PRINCE RUPERT VOL. 8 NO. 15
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
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Brooks family seeking truth
ONCE UPON A TIME...
RCMP decision into man’s death doesn’t add up: Latimer BY SHAUN THOMAS PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View
National Aboriginal Conference begins. Page 13
The family of Justin Brooks, the 21-year-old whose body was pulled from Prince Rupert Harbour on March 4, say they have lost confidence in the RCMP and are now turning to residents for more information on what happened the night Justin lost his life. RCMP say the coroner’s service determined Justin did not have any seri- Sheri Latimer ous injuries that would have contributed to his death, and that the cause of death is drowning. The family alleges RCMP have conducted interviews with people believed to have seen Justin the night he lost his life and RCMP told them the stories of those involved appear to match-up: A group of people assaulted Justin and left him by the old CN station, but he was alive when they left him there and nobody knows how he ended up in the harbour. See DEATH QUESTIONED on Page 2
“We’ve lost all hope in the RCMP.”
Arts Campbell takes big stage in U.S. Page A17
Martina Perry / The Northern View
Caitlenn Bull performs the solo dance routine Ombré during Charles Hays Secondary School’s Once Upon A Time Grad Fashion Show on Friday. For more on the show, see Page 8.
Sports Are you ready for the glory? Page A11
Rupert real estate market smoking First quarter rings up staggering $18 million in sales BY SHAUN THOMAS PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View
Haida Gwaii Haida Gwaii named the best islands. Page B1
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Prince Rupert’s real estate market is booming. In the first three months of 2013, 66 properties, worth a combined $18.1 million, sold in Prince Rupert, including 48 single family properties, two townhouses and three parcels of vacant land. That number is up by 38 properties and $14 million compared to the first three months of 2012. The numbers also put Prince
“They’re not just kicking tires, they’re buying.” - Keith Lambourne
Rupert at the top of the northwest when it comes to realty sales. In Terrace there were 60 properties worth $11.5 million sold, while Kitimat had 18 fewer properties sold for $3 million less, falling
from 78 properties last year to 60 this year. “It has been a very strong start to the year and a very good quarter... This increase happened quicker than I thought it would
this year. I thought we would see this kind of movement in the third quarter, but it came a lot sooner,” said Keith Lambourne of Royal LePage Prince Rupert, noting both the residential and commercial sectors were going strong. “Commercial sales have been a desert for the past several years, but now there is so much interest in town that people are buying. They’re not just kicking the tires, they’re buying.”
See REAL ESTATE on Page 2
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