Tag Archives: Community

New wildfires in PG Fire Centre due to lightning
PRINCE GEORGE - Lightning has made for a busy time for the BC Wildfire Service in the Prince George Fire Centre since Thursday."So last 24 hours, we saw 22 news wildfire starts across the entire Princ...
Aug 01, 2025

TPG Offering farm tours
PRINCE GEORGE - Inside a large black tent are some very delightful treats. Mushrooms and lots of them. Their home is called the Prince George Urban Schroomery. "The name definitely sparks some curiosi...
Jul 31, 2025

Big Squeeze for Big Brothers, Big Sisters
PRINCE GEORGE - It was a blue blazer of a day and a great one to quench your thirst with a lovely lemonade, is part of the Big Squeeze event to raise funds for Big Brother Big Sisters, an organzation ...
Jul 30, 2025

Opposition criticizes government for "abandoning" municipalities
PRINCE GEORGE - "Action is what is required now to save lives in our community." That was Williams Lake Councillor Scott Nelson this spring, when Williams Lake city council contemplated declaring a lo...
Jul 30, 2025

Local Salvation Army expanding
PRINCE GEORGE - The reefer trucks are parked behind the Salvation Army's warehouse that holds its food bank. It's a regular sight. "We've run out of space," explains Terra Laflamme, Community Ministri...
Jul 16, 2025

'It's a privilege to live here': What this Canada Day means for new citizens
Samantha Sannella shed happy tears as she stood to sing the national anthem at her citizenship ceremony in early June, nearly three decades after she moved to Canada. She had sung "O Canada" countless...
Jul 01, 2025

Prince George Hospice Palliative Care Society launches 15th dream home lottery
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Hospice Palliative Care Society has launched it Dream Home lottery.It's the fifteenth lottery, which covers 30 per cent of the operations of the Hospice House, while ...
Jun 25, 2025

Comox Valley man fined for illegal work on fish-bearing Trent River
COURTENAY - A significant fine applies to a man convicted of harming vital fish habitat on his property south of Courtenay. A Tuesday, June 10 Fisheries and Oceans Canada news release stated David Tin...
Jun 10, 2025

Seed Garden back at PGPL
PRINCE GEORGE - It is the time of year when gardeners, novice or not, plant their gardens. And the Master Gardeners with the help of the David Douglas Botanical Garden Society want to lend a hand. And...
Jun 06, 2025

Barkerville set to open this weekend
PRINCE GEORGE - Barkerville Historic Town & Park's 2025 Main Season is set to begin this Saturday, May 31st after the return of the Spring Shoulder Season, where merchant activity, along with sele...
May 29, 2025