Housing

First two readings passed for First Avenue

PRINCE GEORGE - Council has approved the first two readings of a re-zoning bylaw and an Official Community Plan amendment to pave the way for a housing project on First Avenue, at the current location...

Dec 16, 2019

Successful City program winding down

PRINCE GEORGE - One of the City's two tax incentives programs designed to attract housing development is set to expire in a year from now. The first was designed to attract housing into the downtown, ...

Dec 12, 2019

Official groundbreaking for new student housing

PRINCE GEORGE - If you've noticed a big hole in the ground beside the Marriott Hotel, there's a reason for that. Representatives from Faction Properties and the City were on hand this afternoon for th...

Oct 08, 2019

OCP Amendments for more housing

PRINCE GEORGE - Council has approved changes to the Official Community Plan, which could see the build-out of a large neighbourhood at the southeast intersection of Northern Nechako Road and Foothills...

Oct 08, 2019

Seniors housing a crisis

PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Council of Seniors has hired a Coordinator for Housing Information. Susan Tapp says her first order of business will be to pull together an inventory of what services...

Oct 01, 2019

Charity home closer to reality

PRINCE GEORGE - A project to build a worthy family a new home has received another shot in the arm. Council has agreed to pay for all the City's fees so the Hope Community Builders Society can be a ne...

Sep 12, 2019

Open house tonight

PRINCE GEORGE - BC Housing, the City of Prince George and Northern Health are hosting a public open house at the Civic and Conference Centre from five to eight p.m. tonight to talk about a new housing...

Sep 11, 2019 housing project

Upcoming federal program could attract homebuyers to Prince George

PRINCE GEORGE - A new federal program set to help some homebuyers will start September 2. It will see the government pick up five percent of a mortgage on existing homes and new construction, up to te...

Jun 18, 2019

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

Housing still at the top of seniors' concerns

PRINCE GEORGE - A symposium was held at the Civic Centre to give an update on current and relevant information on housing and related issues for seniors.Participants heard from organizations like BC H...

May 02, 2019