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Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
Bill
and
Ken
Nesbitt
VOL.
XXXVI,
No.
17.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
JANUARY
,21,
1947
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ru1(ilv
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new
companies
the
tot
field,
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they
have
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f
vital
Importance
to
7
success
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these
com-
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trunspor
Vancouver
to
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engineers
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HUKI
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AKtA
increase
whatsoever
in
freight
rates
on
the
i,i
nmsf.
nssin-edlv
brintr
about
larrre
central
British
Columbia.
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widespread
sunering
anu
despair,
so
asserts
pnmnUpH
bv
thp
Associated
J
Boards
of
Trade
of
Central.
Brit-
m
flOm
Islf
Columbia
after
receiving
PrCC
member
boards
on
the
subject
I
I
VJJ
of
freight
rates
In
the
light
of
recent
application
of
the
rail
ways
for
permission
to
Impose
a
thirty
percent
Increase
In
rates
The
summation
of
the
Associ
ated
Boards'
study
has
been
sent
to
the
Board
of
Railway
Commissifcners
and
provincial
government
and
is
as
follows:
Inasmuch
as
the
main
indus
try
of
Northern
and
Central
British
Columbia
is
lumbcrlns
and
shipping
of
forest
products
and
whereas
the
bulk
of
uie
output
of
these
products
go
by
rail
to
Eastern
Canada
and
United
States
any
increase
in
freight
rates
would
mean
an
increase
in
the
cost
of
the
products
to
the
eventual
consumer.
Increased
cost
of
the
products
to
the
consumer
automatically
reduces
the
volume
of
(Continued
on
Page
6)
INVITED
OUT;
LEFT
THROUGH
DOOR
PANEL
When
Hans
Peter
Holthe
was
asked
to
leave
the
Central
Lunch,
Third
Avenue,
Friday
afternoon,
he
took
the
rebuff
so
seriously
that
he
put
his
foot
through
the
plate
glass
panel
In
the
door,
then
stepped
out
through
the
hole,
according
to
comDlalnt
made
to
the
police
by
Margaret
Johnson,
Uie
cafe
manager.
Holthe
was
reported
to
have
turned
and'
given
the
occupants
of
th
cafe
a
stern
but
courteous
'good-byc'v
before
he
walked
off
up
the
street.
He
oua
noi
ges
far
before
ho
was
picked
up
by
the
police.
lie
appeared
in
city
ponce
court
Saturday
morning
and
pleaded
guilty
under
the
Vag
rancy
Act.
The
case
was
au-Journed
for
sentence
by
Magistrate
W.
D.
Vance.
In
Uia
meantime,
destitution
of
$25
was
made.
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Further
than
that,
however,
will
be
the
Increasing
nearness
of
swirt
transportation
for
all
workers
to
and
from
Vancouver,
and
tho
consequent
greater
ut-tractlvencss
of
employment
there.
This
In
turn,
as
wo
have
proven
-before,
will
mean
de
creased
labor
costs,
and
mcic,
In
thp
marclnal
profit
opcra-
iin9
,iiipii
huvo
been
tho
characteristic
of
tho
type
of
mlnlnir
carried
on,
dictate
tne
feasibility
or
lnfcasibillty
of
any
project.
The
Introduction
of
air
trans
porlation
to
Prince
Rupert
from
Vancouver
can
eventuauy
ue-termlne
the
extent
of
activity
for
the
entire
district.
L
alk
Postponed
Question
of
Albanian
.Mines
Again
Before
Security
Council
LAKE
SUCCESS.
N.Y.
;
A
United
States
motion
to
post-
Done
United
Nations
discussion
of
world
wide
arms
settlement
for
two
weeks
was
adopted
by
the
security
council
by
a
vote
of
9
to
4,
Russia
and
Poland
voting
against.
Russia
opposed
the
plan
on
the
basis
of
past
arguments.
After
disposal
of
the
arms
motion,
the
council
will
now
consider
British
charges
that
Al-Ibania
Is
responsible
for
sowlnz
mines
In
Corfu
channel,
damag
ing
two
British
destroyers
with
44
casualties
on
October
22.
