Hello!  This week we have been able to sit down with B.C. North-coast MLA Jennifer Rice.   Here is a biography of Jennifer Rice: Jennifer Rice was elected the MLA for North Coast in 2013, 2017 and re-elected in 2020. She was recently appointed to the role of Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Health.  She has worked hard to improve safety for people travelling along the Highway of Tears (highway 16) delivering improved public transportation options such as BC Bus North, the community shuttle bus system and with improved cell service between Prince Rupert and Prince George.&n ..read more

Hello besties! We are back for a fabulous podcast on the eve of another Pride month with the lovely, super busy and all around doll - Havana Fisher. Havana is originally from Hartley Bay and enjoying her busy time with helping out at Prince Rupert Middle School (with the GSA - Skittles Club), as well as her space in Wap Sigatgyet (House of Building Strength), Indigenous Education Centre.   An artist and entrepreneur , Havana is going back to her education journey to become a full fledged certified teacher for her degree and bachelor's of education! We wish her well on her journey ..read more

We are very excited to share a discussion we had with Dr. Rakel Kling from Northern Health, about MonkeyPox.   We asked listeners to submit questions for Dr. Kling and she was kind enough to sit with us over Zoom to answer them. There is a lot of information out there, true and untrue.  Dr. Kling gave us some resources to be better informed and to share: the Northern Health  website is a good start with links to other sites for more information.  She detailed what the virus is and how it's transmitted, what people can do when they think have the virus and how to preven ..read more

Sheila Gordon-Payne is running for Prince Rupert City Council this upcoming election, and we wanted to sit down with her and get to know her a little better.  Sheila works in healthcare and is an avid traveller.  She's been a long time resident of Prince Rupert and is passionate about seeing the city flourish in collaboration with the residents.  Lots of topics covered here from housing, homelessness, small businesses and the growth of Prince Rupert.  Carrying on with the blueprint of "Prince Rupert Vision 2030", the goal orientated and timeline structured of "Redesign Rupe ..read more

Today Christine & Russel got a chance to sit down with one of the mayoral candidates for the upcoming municipal election in Prince Rupert, Chrystopher Thompson.  Chrystopher has worked in education for 13 years and presently is an Indigenous mentor at Pacific Coast School (PCS).   A new face to the political arena, we wanted to get to know Chrystopher a little better, who is he and what he stands for , on the evening before the first All Candidates Forum for the public to do the same.  We asked: what lead him to both his current field and what made him want to run for m ..read more

Hi Gay, Happy Pride month!   It's a great day to be queer and an even better day to get to talk to Out & Queer teacher from Charles Hays Secondary School,  Danielle Dueck! Dueck (it's ok, I can call her that), is also helping with the Gay Straight Alliance at CHSS and has been one of the key people in having the Pride float in the latest Seafest parade in Prince Rupert.  If you know Prince Rupert, this is a BIG deal.  Christine & Russel talk all things Pride - the good, the bad and the nasty (we are looking at YOU, PostMates!) , Dueck's foray into her FIRST Pride in ..read more

Happy National Coming Out Day! Christine and Russel take a minute to catch up with each other's busy lives over a rainy weekend in the RUP. Lots of suggestions for entertainment shows to binge on for hibernation season.   Music wise, Adele's upcoming release upon us is giving us life! It's the first episode we got to be in the same space again face to face for quite some time! Have a listen to some oversharing and inappropriate insights!  ..read more

Happy Pride!  Prince Rupert has had its first Pride event thanks to the fabulous couple, Angelo Octaviano & Kyle Hill.  Angelo sent out an invite to a small group of friends for a gathering at the Rainbow Bridge in Cow Bay in Prince Rupert, British Columbia to celebrate Pride on Saturday June 19, 2021.   There was a lot of music, dancing and fabulous support from cars that honked as they drove by.  Christine & Russel were lucky to be invited and also be able to ask some of the guests "What does Pride mean to you?".  It is fantastic to see the support to fr ..read more

Samuel Brennan is a teacher at the Prince Rupert Middle School that teaches French Immersion.   He helps out with the "Skittles" group (gender / sex alliance) while Lori Leighton is taking a bit of a much needed break.  Sam is originally from Ottawa and moved to Prince Rupert late last year during the pandemic and our 9 feet of rainfall.  He has yet to fully be present as we are all still in the pandemic and keeping to our small bubbles for social activity (staying home).  We talk activities to keep busy while staying in our bubbles and keeping our sanity during the ra ..read more

Welcome to season 3 episode 2 with Mr. Braden Etzerza.  Braden is a young queer returning Rupertite / Ts'msyen  that has a degree in Environmental Science.  He is currently employed with the Metlakatla Stewardship Society as the Climate Action Coordinator.  He is extremely passionate about food security & sovereignty as well as finding renewable energy sources among other exciting duties with his nation.  When he isn't working, he is out in nature with his dog Copper, connecting with the calm that our beautiful landscape can provide.  One of his other items on ..read more