Community

Good turn out to wildfire open house

PRINCE GEORGE - There was standing room only at an open house hosted by the City, to lay out its wildfire mitigation plans and its evacuation strategy. As for the wildfire mitigation strategy, the Cit...

May 15, 2019 Wildfire Open House

Flashing LED Stop Sign Grabbing Peoples Attention

PRINCE GEORGE - The city has installed one of the latest traffic control devices at a downtown intersection. A new solar-powered flashing LED stop sign now stands at the intersection of 4th Avenue and...

May 15, 2019 Flashing stop sign

Tennis & Pickleball Club Needs Your Help

PRINCE GEORGE - The local Tennis and Pickleball Club needs help. It wants to convert some of the tennis courts behind the Price George Golf and Curling club into six regulation pickleball courts. But ...

May 10, 2019 Tennis courts

Residents Need to be Evacuation Ready

PRINCE GEORGE - The City and other agencies involved with emergency preparedness have been busy preparing for what Mother Nature may throw our way. A reception centre has been established at the CN Ce...

May 10, 2019 Emergency kit

City Putting Final Touches To Emergency Plan

PRINCE GEORGE - The City is hosting an open house next week so members of the public can become familiar with the new five-year Emergency Strategic Plan. It essentially sets out the CN Centre and Kin ...

May 09, 2019 CN Centre

Healthy options available for lower income families

PRINCE GEORGE- The provincial Farmers' Market Nutrition Coupon Program is expanding to reach 250 more households in B.C.The new Canada Food Guide may be hard for people to follow, with the continuous ...

May 09, 2019

RibFest Provides Great Opportunity for Local Talent

PRINCE GEORGE - While RibFest is being billed as a fundraiser for the local Rotary clubs, it is being praised for showcasing all local talent in its music.Local musician Chris Goodwin will be part of ...

May 08, 2019 RibFest

Major projects coming closer to Vanderhoof

VANDERHOOF - Change is the wind for the community of Vanderhoof, population 4,400.New Gold has just received its federal environmental approval for the $1.8 billion dollar Blackwater Gold Mine project...

May 07, 2019 New Gold Offices

City takes next steps in Bear Smart designation

While some measures have been taken, more needs to be done to become a Bear Smart community. Back in April, the City along with Northern Bear Aware and the Conservation Service launched a pilot progra...

May 07, 2019 Active Bear Trap

Work underway on Stuart-Nechako Manor in Vanderhoof

VANDERHOOF - Repairs are frantically trying to get one portion of the Stuart Nechako Manor habitable again, after afire broke out on Easter.Sixteen patients remain in limbo at the moment; 13 are being...

May 06, 2019 Stuart-Nechako Manor