Altanla
has
denied
the
charges
and
has
accused
Britain
of
violating
her
territorial
waters.
ESCAPED
FROM
HOSPITAL
PLANE
Itatlar
Landing
JMisscd
the
.Mark
in
Foe
at
Oakland
Yesterday
1
OAKLAND
-
One
person
was
:
killed
and
20
others
injured
j
when
'a
United
States
Navy
hos-
pltal
plane
crashed
while
making
a
radar
landing
in
dense
foz
here
late
yesterday.
The
'plane
overrode
the
field,
struck
an
embankment
and
broke
it3
back.
It
was
mjraculous
that
so
many
were
thrown
clear
and
escaped
death,
Full
Day
Holiday
Measure
Deferred
VANCOUVER
Tlie
city
council
today
tabled
a
petition
seeking
a
full
day
Instead
of
half-day
weekly
holiday
on
Wednesday.
No
action
was
taken
in
view
Of
the
fact
that
Mr.
Justice
A.
MAIanson
had
quashed
such
an
enactment
In
Chllliwack
and
tne
matter
is
coming
before
the
Legislature
anyway.
EASTERN
MINE
STRIKE
NEAR
Last
Chance
(Conference
to
Be
Held
Tomorrow
GLACE
BAY.
Nova
Scotia
fl1'-
Hcfe
of
stopping
the
maritime
coal
fields
major
snui-aown
threat
has
Its
last
chance
in
today's
conference
of
repre
sentatives
of
the
government,
the
miners'
union
and
the
mine
operators.
Freeman
Jenkins,
president
01
the
United
Mine
Workers'
dis
trict
26.
announced
the
shut
down
will
come
on
January
31
if
the
conference
falls
to
grant
thn
union's
waKc
demands
lor
$2.50.
Increase
above
the
basic
current
rates
of
$5.84
aauy.
itn
sfiiri
that
all
coal
opera
tlons
"under
contract
with
ma
tinitprf
Mine
Workers
In
Nova
Scotia
and
New
Brunswick"
would
be
Included.
Pulled
Wrong
Tooth;
Dentist
Must
Pay
VANCOUVER
f'
Marjorlc
McRac,
aged
,10.
will
receive
a
$600
fitud
invested
for
her
until
she
is
21
because
n
dentist
irnp.teci
a
wrong
tooth
in
the
procrts
of
slrulghU'iiJng
her
teeth,
llcr
rather,
is.
tt
Mcnue.
mill
worker,
was
granted
by
Mr.
Justice
A.
M.
ftianson
J
...
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1.1-
from
Dr.
W.
l.
liinou
aim
ius
nsvistimt.
Dr.
W.
D,
McLcod,
as
conipcnsatton
for
an
error
made
last
August.
Tlie
scuicmeni.
in
cludes
$275
for
further
dental
work.
Bread
and
Butter
Prices
Going'
Up?
nniAWA
Bread
and
butter
price
ceilings
may
soon
be
rais
ed
it
is
reported
ouuer
10c
a
pound
and
bread
15
to
25
percent.
Off
Columb
PREMIER
MINE
IS
ISOLATED
BY
BIG
SNOWFALL
IN
PORTLAND
CANAL
With
nineteen
feet
of
snow
recorded
so
far
this
winter
at
Stewart
town
and
seven
feet
within,
the
last
week,
the
famous
mining
camp
at
Premier,
sixteen
miles
up
the
Salmon
River
valley,
is
completely
cut
off
today
from
the
outside
world
as
far
as
transportation
is
concerned.
The
road
is
blocked
by
the
snow
which
fell
so
fast
that
the
Portland
Canal
district
snow
plowing
equipment
was
unable
to
keep
up
with
it.
At
the
same
time,
tho
train
lino
frnm
Prpmlpr
wharf
is
broken
broken
down
and
the
depth
of
snow
makes
it
difficult
Jto
render
repairs;
...
...
