Category Archives: Prince George
Philanthropic Group Celebrates a Milestone
PRINCE GEORGE – An organization devoted to helping women get higher education is celebrating a milestone. The P.E.O. Sisterhood (Philanthropic Educational Organization) is a U.S.-based internati...
Jan 18, 2019
Record Year For BC Hydro Scams
PRINCE GEORGE- BC Hydro customers are being warned about scams after a record number of attempts to steal money in 2018. Fraudsters posed as BC Hydro employees in calls, texts and emails and threatene...
Jan 18, 2019
Stolen Saintly Statue Re-appears At Exploration Place
PRINCE GEORGE – A statue that has been part of the Lheidli T'enneh community for nearly 100 years, was stolen just before the new year. Now, the four-foot effigy is safe and sound at Exploration...
Jan 18, 2019
Research-Focused Workshop On Supporting Urban Aboriginals
PRINCE GEORGE- The Gathering Place at UNBC was the site of the Western Research Centre Workshop which focused on how to improve the lives of Aboriginal people living in urban areas. The majority of Ab...
Jan 17, 2019
Scholarship Set up to Remember PGSS Teacher
PRINCE GEORGE – In his empty classroom at Prince George Senior Secondary, Vince Truant is remembered as a great teacher, motivator and friend. Mr.Truant taught for almost 30 years in District 57...
Jan 17, 2019
Community Arts Council Launches Survey
PRINCE GEORGE – The Community Arts Council has turned 50 and, as part of the celebrations, locally-renowned architect and historian Trelle Morrow has released “An Arts Compendium,” l...
Jan 17, 2019
Building Permits At All-Time High In 2018
PRINCE GEORGE – Building permits reached an all-time high last year of just over $186 million, thanks to multiple infrastructure projects. That’s a 26 per cent increase compared to 2017. T...
Jan 17, 2019
Donation Bin Break-in Sets Back Fundraising
PRINCE GEORGE – A lone thief cut the lock of a bottle donation bin at the PG Return-it Centre this week and that theft has set back fundraising efforts for a local girl battling cancer. The thie...
Jan 17, 2019
City Council To Ponder Pot Application
PRINCE GEORGE - The Liquor Distribution Branch has submitted a rezoning application for a retail store on Southridge Avenue. It’s promising a bright and welcoming storefront with frosted glass w...
Jan 17, 2019
Free To Roam Animal Shelter
PRINCE GEORGE – Prince George Animal Rescue is known as the place were unwanted horses are sheltered. The 160-acre farm is changing the way animal rescue shelters take care of unwanted domestic ...
Jan 17, 2019