Category Archives: Prince George

BC Construction partners with MIC
PRINCE GEORGE - The BC Construction Association, which includes the Northern Regional Construction Association, is taking a bold move to help get its membership into their first home. It has partnered...
Dec 19, 2019

Prince George shares lows of Fraser Institute charity report
PRINCE GEORGE - The amount Canadians are donating to charity has hit a 20-year low, according to a report published by the Fraser Institute.Donations to charity - as a percentage of Canadians income c...
Dec 19, 2019

Sport Tourism dollars beefed up
PRINCE GEORGE - Council has approved adding to more available funding to its 10-year Sport Tourism program. The Strategy was approved in 2017 and, since them, the Sport PG-Hosting Grant has been avail...
Dec 19, 2019

UNBC grad student making bacteria-filled water clean
PRINCE GEORGE-A UNBC Graduate has modified a specific type of mineral that when put in bacteria-filled water manages to kill it.Natural zeolites, that is what Lon Kerr is modifying. Zeolites are a cla...
Dec 19, 2019 Courtesy of UNBC Magazine

Council of Senior Grateful for Community Support
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Council of Seniors would like to thank the community for their efforts helping seniors in need. Close to 230 food hampers went out to senior's homes earlier this week...
Dec 19, 2019

Public sought for new committee
PRINCE GEORGE - The City is looking for members of the public to sit on a newly-formed Council Committee.There is the call for at least five individuals to sit on the Select Committee on a Safe, Clean...
Dec 18, 2019

New structure at CNC
PRINCE GEORGE - There is a new look to the landscape at the College of New Caledonia.A silver Geodesic dome has been set up on campus. "There'll be all kinds of projects, like hydroponics, including e...
Dec 18, 2019

Avalanche forecasting now available in North Rockies region
PRINCE GEORGE - Recreational backcountry use may have just got a whole lot safer, but only if users make use of new data effectively.On Tuesday (Dec. 17), avalanche forecasting was made available for ...
Dec 18, 2019 Photo provided by Avalanche Canada

Elves for Elders
PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George's Elves for Elders chapter is a holiday gift-giving program that's been going strong for four Christmas seasons. This year, the Elves prepared over 450 presents for senio...
Dec 18, 2019

Emergency landing at YXS
PRINCE GEORGE-An aircraft has landed safely at the Prince George Airport after an issue with their landing gear.Around noon on Wednesday, Dec.18, an aircraft experienced an issue with a landing gear i...
Dec 18, 2019 Photo by Dave Branco