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i
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i
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No
immediate
concern
is,
noweyer,
xeu
in
regara
tu
me
supply
condition
at
Premier
which
la'usTially
kept
in
readiness
for
just
such
a
winter
emergency
in
a
district
where
these
deep
snows
are
common
enough.
While
Premier
camp
is
hemmed
in,
some
sixty
miners,
recruited
to
work
at
Sllbak-Premler,
are
being
held
at
Stewart
unable
to
reach
tneir
aesunauon
Monday
night,
according
to
arrivals
here
today
from
Stewart,
there
was
a
dense
blizzard,
further
adding
to
the
snowpile
there.
So
high
Is
the
snow
piled
alongside,
that
the
road
between
Stewart
wharf
and
Stewart
town
seems
like
a
veritable
tunnel.
Russia
Lifting
All
Censorship
MOSCOW
Russia
has
agreed
to
lift
all
censorship
on
dispatches
of
foreign
correspondents
from
the
forthcoming
for
eign
ministers'
conference
in
Moscow.
This
was
one
of
th
conditions
upon
which
Moscow
wus
chosen
as
venue
for
the
con
ference.
392
PERISH
IN
DISASTER
Greek
Government
Initialing
Invrstisalion
Into
Loss
of
Steamer
Chimarra
..
,
vV
'
"
-ATHENS.
The
Greek
min
islry
of
merchant
marine
last
night
placed
the
list
of
supposed
perlshed
as
a
result
or
the
sinic-ln.e
of
the
steamboat
Chimarra
early
Sunday
morning
at
'392,
the
balance
cf
a
total
of
615
per
sons
crew
and
passengers
-on
the
vessel
having
been
accounted
fcr.
That
210
persons
had
been
rescued
was
announced
last
night.
An
investigation
has
been
ordered
to
ascertain
whether
the
vessel,
which
sunk
in
the
icy
waters
or
the
Gulf
of
Petallon,
about
21
miles
cast
of
Athens,-
struck
a
mine,
as
was
originally
supposed,
or
whether
she
was
the
victim
of
an
internal
If
the
Chimarra
actually
struck
a
mine,
It
Is
presumed
that
It
would
have
been
one
which
had
eluded
mine
sweepers
since
the
war.
NO
QUICK
MOVES
IN
PRICE
RAISES
Policy
Across
Canada
Seems
To
be
One
of
"Wail
and
Sec"
OTTAWA.
0'
-
'Rcstauranlcurs,
nsrrl
car
dealers
and
shoe
merchants
across
Canada
tend
ed
today
to
follow
a
"wait
and.
sec'
policy
before
acting
on
the
authority
of
the
Prices
and
Trade
Board
to
raise
prices
up
to
the
maximum
or
10
per
cent.
In
Vancouver
some
restaurants
may
raise
their
prices
tomorrow
and
car
dealers
expect
to
make
aii
immediate
increase.
There
arc
no
changes
in
Victoria
and
car
dealers
there
say
it
will
not
make
much
difference
anyway
because
thoy
still
cannot
compete
with
the
black
market.
INDO-CHINA
PEACE
TALK
HANOI
O'
Viet
Nam
Nation
allsts
today
made
a
now
peace.
offer
for
Indo-China
as
French
triiinw
were
rcDorted
closing
In
on
the
town
of
Hue
in
an
effort
to
relieve
the
garrison
which
has
been
holding'
out
there
against
repealed
Vict
Nam
attacks
since
December
19.
VALLEY
OF
HEAT
Tim
avcrace
temperature
of
the
Amazon
valley
in
Brazil
is
80
degrees
Fahrenheit.
Silent
On
Tax
Deal
Minister
of
Finance
Not
Revealing
New
Terms
Util
Meeting
Manning
OTTAWA
CP)
The
formula
of
the
intergovernmental
tax
agreement
which
has
been
reached
between
Ottawa
and
New
Brunswick,
Manitoba
and
Saskatchewan
will
not
be
made
public
until
after
Hon.
Douglas
Abbott,
(minister
of
finance,
has
met
tomorrow
witll
Premier
E.
