Prince George

Community Arts Council closer to a new home

PRINCE GEORGE - The Community Arts Council has called Studio 2880 home for years. But those buildings were built in 1942, making them a couple of the oldest civic structures in town. The Art Council's...

Oct 14, 2020

Bottle deposits 10 cents, regardless of size

PRINCE GEORGE - Return-It has made some changes to bottle deposits, and if you have not returned your bottles for a refund lately you may not have noticed.On October 1st, containers over 1 litre came ...

Oct 14, 2020

Two-vehicle crash slows traffic on the Hart

.PRINCE GEORGE - Emergency crews are responding to a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Weisbrod Road and Highway 97 in Prince George.Prince George RCMP Cpl. Craig Douglass says it happened at 1...

Oct 14, 2020

SD57 Board reschedules upcoming Regular Public Meeting

PRINCE GEORGE-School District 57's Board of Education is rescheduling their upcoming Regular Public Meeting.The Board passed a motion at a Special In Camera meeting on Oct.13 to reschedule the Regular...

Oct 14, 2020

Close to 10,000 Vote-by-mail packages distributed in PG ridings

PRINCE GEORGE-A total of 680,309 mail-in ballots have been distributed so far across the province for this year's fall election.According to Elections BC's website, as of Oct.13 at 11:59 p.m, nearly 1...

Oct 14, 2020

Free transit on election day

PRINCE GEORGE-BC Transit says it is offering free transit on Election Day.BC Transit systems in Smithers, Fort St. John and Prince George will offer free transit on Oct.24-Election Day.Facemasks are b...

Oct 14, 2020

Applications open for second round of COVID-19 support funding

PRINCE GEORGE-The United Way of Northern BC is now accepting applications for its second round of funding of the Emergency Community Support Fund (ECSF).ECSF provides financial support to charities an...

Oct 14, 2020

Civic Centre reopens temporarily for election

PRINCE GEORGE-The City says that the Prince George Conference and Civic Centre is re-opening its doors, but only temporarily.A release from the City of Prince George explains that the building will re...

Oct 14, 2020

Anti-racism a priority moving forward, says PGPL Board

PRINCE GEORGE-The Prince George Public Library's Board says they have committed to a number of actions to further anti-racism work within the organization.The commitment comes in response to recent an...

Oct 14, 2020

Local artist spreads his wings in new interactive mural

PRINCE GEORGE - Have you seen it? A new mural is attracting a lot of attention on social media because of how interactive it is."The more interactive the art is, the more attention it will get," says ...

Oct 13, 2020