March 11th	Council & SQCRD	Road Closure on foreshore?	Highway of Tears -- from sign to education	SQCRD & Electoral Areas --settler outposts of another era?
March 10th	SQCRD	Budget 'consultations'	Going through the motions? Comment period still open	Rupert Taxpayers gouged? Poor management on QCIs?
March 9th	Council	Excellent mtg	First look-- symbolic?	Anniversary & renewal -- +SQCRD
March 8th	We See	Revolt of 3rd Ave	Property owners address silly rules +SQCRD meeting	Proposed budget -- something broken--
March 3rd	We See	Roosevelt closure	Consultations continue --	Speaking from the heart
March 1st	We See	Hobiyee at Civic	Plus El Nino Warm Feb	Renaissance and Hobiyee
February 25th	SQCRD	2nd look at meeting	(Ab)using the Gas Tax Fund Green washing and taxes	Oona River abuses -- and illegalities?
February 24th	Council & SQCRD	Look at the Development Variance permit	Council sides with the proponent rather than staff because of Rural-ness site	SQCRD looks at old Tasu mine site -- and 2010 Budget
February 23rd	Council Mtg	First look at meeting	From 'Heritage' walking tours to Hobiyee to Golf clubs	Analysis later -- Variance permit counters staff to elites to Gyms
February 21st	SQCRD	Meeting was a waste of time	Sandspit liquor and neighbour disputes took most the time	While a M$ loan not discussed -- suggests PR look for change
February 18th	We See	ANBT & El Nino	While civic center gets 3.2M$ subsidy-- most can't pay	Use DQ lots as Parking? Plus comparing El Nino SSTs
February 16th	We See	Council & flowers	What absentee landlords have Council upset?	See comparison January temps-- El Nino year etc
February 15th	We See	Council and school closure issues	What is behind Board Variance change? -- School closures:	Is class & race, not economics at issue? -- Plus recycling etc
February 11th	We See	School closures mtg at Westview	But first the flowering Snowdrop --- then SD 52 wants your input into school closures	I suggest common problem to PR: town built for 21T and now only 13T -- what now?
February 10th	Council Mtg	2nd look at meeting	Falcone Estate settled + more on ANBT and local Elites	'But will City enforce its own Bylaws' asked Thorkelson
February 8th	Council Mtg	First look -- good meeting	Lots of discussion and some interesting 'movements'	Downtown merchants and Boards of Variance --
February 7th	We See	Chickweed flowers	Rupert elite racist? ANBT rates as argument for thesis	Sewer and Water rates as inequity -- class bias
February 2nd	We See	Bread & Circuses	The show must go on ---and Extra Foods update	+ Carbon Footprints -- and fiscal reality over amenities
January 29th	Council Mtg	Sewerage as cash cow	Hoteliers have their point -RCMP drug awareness presentation	ANBT asks for a break -- but still not = to staff Freebies
January 27th	Council Mtg	A busy meeting	preliminary look at presentations Universal Citizen & SPCA	plus saving money 75% cap etc
January 25th	SQCRD & Council	Good SQCRD Mtg	New employee and Remediation Jedway mine etc	City Council busy schedule with delegations

January 22nd	We See	Poverty & 'Rules'	Off street loading -- and grandfathering	I hear: Extra Foods strike & lax court system
January 20th	We See	Khutz management plan	Power Point presentations and Tourism operators	Habituated bears good? But little factual data (More Later)
January 18th	We See	Junkers & taxes	Downtown business has 8 junkers	Budget cuts -PR over extended
January 15th	Council Mtg	Pettifog or Big Picture?	Donated gym equipment to civic Center	Another look at Golf Course & subsides
January 13th	Council Mtg	Another look at parking	The down side of simplification or treating downtown as a mall	And how much $$ will city give golf course in 2010?
January 12th	Council Mtg	Good Meeting	Not kidding. Ashley & Garon provide the energy and direction	BUT -- Council needs to provide staff more direction
January 11th	Council Mtg	Ho Hum agenda	Watson Island? Likely not but Grants and parking might be interesting	Is this Council and its Bylaws too business friendly?
January 6th	We See	Local sidewalks	Public property or business perk?	SQCRD needs attention
January 4th	Drought in PR?	Q4 only 40% 'normal' Record?	And 2009 was only about 70% normal precipitation -- climate change?	Plus a quick look at SQCRD and changes in new year

Older material from 2009 to 2003

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Stories ---
Using the PR Sewage Report to 'crunch the numbers' thus 75% present ones are sanitary when look at area of town
'Top' PR and BC stories for 2007 (later)

Alarm Bells ringing-- SYNEX (IPP) has projects on Ayton, Khatada, and Khyex rivers --- crossing Skeena 2X etc

PR Sewage Treatment? Harbour System is complex (geography)
And in 2003 a good computer simulation published (story)
Here is an earlier study where 'Friends of Harbour' question outfalls
And a much earlier journalism article where 'disaster scenario' for dilution solution

EnvCanada:-PR 5 day forecast
City Hall Weather and YPR ‘real time’ flight info
NOAA Satellite IR image, Similar but gaudier colors
EC Satellite page for Pacific GOES West
300 MB Jet Stream—latest -- PR Tides for today -
Marine Weather forecast Dixon Entrance East
- NOAA useful images depicting Winds – and Rain over NE Pacific/ North Coast BC
EC Model predicts precipitation: graphic 12/24/36/48hr prediction
NOAA graphic shows daily wave heights well and barometric pressure forecasts –
NOAA precip data 30/90/year
Env CA Weather warnings for BC
EC Marine Warnings click map
CA Current weather map w jet steams
Global Seismic graphic w updates
BC Weather data click map
BC Snow Pillow map, graphs

Weather link for:

·        Satellite image updated often
·        Weather Buoys
·        Offshore Winds image
·        Winds/pressure Graph for N Hecate
·        Satellite precipitation image
·        Watch Arctic freezing -- daily image from NOAA snow polar view
·        Current weather map w jet steams --
·  SST off our coast (30 days)–
·   Monthly totals PR January 2008
· more complete list of weather links

Older material (2009 -2003) listed
less recent articles (2002 & earlier) ---Or see everything listed in Table of contents file

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