.C",
Manning
!oLAberta.,Jt
was
announced
Mr.
Abbott
had
not
comment
to
make
regarding
a
Montreal
Herald
statement
that
Ontario
and
Quebec,
"the
two
big
holdouts
in
the
Dominion-provincial
tax
row,
are
going
to
sign
UP,"
The
Herald
also
said
that
the
two
provinces
"arc
not
accepting
so
poor
a
deal"
as
offered
by
former
Finance
Minister
J.
L.
Usley.
They
will
get
a
better
deal
thap
British
Columbia,
the
paper
said.
REDS
ASSURED
OF
POLISH
WIN
Communist-backed
Government
Tarty
Gels
73
Tcrccnt
Of
Scats
'
WARSAW
ffj
An
unofficial
report
of
Pojand's
6,726
voting
districts
apparently
assured
the
Communist-backed
pro-govern
ment
bloc
of
a
smashing
victory
in
the
elections,
giving
them
324
scats
out
of
444,
or
approxi
mately
73
per
cent.
Vice
Premier
Stanlslaw
Mlko-lajczyk,
opposition
leader,
of
the
Polish
Peasant
Party,
was
elect
ed
to
a
scat,
although
ills
party
got
only
24
per
cent
of
the
votc5.
.
Candidates
or
the
"National
List"
filled
72
seats,
the
Labor
party
10,
the
New
Liberation
group
7,
small
political
groups
4,
while
three
other
seats
were
not
indicated.
Mikolakzyk
is
preparing
an
anneal
to
the
supreme
court
to
have
tho
elections
declared
In
valid
on
grounds
that
the
vot
ing
was
not
free
and
uiuetlcrcd
mid
was.
therefore,
In
violation
of
the
Potsdam
and
-Yalta
agree
ments.
Manitoba
Premier
Is
Well
Satisfied
WiNNU'EG-
Premier
Stuart
Garson.
returning
from
his
con
ference
vit
Ottawa
with
Minister
of
Finance
Douglas
Abbott
on
Dominion
-
provincial
taxation,
said
the
talks
had
had
a
"very
urnttfvlne
result."
Mr.
Garson
is
making
a
report
to
his
cabinet
at
a
meeting
today.
Local
Tides
Wednesday.
January
22,
1947
Ilich
1:56
18.7
feet
13:25
20.9
feet
v
r.nw
7:30
8.3
feet
20:044
2.7
feet
R
HON
HERBERT
ANSCOMB
Provincial
minister
of
f
inance,
who
will
speak
over
Station
CFPR
tomorrow
night.
He
will
be
in
the
limelight
next
month
when
he
presents
his
budget
to
the
Legislature
which
opens
February
11.
Transport
Minister
Reaches
Vancouver
s
VANCOUVER
Hon.
Lionel
Chevricr,
minister
of
transport,
arrived
in
the
city
today
from
Ottawa
and
will
receive
a
brief
while
here
asking
for
the
revision
of
the
crippling
harbor
dtfot
and
the
establishment
of
a
local
harbor
administration.
The
brief
has
been
prepared
by
Aid.
Charles
Thompson.
SHIPS
FAIL
TO
REACH
VILLAGE
AifcraTf
to
Be
Used"
i
or
'
Relief
of
'Anticosti
SEVEN
ISLANDS,
Quebec
&
The
supply
ship
North
Voyageur
and
the
government
ice-breaker
Ernest
Lapointe
sailed
for
the--
home
ports
Monday
after
failure
Sunday
to
break
the
ice
in
the
Gulf
of
St.
Lawrence
and
land
food
at
the
village
of
Port
Meu-nier
on
Anticosti
Island.
The
village
has
been
without
a
food
delivery
since
early
December.
It
Is
believed
that
aircraft
will
have
to
be
used
to
drop
supplies
to
the
inhabitants.
The
two
ships
delivered
badly-needed
supplies
to
17
other
isolated
hamlets
in
the
St.
Lawrence
River
since
leaving
Quebec
two
weeks
ago.
