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GAZETTE NORTH ISLAND
CANADIAN COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER AWARD 2012
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47th Year No. 36
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Jordis Sinden wears a message for teachers and staff as she arrives for her first day in Grade 1 Tuesday at Eagle View Elementary School in Port Hardy. Children across the North Island returned to school Tuesday, and motorists are asked to take particular care to look out for diminutive pedestrians and cyclists in the mornings and afternoons.
J.R. Rardon
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Man with knife frightens shoppers Gazette staff PORT HARDY— A man with a knife threatened passers-by in Port Hardy last week. According to witnesses, the man in his late twenties was seen intoxicated on Market Street and became belligerent, attempting to
intimidate others on the street. Witnesses also said the man was in possession of a knife, although it was unclear if the knife was ever used to threaten anyone, with reports seeming to suggest he was exposing the knife in order to intimi-
“I told my staff to call the cops and we locked the door for safety.” Michelle Payie
date, as opposed to pointing the blade at anyone. The man, who witnesses
believed to be a fisherman from Prince Rupert, then made his way towards the
liquor store, where staff subsequently denied service to the intoxicated man. Apparently, this did little to improve his humour, and he continued on his way, even more determined to find an argument. Word of the belligerent man, and the fact that he
had a knife, had traveled before him, and Michelle Payie, Manager at The Bargain Shop, did not want to take any chances. When the man approached, Payie
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