With the winter season upon us, our City crews are out in full force addressing priority areas, and we ask that residents and businesses do their part to clear the areas in front of your home or business.

At approximately 10 am this morning, the City’s Fire Department responded to an incident involving the Bunker C fuel tank in the Moresby area.  In the contractor’s process of dismantling the tank, a flare up occurred, which the Fire Department was able to address through the use of foam to douse the flames. No one was injured during the incident, and there was no release of product into the surrounding environment.

Following on the heels of last week’s Redesign Rupert event, the City is now pursuing full engineering and architectural design work towards the rehabilitation of the CN Heritage Rail Station at the waterfront. This project is an integral component to the Rupert’s Landing waterfront development announced with Gitxaala last Thursday at the Vision unveiling event.

DECEMBER 13th, 2019 – PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. – Following the release and presentation of the Redesign Rupert 2030 plan by Beasley and Associates last night at the Lester Centre, the City of Prince Rupert made a number of joint announcements with community partners. These announcements highlighted some of the ‘quick win’ initiatives that have come about as a part of the Redesign process – including:

DECEMBER 11th, 2019 – PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. – The preliminary results of the City-led Child Care survey are now available, with researchers finding a number of overarching themes that emerged from the engagement process.