New
Alaska
Line
To
Prince
Rupert
KETCHIKAN
Announcement
was
confirmed
here
last
uisrht
of
the
intention
of
Briggs
Steamship
Co.
to
Institute
Its
new
freight
service
between
Ketchikan
and
Prince
Rupert
March
15.
Ths
plan
or
tlie
company
is
todivert
sup,
-plies
rrom
the
central
United
States
through
Prince
Rupert
instead
or
Seattle.
iver
EISENHOWER
IN
HOSPITAL
WASHINGTON,
D.
C-Gen-erald
Dwight
P.
Eisenhower
entered
hospital
here
today
for
treatment
of
a
tecurring
stomach
complaint..
U.
S.
NOT
ACTING
WASHINGTON,
D.
O
United
States
today
rejected
a
request
to
surrender
Kyrill
Alekseev,
Soviet
trade
official,
who
criticized
"dictatorship"
in
his
homeland.
The
Russians
are
seeking
his
arrest
in
this
country
but
United
States
will
not
act
because
there
is
no
extradition
treaty.
VOLSTEAD
DIES
GRANITE
FALLS,
Minn.
Andrew
J.
Volstead,
87,
who
more
than
any
other
men
personified
prohibition
In
the
United
Stales,
died
here
Monday.
He
was
the
father
of
the
Volstead
prohibition
act.
MINERAL
LOCATOR
OTTA
ft'
A
Canada
and
the
United
States
have
developed
a
new
method
of
geological
survey,
an
instrument
called
the
magnetometer,
by
which
it
is
claimed
ore
bodles
-can
Mouth
Grain
Ship
Hits
Sand
Bar
and
Sinks;
Crew
Saved
by
Coastguard
ulletins
be
located
.quickly
from,
the
air.
It
was
described
today
at
the
annual
meeting,
of
the
Canadian
Institute
of
Mining
and
Metallurgy.
Russia
Complains
Of
Canada
Policy
MOSCOW
The
newspaper
Pravda
complained
today
that
Canada's
foreign
policy
was
"tagged
too
closely"
to
Great
Britain
and
the
United
States
and
was
not
in
Canada's
own
Interests.
Although
there
was
no
danger
from
the
north.
Canada
was
building
large
military
in
stallations
in
that
area,
was
en-eaalne
in
military
manoeuvres
and
United
States
warships
were
frequently
to
be
seen
there.
Herriot
Is
New
Assembly
Head
PARIS
O.'
The
Radical
Social
ist
leader.
Eduard
Herriot,
aged
74,
was
today
elected
president
of
France's
National
AssemDiy.
Paul
Ramadier
was
confirmed
as
oranier
b
a
vote
of
577
to
10.,
PRINCE
RUPERT
PEOPLE
STINGY
WITH
BLOOD;
CAMPAIGN
LAGGING
Tim
lifo
nf
:i
nfuv
mother
was
saved
at
the
Prince
Kupert
General
Hospital
at
the
end
of
the
week
by
a
blood
transfusion
but
she
would
have
died
if
she
had
depended
upon
tne
entnusiasm
oi
rruice
Rupert
'people
to
offer
their
blood
for
the
bank
which
is
bump-
established
here,
blood
donors
for
which
the
local
orancn
oi
me
Canadian
Red
Cross
Society
is
appealing.
Tlie
number
of
responses
to
the
appeal
here
so
far.
is
shock
ingly
low,
Indicating
a
Kiepior-able
lack
of
Interest
by
local
people
in
this
humanitarian
cause.
There
have
been
oniy
fifty
volunteers
to
come
for
ward
so
far.
The
example
or
Vernon,
no
larger
tljan
Prince
Rupert,
and
its
600
volunteers
is
pointed
to.
'..
Arnold
Platen,
president
ci
tlie
local
Red
Cross
Society,
is
still
houclul
tliat
Prince
Rup
ert
will
yet
come
forward
by
registering
with
lilniself,
or
oincr
members
of
the
executive
H.
A.
Breen
.secretary,
and
Si
H.
