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Over the weekend, the Charles Hays Secondary School senior girls basketball team won the regional zones held in Prince Rupert. For more on this story check Friday’s Northern Connector, and check out more from middle and high school basketball teams on page 19.
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Feds spend millions on Ridley Rail Corridor Reaching readers in Prince Rupert, Port Edward, and surrounding villages every Wednesday
By Alan S. Hale The Northern View
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The federal Minister of International Trade and the Asia-Pacific Gateway, Ed Fast, announced that it will be investing $15-million in the Prince Rupert Port Authority’s Railway Corridor project on Ridley Island. Fast says that the fast-paced growth of the Port of Prince
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Rupert and expectations of future demands from China for energy makes the investment in infrastructure, that will help to increase capacity at the coal terminal, a good idea. Fast says that this will have benefits for the entire country. “The Asia Pacific Gateway is about all of Canada; its a pan-Canadian strategy . . . Prince Rupert and the AsiaPacific Gateway, are a part
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of that strategy, and is at the forefront of Pacific trade and critical to our country’s longterm prosperity. So the railway corridor project shows our commitment to moving that agenda forward,” said Fast at a gathering in Prince Rupert. And the money will certainly move the project forward. The $15-million promised by Fast for the corridor represents the last piece of the puzzle
when it comes to funding the $90-million project. Both the Port of Prince Rupert and CN Rail are putting up $30-million each and Christy Clark came to Prince Rupert last September to announce a $15-million investment on behalf of the Province. See trade minister, page 3
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