Category Archives: Prince George
Needle exchange draws criticism from downtown business owners
PRINCE GEORGE – The downtown needle exchange was started with the hopes of curbing the spread of diseases such as hepatitis C and HIV/AIDS as well as reducing the number of needles left lying ar...
Feb 27, 2019
Lheidli T'enneh suing Enbridge over pipeline explosion
PRINCE GEORGE - The Lheidli Tenneh First Nation is taking legal action in response to the Enbridge pipeline explosion near Shelley last fall. The First Nation has filed an injunction to have the pipel...
Feb 27, 2019
Another suspicious incident near Heritage Elementary
PRINCE GEORGE - Mounties are investigating another suspicious incident near Heritage Elementary School. Police say the latest incident occurred yesterday (Feb.25) outside the school at around 2:45 p.m...
Feb 26, 2019
Pink Shirt Day plans for Duchess Park students
PRINCE GEORGE - Pink Shirt Day has been going on for over a decade. In that time, the movement has spread throughout not only Canada but around the world, with almost 180 countries participating last ...
Feb 26, 2019
Capital projects up for discussion
PRINCE GEORGE – Mayor and Council have passed the first two readings of a bylaw to borrow $32 million dollars over 20 years to pay for capital projects approved in the budget. Those projects inc...
Feb 26, 2019
Pot at Pine Centre seems sure
PRINCE GEORGE – It seems retails cannabis sales are coming to Pine Centre Mall. The government has applied to the City to cordon off a portion of the vacant Sears store in the mall with an eye t...
Feb 25, 2019
Increasing opportunity for the Indigenous workforce
PRINCE GEORGE- The Prince George Nechako Aboriginal Employment and Training Association signed a memorandum of understanding with the industry training authority earlier today. The MOU will allow both...
Feb 25, 2019
Prince George RCMP investigate home invasion
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George RCMP has arrested three people in connection to a home invasion. Cpl. Craig Douglass says at approximately 10:45 a.m., police received a report of a possible home inv...
Feb 25, 2019
No abnormal risk of flooding despite snowpack levels
PRINCE GEORGE – Despite cold temperatures today the weather is expected to warm up eventually, melting the ice and snow that’s covering streets and sidewalks. The warmer temperatures also ...
Feb 25, 2019
Risk alerts issued on two local construction projects
PRINCE GEORGE – The BC Construction Association has issued two Contractor's Alerts warning BC contractors of "Onerous Bidding Conditions" on two Prince George construction projects being procure...
Feb 25, 2019