Category Archives: Prince George

Parker out as BC Ecosocialist interim leader
PRINCE GEORGE - Just a day after launching his campaign for the BC Ecosocialist group, Stuart Parker has resigned as interim leader of the party.The move follows allegations Parker made transphobic co...
Sep 23, 2020

Overdose deaths remain high in Northern Health and across B.C.
VICTORIA-Updated reports on illicit drug toxicity deaths have been announced by the BC Coroners Service this morning (Sept.23) and they show that in Northern Health, deaths in recent months have incre...
Sep 23, 2020

8 people arrested following recent crime wave
PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George RCMP arrested eight people early this morning after they executed a search warrant on the 400-block of South Lyon Street.Cpl. Craig Douglass says a search was conducted a...
Sep 23, 2020

Prince George RCMP seeking priority offender
PRINCE GEORGE - Local Mounties are seeking the public's help in locating a man wanted on several arrest warrants issued this week.Prince George RCMP say that the BC Prosecution Service has approved a ...
Sep 23, 2020

Downtown vacancy rates remain low despite pandemic
PRINCE GEORGE-Prince George's downtown vacancy rate has increased, but only slightly from an eight year low back in 2018.Despite effects from the COVID-19 pandemic 2020's downtown vacancy rate remaine...
Sep 23, 2020

New face first to launch campaign trail in Prince George
PRINCE GEORGE - BC's youngest political party is also one of the first to begin their election campaign. The BC Ecosocialist Party launched their campaign this afternoon in Prince George. Stuart Parke...
Sep 22, 2020

Concerns over polling stations in schools during pandemic
PRINCE GEORGE - The election has been called for October 24, which falls on a Saturday. In the middle of a pandemic, with schools already following their own strict health and safety guidelines, how a...
Sep 22, 2020

Safe, Clean and Inclusive Committee meets. Finally.
PRINCE GEORGE - The Special Committee for a Safe, Clean and Inclusive Community has met with a consultant for the first time since she was brought in prior to the pandemic.Prior to COVID-19, much atte...
Sep 22, 2020

Emerald Taxi to appeal Labour Board decision after former driver awarded 19k
A former cab driver in town has won a settlement that will see $19-thousand go his way. Lloyd Pedersen took to the Provincial Labour Board when he claimed he wasn't being paid minimum wage or holiday ...
Sep 22, 2020

RCMP attribute recent violence in Prince George to drug trade conflict
.PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George RCMP have released some more details into their investigation of a string of shootings in the city in the last week. There were six shootings, five of which police s...
Sep 22, 2020