Our Community

The North Coast Constituency consists of the communities of Prince Rupert, Port Edward, Metlakatla, Lax Kw’alaams, Hartley Bay (Gitga’at), Gitxaala (Kitkatla), and Oona river. Also within North Coast is Haida Gwaii, including the village of Daajing Giids (previous Queen Charlotte), Skidegate, Masset, Old Masset, Sandspit, Tlell, and Port Clements. The Communities of the Bella Coola valley include Bella Coola, Nuxalk First Nation, Hagensborg, and Firvale. Central Coast communities in North coast include Bella Bella, Klemtu (Kitasoo/Xai’Xais First Nation) , and Wuikinuxv (Oweekeno)/River’s Inlet,

The district was created by legislation in 1990 that brought it into existence for the B.C. election of 1991. The population of our district is 27,992 (BC stats profile).

Map of the North Coast Electoral District

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Lead in school water spurs call for province-wide tests

February 23, 2016 | Lindsay Kines | Times Colonist B.C. Health Minister Terry Lake deflected calls Monday for provincewide testing of drinking water in older schools, despite the discovery of elevated lead levels in tap water at schools in Prince …

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Contaminated Drinking Water Found in Prince Rupert Schools

February 22, 2016 This week we learned that the drinking water provided to children in four schools in Prince Rupert was contaminated with lead. This revelation came four years after drinking water in Kitimat schools was discovered to have also …

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Unacceptable levels of lead found in water at four schools

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Minister of Health dismisses lead concerns

VICTORIA— For the second day in a row, Health Minister Terry Lake, dismissed community concerns about elevated lead levels found in four Prince Rupert schools, says North Coast MLA Jennifer Rice. “It’s almost like Minister Lake doesn’t care about the …

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“How long have they known?” North Coast MLA wants answers after high levels of lead found in Prince Rupert schools’ water

February 17, 2016 | CBC Daybreak North Northern Health and school district 52 are warning students and parents about elevated levels of lead found in four of their schools. We speak to district superintendent Sandra Jones, and then North Coast …

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