SOUTHEAST LOG 10-16-21

 SOUTHEAST LOG 10-16-21

$5.9 million winner!
PRINCE RUPERT - October will forever be a lucky month for one local resident. Last week, there were two winners in the $11.8 million lottery national lottery . One ticket was sold in Prince Rupert. THE PRINCE RUPERT NORTHEN VIEW
Voters okay taxes for streets
JUNEAU - Voters have elected to continue a three-percent sales tax for street maintenance and city and borough operations. Michelle Hale and Barbara Blake appear to have won seats on the Borough Assembly, THE JUNEAU EMPIRE
Boro may lift heli-ski limit
HAINES - Heli-skiing may become a bigger thing in the borough. The assembly recently took its first steps to remove it's 10-year-old limit on the number of operations in the borough. Currently only three heli-ski operations are allowed. THE CHILKAT VALLEY NEWS
Businesses not as pessimistic
WRANGELL - Local businesses are not as pessimistic about the economy as those in other communities, according to a recent survey. Just about half of the Wrangell businesses surveyed by Rain Coast Data were pessimistic about the future. That number was lower than in Ketchikan, Hoonah, Skagway and Haines. THE WRANGELL SENTINE:
Safe consumption site opens
WHITEHORSE - The Yukon government has opened the territory's first safe consumption site. The location - which officials hope will help stem a rapidly rising overdose rate - is in a government building on Cook Street. THE WHITEHORSE DAILY STAR
Housing skyrockets
TERRACE - Terrace has the highest housing prices in northern BC at $463,140, outpacing Prince Rupert at $418,985. Average Terrace prices have increased by $70,000 in the past year. THE TERRACE STANDARD
Big cruise summer forecasted
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HAINES - Projections are for Haines to receive 88,000 cruise passengers next summer. If they hold true, it will be the largest number of cruise passengers in the past 20 years. THE CHILKAT VALLEY NEWS
Student raises $8,000+
SKAGWAY - Local school student, Mina Yee, 11, has raised more than $8,000 to benefit the local Fran Delisle Cancer Fund. Yee raised the money by hiking to Upper Dewey Lake every Wednesday in July and August. She had more than 100 sponsors for her fundraiser. THE SKAGWAY NEWS
Native land returned
KITIMAT - The federal government has added more than 600 acres of land in the Minette Bay are to the Haisla tribe reserve. Officials said that the land should have been conveyed back in the 1950s but was taken by the federal government illegally. The federal government eventually paid the tribe for the land in the 1990s and the tribe has now spent the last 25 years trying to buy it back. THE KITIMAT NORTHERN SENTINEL
Bear calls drop
HAINES - Fish and Game says the number of bear calls in the area has dropped significantly from 2020. Only about 150 had come in by the end of September, compared to more than 350 at the same time last year. The number of bears killed has also dropped, two this year compared to 14 last year. The officials say that a better berry crop and salmon run this year may be a factor. THE CHILKAT VALLEY NEW
Recording setting pilot visits
JUNEAU - Nineteen-year-old Zara Rutherford passed through Juneau recently on an unusual quest. Rutherford is hoping to become the youngest woman to fly solo around the world. Rutherford hopes to conclude her journey in November. THE JUNEAU EMPIRE
Nechako Center future pondered
KITIMAT - The area government is pondering what to do with the Nechako Center, a longtime commercial center. Proposals are ranging from additional housing to open space and other public space. THE KITIMAT NORTHERN SENTINEL
Fun, fun, fun
TERRACE - Students at the Veritas Catholic School are thrilled by the new playground equipment. Rotary Club of Terrace worked with the school parents to raise $25,000 for a new zip line. THE TERRACE STANDARD
Makitas at ten paces?
SITKA - Police mediated a 1 am dispute between over two individuals over damage to some power tools. THE DAILY SITKA SENTINEL

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