Tag Archives: Infrastructure
Forty-three new homes at Third and London
PRINCE GEORGE - It's a big empty lot at the moment, but if BC Housing has its way, it will be the site of 43 temporary housing units. "It is 43-single dwelling units of ATCO trailers that they're brin...
Mar 18, 2024
Erosion damages culvert on Estavilla Drive
PRINCE GEORGE - In the aftermath of the first major rainfall event this year, water has started pooling up in ditches across the city. It's a normal occurence during Spring Freshet, but every year it ...
Apr 24, 2023
Street sweepers to be deployed as part of annual spring clean-up
PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George City Yard crews are working diligently to prep their equipment for their next assignment: scouring the streets and sidewalks inch by inch, sweeping, spraying, and vacuumi...
Apr 04, 2023
Vehicles damaged by potholes covered under optional Collision Coverage car insurance
PRINCE GEORGE - This time of year striking a pothole, is almost as common as seeing one. As melt water makes its way down city streets, working it's way through cracked pavement and cement, it begins ...
Mar 28, 2023
BC Gov announces $75 million to improve cellphone networks along provincial highways
PRINCE GEORGE - The Government of British Columbia has announced it's investing $75-Million to improve cellphone coverage along Provincial highways. The goal is to expand the existing cell service net...
Mar 22, 2023
Price tag of on-going road restoration projects in Cariboo North tops $1 billion
Photo Courtesy: Coralee OakesPRINCE GEORGE- In 2017, BC's Central Interior was the epicenter of a fire season now remembered as one of the worst on record for the Province. Overall, more than 3 millio...
Mar 21, 2023
Landslides interrupt backcountry roads between Prince George & Williams Lake
PRINCE GEORGE - According to the Drive BC website, landslides and washouts have affected 5 access roads on both sides of Highway 97, and the impacts will last for a number of weeks. The Quesnel-Hixon ...
Mar 17, 2023
Nationwide test of emergency alert system set for Wednesday
NANAIMO - A test of Canada's emergency alert system will take place Wednesday.Phones will buzz and alerts will air on television and radio on Wednesday, Nov 16 at 1:55 p.m. to test the national Alert ...
Nov 16, 2022
Safe driving tips for slippery city streets
PRINCE GEORGE- To Stud or not to Stud... that's the question on the minds of many Northerners this season. While All-weather and All Seasons tires are legal on city streets and BC highways year round,...
Nov 09, 2022
Seasonal bus route changes coming soon
PRINCE GEORGE-BC Transit and the City of Prince George have announced seasonal bus route changes are coming into effect on September 6, 2022. Post-secondary trips on the 15 UNBC/Downtown and the 55 Vi...
Aug 23, 2022