Category Archives: Prince George

Local filmmaker's fellowship could mean more opportunity for Prince George
PRINCE GEORGE - Norm Coyne has been chosen as one of a hundred across Canada to earn a spot with the Netflix-Banff Diversity of Voices fellowship. It supports emerging content creators who are Indigen...
Jun 16, 2020

Prince George residents line up for opening of new Winners HomeSense store
PRINCE GEORGE - It was the much anticipated opening of the new Winners HomeSense store today at Pine Centre Mall. The 440,000 square foot space was previously occupied by Sears and was greeted by crow...
Jun 16, 2020

SD57 Board to consider Annual Budget Bylaw
PRINCE GEORGE-School District 57's Board of Education will consider its Annual Budget Bylaw for 2020-21, the 2021-22 Five Year Capital Plan Summary as well as a new Board Policy Manual, in tonight's (...
Jun 16, 2020

YXS continues to get hammered by COVID-19 pandemic
PRINCE GEORGE - Tough numbers out of YXS with the airport reporting a 95 per cent drop in passenger traffic for the second month in a row in May. Last month, the airport says 1,910 passengers came thr...
Jun 16, 2020

Plan revealed for civic re-opening
PRINCE GEORGE - Mayor and Council heard a very detailed report from Administration about its plans for re-opening Civic Facilities, both indoors and outdoors. The hope is to re-open the Aquatics Centr...
Jun 15, 2020

Advocacy groups mark World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
PRINCE GEORGE - Inside the parking lot of the Exhibition Park, a convoy of cars gathered as Monday marked World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. Due to COVID19, the PG Community Response Network had to chan...
Jun 15, 2020

Gyms re-open amidst pandemic
PRINCE GEORGE-There's some good news for local Gym Rats-Gyms are opening back up.For Gold's Gym Prince George today was there first day back up-and-running after closing their doors earlier this year ...
Jun 15, 2020

Teaching children of Canada's dark past is way to address racism
PRINCE GEORGE - The first step in addressing a problem is recognizing there is one in the first place. "I'm a middle-aged white woman who grew up in Canada. I'm pretty much the definition of privilege...
Jun 15, 2020

Annual cancer fundraiser raises over 100K despite COVID-19 challenges
PRINCE GEORGE - Despite all the challenges COVID-19 has posed, Prince George residents still came through for the city's number one cancer fundraising event over the weekend. Relay for Life was rename...
Jun 15, 2020

Bear kills dog at Forests for the World
PRINCE GEORGE - At approximately 10am on Friday, June 12, a man was walking with his dog at Forests for the World and let it off its leash. All it took was that brief moment, about 100 metres from the...
Jun 13, 2020