Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
A 45-member research team that has been tracking melting glaciers across B.C. and Alberta to monitor the effects of climate change will be at the University of Northern B.C. in Prince George today until Saturday to present their findings.
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
The mayors of three northern B.C. communities are joining forces to support projects in the area, including a controversial pipeline in Kitimat.In a joint news release, Mayors Herb Pond of Prince Rupert, Rick Wozney of Kitimat and Colin Kinsley of Prince George said they encourage more work to be done in developing the ''tens of billions of dollars' worth of projects'' waiting to go ahead.
Abandoned Stuff by Saskboy (Free subscription) | 22/09/2008
Is the Main Stream Media dropping the ball this election campaign? How could they not recognize, and cry foul about the Conservatives selecting anti-democratic Sharon to represent them in British Columbia? Dick Harris MP for Cariboo-Prince George has named Houston Mayor and Conservative candidate Sharon Smith as the person that residents of Skeena-Bulkley Valley can contact [...]
Today In the Sky (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008
Alaska Air subsidiary Horizon Air will end its service between Seattle and Prince George, British Columbia, on Oct. 5. "Continued high fuel prices, which have moderated lately but are still at unprecedented levels, slowing economies in the U.S. and Canada...
Irish Eagle (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
My aunt has returned to Ireland after 49 years in Prince George, British Columbia. There was a nice write up about her in the Prince George Citizen before she left. She was the last of the Sisters of Mercy in the diocese. Too often over the past 10 years or so we in Ireland only heard about priests and nuns who left here years ago when some form of scandal erupted. Yet my aunt and the vast
trucks world news (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Prince George,BC,Canada - Truck News -3 Sept 2008: -- A primary access corridor for the CN intermodal facility in Prince George , will be upgraded to improve traffic flow, according to Transport Canada ... Improving traffic flow along the River Road corridor is considered essential to the community and the businesses that uses this route... The federal government under the Asia-Pacific Gateway and...
Thompson Ahern E-News (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
(Transport Canada) The federal government, under the Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor Initiative, will invest a total of $3.5 million in two road projects in Prince George. This represents a joint investment in excess of $7 million with the City of Prince George. Richard Harris, MP for Cariboo-Prince George, made the announcement today on behalf of the Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport,...
Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
The Conservatives have been getting quite a bit of heat in the Prince George Citizen in the past week. From regular Citizen columnist, and former BC cabinet minister and PG city councillor Bruce Strachan on August 27th: “Preview of an Unnecessary Election. From Prince George resident Alan Martin on August 29th: “Election call seems to be more [...]
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
Vanderhoof is the closest I can get to where I am.........Takla Landing B.C. It has been a long journey coming home to B.C. and when I finally did return two weeks ago I did choose to stay in Vancouver or Prince George or even Ft. St. James. No I chose Takla Landing on the shores of the immensely beautiful Takla Lake. I'll work and live here among the pines and the moose and the very f
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 29/08/2008
British Columbia's top cop has issued an apology to three former civilian workers in Prince George's RCMP detachment who were subjected to foul language and lewd gestures over a two-year period by the detachment's superintendent.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008
The bodies of two people have been recovered from a burned out hotel in Prince George, B.C.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
RCMP fire investigators will sift through the remains of a Prince George, B.C., hotel that was gutted by a major fire Tuesday, searching for two people still unaccounted for.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008
One person suffered burns, and two others were treated for smoke inhalation after being rescued from a fire Tuesday morning in a downtown hotel in Prince George, B.C.
Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008
An RCMP Superintendent in Prince George, BC has been ordered to apologize to four civilian workers for what has been reported as "demeaning name calling and...belittling or embarrassing comments."Good start. Someday the force might even apologize for Tasering old men in hospital beds or killing innocent people in airports.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
Muslims in the northern B.C. community of Prince George are planning to build their first mosque after years of praying in packed rooms rented from motels and local Christian churches.
