Category Archives: Prince George
City of Prince George receives national award for “sassy” social media presence
PRINCE GEORGE - The City of Prince George was recognized this week with a national award for the way they communicate with residents on social media.Announced on their now-award-winning Facebook page ...
Jun 11, 2022
The BC Gourmet Arts Festival kicks off this weekend
PRINCE GEORGE - If you're someone who LOVES food, live music, and arts and crafts, then this weekend is tailored to you. This weekend PG will play host to the BC Gourmet Arts Festival, the first of it...
Jun 10, 2022
Market coupons bigger and better
PRINCE GEORGE - "It's wonderful for our vendors. It helps our meat vendors as well as our vegetable vendors." That's Martin Krell, President of the Prince George Farmers' Market about a coupon program...
Jun 10, 2022
Unemployment numbers still low
PRINCE GEORGE - The numbers across BC, Prince George and the country, for that matter, show virtual full employment. Last May, the local unemployment number was 6.1 percent. That dropped to 4.4 percen...
Jun 10, 2022
Local woman fighting a rare form of breast cancer
PRINCE GEORGE - Charliegh Dorcas is a 34-year-old mother of two kids and four stepkids. She has just recently been diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer.Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) acc...
Jun 10, 2022
Trades workers most at risk of serious electrical contact incidents finds Hydro report
VANCOUVER - Trades workers at most at risk of serious injury from coming into contact with electrical equipment.That from a new BC Hydro report titled, "Overhead, out of mind: lack of awareness contri...
Jun 10, 2022
72% of B.C. residents who experienced hate during the pandemic did not report it to authorities
PRINCE GEORGE- B.C.'s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner, which has now finished the public participation phase of the inquiry into the rise of hate during the pandemic, released its results on t...
Jun 09, 2022
Thousands take in SD57 student led anti-racism presentation
PRINCE GEORGE - Two years ago the mission of a group of the School District 57 Student Advisory Council (DSAC) was to create better awareness, understanding, and find a way to address racism.On Thursd...
Jun 09, 2022
Mental health in business needs attention
PRINCE GEORGE - Thousands of people, predominantly men, work in construction in BC. But it carries suicide rates five times the national average. And there's a certain mentality attached to it. "Const...
Jun 09, 2022
Province a "no-show" at Chamber AGM
PRINCE GEORGE - The BC Chamber of Commerce AGM has been underway in Prince George this week, discussing the pressing issues faced by small businesses as the economy pulls out of the pandemic. While th...
Jun 09, 2022