Sa-ville,
treasurer
or
4t:any
ol
the
city
banks.
;
.
BYRNES
SIGNS
PEACE
PACTS
WASHINGTON
United
States
Secretary
of
State
James
Byrnes
in
his
final
official
act
Monday
signed
the
second
World
War
peace
treaties
with
Italy.
Hungary,
Rumania
and
Bulgaria.
There
will
be
a
second
signing
of
the
treaties
in
Paris
on
February
10
when
representatives
of
the
enemy
satellite
nations
affix
their
signatures.
ABERDEEN,
Scotland
O)
Midlothian
Ornithological
Club
plans
to
make
the
Isle
or
May
in
the
Firth
or
Forth
into
a
bird
haven
for
study
of
migration.
PORTLAND,
Oregon
Forty-eight
members
of
the
crew
were
rescued
by
the
United
States
Coast-.
guard
after
the
freighter
Glasgow
Victory
struck
a
sandbar
and
broke
up
and
sank
in
a
storm
oil
the
mouth
of
the
Columbia
River.
The
Glaseow
Vic
tory
was
bound
for
Yokohama
with
grain
cargo;
Soon
after
the
stranding,
the
master
was
forced
to
abandon
ship.
BANDITS
WERE
'GENTLEMANLY'
VANCOUVER
"Gentlemanly
bandits"
who
trussed
up
the
proprietor
and
asked
him
If
he
was
bound
too
tightly
and
then
loosened
Wm
up
somewhat
for
comfort
rcibbed
the
Pastime
Confectionery
In
Burnaby
lasi
night,
escaping
with
$1100.
I
Stalin
"Anxious"
I
I
About
Britain
LONDON
Oj
The
Dally
Mall
said
today
that
Field
.Marshal
Montgomery
reported
t
government
heads
wat
'Stalin
Is
anxious
about
British
policy."
The
newspaper
said
that
Montgomery's
report
was
the
reason
for
the
vigorous
denial
by
the
government
last
week
of
a
Pravda
commentator's
assertion
that
Foreign
Secretary
Bevln
had
repudiated
the
British-Soviet
treaty
alliance.
KEEP
HIGHWAY
IN
FAIR
SHAPE
Seven
Hundred
Army
Personnel
Employed
on
Alaska
Road
OTTAWA,
D
A
group
-cl
Canadian
Army
personnel
hai
managed
to
keep
the
tricky
Al
aska
Highway
in
"fairly
good"
state
of
repair
since
maintenance
of
the
.road
between'
Edmonton
and
Alaska
became
Dominion
responsibility
1
as
t
April.
Army
officials
said
that
700.
volunteer
Army
personnel
arej
keeping
the
road
groomed
for
the
time
when
it
becomes
an
integral'
part
of
the
Canadian
highway
system.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
A
disturbance
moved
rapidly
over
British
Columbia
during
tho
nlsht
followed
by
a
second
storm
which
is
expected
to
reach
the
coast
by
late
afternoon
to
day.
There
is
some
reason
to
expect
another
storm
centre
developing
further
to
the
southwest
which
should
reach
the
coast
Wednesday
afternoon.
Al
most
continuous
rain
is
expected
to
persist
over
the,
southern
coast'
with
intermittent
rain
on
the
northern
coast
and
inter
mittent
snow
or
mixed
snow
and
rain
expected
over
th
Interior
of
the
province.
Forecast
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Char
lottes
and
Northern
Coast
Over
cast
with
Intermittent
ram
be
coming
continuous
this
afternoon
and
.
evening
and
cloudy
with
widely
scattered
showers
Wednesday.
Southeasterly
winds
20
miles
per
hour
increasing
to
25.
Gusty
tonight
and
shifting
to
souUiwesterly
over
the
Char-int.t.P
pnrlv
Wednesday
decreas
ing
to
15
during
the
day.
LRUs
change
in
temperature.
Low
tonight:
Port
Hardy
36,
Massett
35,
Prince
Rupert
35;
high
Wednesday:
Port
Hardy
45,
Massett
40,
Prince
Rupert
40.
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