Category Archives: Prince George

Cariboo rocked the north all weekend long
PRINCE GEORGE-A sure-fire sign that this year's Cariboo Rocks the North Music Festival was a resounding success ,with the announcement that the festival will be back in 2020 with Northern BC's biggest...
Aug 12, 2019

Rain doesn't stop local yogis at Lheidli T'enneh Memorial Park
PRINCE GEORGE- Yoga in the Park takes place at Lheidli T'enneh Memorial Park every Sunday in the summer, with as many as 200 people coming out to reap in the benefits of yoga. It's in its ninth year.Y...
Aug 11, 2019

Hart Night Market wraps up after a successful summer
PRINCE GEORGE- It was the third and last Hart Night Market for the summer yesterday (Thursday).There's a huge variety of vendors who set up. With so many customers walking through, many vendors have a...
Aug 09, 2019

Prince Georgian? Prince Georgite? What do you think people from PG are called?
PRINCE GEORGE- People from Calgary are Calgarians, people from Vancouver are Vancouverites- but what are people from Prince George called?Each person in the city is unique, so putting one label on eve...
Aug 09, 2019

UNBC scientists monitor impacts of climate change on local wetlands
PRINCE GEORGE- UNBC scientists are discovering "concerning" and "exciting" new facts about wetlands in the heart of the Robson Valley.Dr. Darwyn Coxson a leading researcher on biodiversity and conserv...
Aug 09, 2019 Dr.Darwyn Coxson, Ecoystem Science and Management Professor at UNBC. Courtesy of UNBC

SPCA looking for donations after cat undergoes amputation for severely fractured leg
PRINCE GOERGE-The North Cariboo District SPCA is asking for donations from the public in order to support its latest intake. Mr. Fluffers, a one-year-old cat, was brought to the North Cariboo SPCA wit...
Aug 09, 2019

Hotel tear down
PRINCE GEORGE - It was known as a landmark hotel for nearly sixty years, this week it's slowly being demolished. The Hotel Simon Fraser, built 1960 with some of the latest ideas in architecture, for t...
Aug 09, 2019

Part of Victoria St. closed to traffic due to broken culvert
PRINCE GOERGE-A section of Victoria Street has been closed off to traffic to repair a broken culvert.The street, south of Milburn Avenue has been closed since Thursday, Aug. 8, morning. The closure is...
Aug 09, 2019 Courtesy of the City of Prince George

Cariboo Rocks the North kicks off tonight
PRINCE GEORGE - It's the moment classic rock fans have been waiting for.The second annual Cariboo Rocks the North music festival kicks off tonight from Exhibition Park at CN Centre.Eleven bands will h...
Aug 09, 2019

Jobless numbers are on the rise
PRINCE GEORGE-Job losses across the country saw an across- the -board increase in the unemployment rate last month. The numbers out of Stats Can show the national jobless rate rose from 5.5 per cent i...
Aug 09, 2019