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This centrally located 2 bdrm home is within a short walking distance of all downtown amenities and recreational facilities. This property has been upgraded and renovated both inside and out by the present owners. Some of these upgrades include a New Roof, facia boards & gutters outside in 2011, and New flooring, trim, kitchen counter-tops & cabinets, appliances and windows inside in 2007. This home is truly in “ move in “ condition and could be either a great starter home for a young couple or a single floor property for an older “ empty nest “ couple looking to downsize. Call Gordon @ (250) 624-9298 for the additional details and your appointment today!
By Alan S. Hale The Northern View
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Fiona Gale and Hyla McQuaid, right, couldn’t wait for the 2012 Cannery Road Race to begin on Saturday. For more on the road race, please see Page 11.
◆ COURSE UP FOR SALE?
Golf society demands answers By Alan S. Hale The Northern View The Prince Rupert Golf Society is frustrated that they were not consulted before council put forward the idea of selling the Prince Rupert Golf Course to private interests. “We’re a little disappointed that the mayor or council wouldn’t have approached the executive of the golf club...That they were looking at the possibility of selling it,” Terry Sawka, golf society president, said. The idea however, was not a formal proposal. Council neither made a motion nor proposed further action such as a staff report or feasibility study on the idea first put forward by Mayor Jack Mussallem.
However, Sawka isn’t convinced the mayor would just propose to sell a public amenity such as the golf course without discussing it beforehand. “I would suspect that there has been some discussions, maybe in a closed council meeting” said Sawka. The golf society has decided to press the issue and has made arrangements to appear before council at the October 9 meeting, and ask councillors to better explain what their intentions toward the golf course are. The members of the society – which is in charge of running the golf course for the City – met last Monday to discuss the issue and met again this Monday to come up a formal position on the potential sale of the course.
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Prince Rupert may be able to lace up the skates again soon. Inoperative icemaking equipment at the Jim Ciccone Civic Centre has relegated hockey players to dryland training and skaters in general to a trek down the highway to Terrace for the closest possible ice. Last weekend, 150 minor hockey league players made that journey and hockey parents said with gas and food they were spending $100 every weekend so their kids can play on actual ice – $100 they point out that isn’t being spent here in Prince Rupert. However, civic centre staff are looking at a temporary fix by the contractor hired to repair the system to will keep it running until the broken equipment can be replaced. If a temporary fix doesn’t work, iceusers will still have to wait until some time in November before they can use the local rink. See rink, page 3 Funded in part by:
* Skills Connect for Immigrants * Training * St John Ambulance (training and Àrst aid supplies
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