Category Archives: Prince George
UNBC Promotes Engineering to Girls
Less than 13 percent of licensed engineers in Canada are women. The University of Northern BC is hoping to change those numbers, and start attracting girls to the profession at a young age. Despite a ...
Oct 05, 2017
Post-Secondary Enrolments Are Up
Both the University of Northern BC and the College of New Caledonia have seen enrolment rise this Fall form the previous year. "We have three basic groups of students. Undergraduate domestic, undergra...
Oct 05, 2017
Preparing for St. Vincent de Paul’s Thanksgiving Meal
18 College of New Caledonia Professional Cooking students, along with their Instructor, Chef Ron Christian, have been hard at work this week. They have been preparing a banquet big enough to feed near...
Oct 05, 2017
Controlled Burns At Pidherny Set To Destroy Douglas Fir Beetle
The Douglas Fir Beetle will be hit with fire over the next week, in the Pidherny area as the BC Wildfire Service conducts a series of burns to try and eliminate part of the population. Trap trees were...
Oct 05, 2017
Advanced Referendum Polls Identified
The City of Prince George has established its advanced polls for the referendum on replacing Fire Hall #1 and the Four Seasons pool. The City is asking residents for approval to borrow $15 million to ...
Oct 05, 2017
New Dog Park Completed In The Hart
The Corporal Darren Fitzpatrick Bravery Park has a new look. The City has gone to the dogs again. A new, fenced dog park has been completed in the park in the Hart. It comes in addition to a skate par...
Oct 04, 2017
Prince George Hospice Receives Provincial Recognition On Program
The Prince George Hospice Society has been running the Grief & Grub for Guys program for a couple of years. Grieving men meet once a week for a home cooked meal at the Central Fellowship Baptist C...
Oct 04, 2017
72 Year Old Missing Hunter Found Safe
Mounties are reminding hunters to be well prepared before they head out into the back country. The reminder follows the successful search for a 72 year old hunter. The RCMP helicopter and members of P...
Oct 04, 2017
Information Fair At UNBC Thursday Evening
If you are planning to head to college or university for the first time, or as a returning student, tomorrow is geared to you. UNBC is joining 13 other post-secondary institutions Thursday to host a r...
Oct 04, 2017
Student Enrolment Growing In SD57
School District 57 is reporting a higher student enrollment this year than was originally anticipated. "So on September 29th, we had our final enrolment count to determine what our school district bud...
Oct 04, 2017