Layoffs announced at City Hall

Five City of Prince Rupert employees were issued with layoff notices last week, as the ramifications of the city’s financial situation came up for discussion at City Hall.

Monday’s Daily News outlines the scope of the layoffs which will see the five permanent positions issued notice of layoff for January, as well two seasonal positions will be affected. In addition to those cuts, two current vacancies at the fire hall and three in public works will not be filled as the city tries comes to come to terms with its financial picture…

(from  the blog a town called podunk, click on the link below to see the entire article atowncalledpodunk.blogspot.com/2 … 9951046838 )