Community

Boots and Socks Needed

PRINCE GEORGE - The temperatures are expected to drop into the double digits over the next few days. Staff at the Fire Pit Drop-in Centre are asking for winter clothing donations. There's a shortage o...

Nov 27, 2019

Rotary Donates Big

PRINCE GEORGE - The Downtown Rotary Club has turned over a cheque for $25,000 to the Rotary Hospice House Society. It's part of a new campaign by the Society to spruce up the facility."We renovated th...

Nov 26, 2019

Vanderhoof Airport Grows

VANDERHOOF - The sky's the limit for the Vanderhoof Airport. It has recently won the Airport of the Year award from the BC Aviation Council. And while that is a feather in the Airport Development Soci...

Nov 26, 2019

Legion donates Hall

FORT ST. JAMES - The BC-Yukon Command for the Royal Canadian Legion has turned something old into something new in Fort St. James. With fewer and fewer of the war veterans in that community, the old l...

Nov 22, 2019

Vander-Pool making a splash with region's swimmers

VANDERHOOF - The new Vanderhoof Aquatic Centre has become like an oasis for residents living in the region. The pool opened 10 months ago and has become a year-round source for recreation. According t...

Nov 22, 2019

City in Crisis: Addiction

PRINCE GEORGE - There are four pillars to deal ing with drug addition: Prevention, law enforcement, harm reduction and treatment. The HIV-AIDS Prevention Program, formally the needle exchange is part ...

Nov 21, 2019

Downtown has much to offer

PRINCE GEORGE - A group of downtown businesses is fighting against all the bad news these days.Diana Fedun manages McInnis Lighting. She says the downtown has a ton to offer in terms of restaurants an...

Nov 21, 2019

A City in Crisis: Business

PRINCE GEORGE - Downtown Prince George, as has the rest of the City, is under siege from a crisis. An opioid crisis. The downtown is the epicentre of that crisis, the dark underbelly of the crisis. Ov...

Nov 20, 2019

City in Crisis: the Downtown

PRINCE GEORGE - The downtown is the epicentre of mental health, addictions and homelessness. It has become the source of much anxiety for local government and downtown businesses alike. For the RCMP, ...

Nov 19, 2019

Special Council meeting about the downtown

PRINCE GEORGE - Mayor and Council went a bit off-script during last night's regular Council meeting. Mayor Lyn Hall spoke at length about what services the City provides currently, such as two Bylaw S...

Nov 18, 2019