City Hall

Mayor for new working group

PRINCE GEORGE - The Intercon pulp mill is set to start one month of curtailments on Friday, while Northwood will do the same in mid-August. Those curtailments are the result of, amongst other things, ...

Jul 10, 2019 Intercon Pulp

Tourism PG will look at moving VIC

PRINCE GEORGE - If Mayor Lyn Hall has his way, Tourism Prince George's Visitor Information Centre will be moving closer to the crossroads of Highways 16 and 97. The issue arose at a recent Council mee...

Jul 08, 2019 Visitor Information Centre

Council approves two crime-related resolutions

PRINCE GEORGE - With Council's approval, two different resolutions from two different Councillors will be heading to the Union of BC Municipalities convention this fall.The first comes from Councillor...

Jul 04, 2019 Council Chambers

New air emission inventory coming

PRINCE GEORGE - The City is pulling together a new air emission inventory. The last was was done in 2010 and was based on 2005 data. "The airshed has changed a lot in the last ten to fifteen years," s...

Jul 04, 2019 Air Quality

Local government needs to plan for climate change

PRINCE GEORGE - A new study of 200 Canadian communities, including Prince George, has been completed jointly between UBC Okanagan and the University of Windsor. It looks at how local governments prepa...

Jul 02, 2019 Winnipeg St sinkhole

Council approves SOFI report

PRINCE GEORGE - The end of June is right around the corner and that means, by law, the City must submit its Statement of Financial Information. That statement lays out remuneration for Mayor and Counc...

Jun 28, 2019 Council Chambers

CleanBC Government Buildings announced in PG

PRINCE GEORGE - Using the District Energy System as the backdrop, the Minister of Citizens' Services Jinny Sims announced the new CleanBC Government Buildings program.That will see the dedication of $...

Jun 27, 2019 Jinny Sims

Two properties targeted for clean up

PRINCE GEORGE - Two properties were under fire at Council recently.The Willow Inn on Victoria Street and a private property on Blackburn Road were both under the microscope Monday night, with the City...

Jun 26, 2019 Willow Inn

Council ponders two cannabis applications

PRINCE GEORGE - It was the tale of two cannabis applications. A retail cannabis application adjacent to Princess Auto was passed Monday night with zero opposition, while a re-application for a retail ...

Jun 26, 2019 Cannabis

Expanded Transit coming

PRINCE GEORGE - Council has approved an enhanced transit system, come September 2020.An original presentation was made at the June 10th Council meeting, which included an additional three buses put on...

Jun 24, 2019 transit