Tag Archives: Community

Exploration Place needs volunteers
PRINCE GEORGE - It was two years ago members of the community came out in force to donate cuttings for a paleo-botanical wall at Exploration Place as part of a major overhaul. And the clippings are no...
Jan 20, 2023

Prince George host to world class athletes attending Nordiq Cup & World Jr. Championship Trials at Caledonia Nordic Ski Club
Team Czech Republic Skiers Matias Baur (left) and Jiri Duz (right)PRINCE GEORGE- 160 of the best cross-country skiers in canada will be descending on Prince George this weekend in advance of the Nordi...
Jan 13, 2023

Amnesty International Canada stands in solidarity with Wet'suwet'en First Nation in face of pending civic contempt charges
PRINCE GEORGE- To date, 13 members of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation are facing civil contempt charges relating to the ongoing blockade and protest against the construction of the Coastal Gas Link Pipe...
Jan 12, 2023

Prince George Legion Branch 43 to return WWII era documents found in dumpster to late veteran's family
PRINCE GEORGE- Almost 80 years ago, the young Private Lawton Lowe returned home from the battlefields of Europe at the close of the second world war. He joined the Canadian Army alongside two of his b...
Jan 11, 2023

Prince George family makes it home from Mexico amid cartel driven violence
PRINCE GEORGE - After being stuck in Mazatlan, Mexico due to civil unrest in parts of Mexico, Jennifer Oviatt and her family have made it home to BC's Northern Capital safe and sound.Oviatt said as th...
Jan 11, 2023

WWII Veteran's Pay Book & Discharge Papers found in Prince George dumpster, local Legion seeks information on family.
PRINCE GEORGE- On Friday afternoon, local volunteers at the Canadian Legion Branch 43 were handed some suprising documents by a patron who came across them in the most unexpected way. While on a dumps...
Jan 09, 2023

Ukrainian Christmas explained
PRINCE GEORGE - The Pluzhnikov family arrived in Prince George right around Christmas, the traditional Western Christmas. So what's the difference between Western Christmas and Ukrainian Christmas, wh...
Jan 06, 2023

Tree Protection Bylaw "antiquated"
PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George exists in the middle of a sea of trees, but unlike other communities this size, this city's tree protection bylaw is very much out of date. Going back to 1994. "The reali...
Jan 05, 2023

Some Saskatchewan Sunwing passengers make it home, others make their own way back
REGINA - Some Sunwing travellers from Saskatchewan say the airline is leaving them at airports in other provinces, while another says her flight from Mexico that made it to Regina had dozens of empty ...
Jan 03, 2023

Funding to local non-profit cut
PRINCE GEORGE - The new year will come with a change in funding for the Association Advocating for Women and Community (AWAC), one the organization said will change their operations for men.Several ye...
Dec 29, 2022