The issue of lighthouse de-staffing will receive another review in the next week, as a Senate Committee into the proposal will arrive on the West coast to conduct community sessions up and down the coast.
Back in 2009, The Department of Fisheries and Oceans announced its intentions to de-staff lighthouses in both British Columbia and Newfoundland, a proposition that was widely panned by representatives and residents of those areas that were to be affected.
On the north coast, Prince Rupert City council weighed in on the issue, as did both MLA Gary Coons and MP Nathan Cullen who have since taken up the torch to keep the lighthouse stations fully staffed at their current levels.
(from the blog a town called podunk, click on the link below to see the entire item atowncalledpodunk.blogspot.com/2 … ic-of.html)