$30M in loans moving forward after end of AAP period
16Im curious why city hall doesnt want to be transparent on the costs that we pay for with our taxes? Could it be prices are inflated by the contractor for the work ? Is there nepotism happening thats being covered up? Why not be honest and upfront. The city uses our money why cant we know what we are paying for.
- Alucard
VIDEO: Peden Hill moose calf rescued by Northern Samaritan
15A good ending to what might have been a sad situation. A tip of the hat to you Mr. Hogberg.
- Oldfatguy
$30M in loans moving forward after end of AAP period
14Nice process! 226 people submitted forms. Sounds like it’s very accessible and definitely not made to fly under the radar, so they can borrow more money to follow through with the suggestions of their redacted facility condition assessment. Nope, nothing shady going on here. For sure don’t need a pesky referendum happening. I am just glad Kyle Sampson is protecting me, from knowing whats on the redacted assessment.
- Zangief
$30M in loans moving forward after end of AAP period
14Once again I will comment and point out that the AAP system flies in the face of the Secret Ballot fundamental of democracy. Since the form is designed to register absence of support for something, rather than being a Yes or No ballot there is no secrecy for anyone registering a response.I am very confident this system is used as a way to avoid presenting the proposals to the full electorate at civic election time OR by way of a special referendum if an answer is required before the next scheduled election.The justification that a referendum costs money rings a bit shallow as we know that the AAP system is not well advertised and is far more complex than attending a Polling Place where one marks a ballot that no one knows how it is marked, preserving the secrecy that is a basic in our democratic system. All the councillors that support the use of this system do not, in my opinion, deserve to be in office and will not receive my vote in this falls election!
- Renoguy24
Minimum wage goes up by 2.1%, but some argue it isn't enough
12if you think that is bad try living on a pension
1- bcracer
SD57 trustee fined for contributions to 2024 provincial election campaign
11People want to be elected and involved with the provincial budget, but seem unable to manage a small amount of campaign money effectively. Not a good look!If you cannot do your homework on what is required vis-à-vis your campaign finances why on earth would we think you competent to be involved with a budget the size the province runs?
2- Renoguy24
Minimum wage goes up by 2.1%, but some argue it isn't enough
12Raising minimum wage only drives up the cost of goods and increases unemployment because businesses cant eat the extra costs. The solution is to lower the cost of living.
- Jon16
Minimum wage goes up by 2.1%, but some argue it isn't enough
10Where is Jeff Bezos telling us to not tax people in this class (so they can spend more at Amazon rather than support their local markets).We also don't have an affordability crisis, we have a spending crisis.
2- Tammy Lopes
PG RCMP head recommends longer shifts, body cameras for bylaw officers
11Is adding more hours, people, and cameras going to solve the problems in downtown PG. Sounds more like a tax increase for the homeowner. Have a look at the congregation of druggies on the street near the legion and the mass of druggies in the lane behind the legion. All city council has done is spent a lot of taxpayer money closing down moccasin flats and shifting the problem to downtown PG. Previously there were a few fires at moccasin flats that destroyed a few make shift shelter but now the druggies have shifted to downtown business get burned and employees are out of work. Not sure if anyone would agree that closing the flats has resulted in an improvement in downtown PG.
1- rod angove
PG RCMP head recommends longer shifts, body cameras for bylaw officers
11Actually a lot of them choose the "freedom" of the street because they don't want to be governed by rules. There are overnight shelters, subsidized housing, low rent housing, etc, but because that requires following a few rules they choose not to utilize them.
1- Chestor
Carefree Society shutting down in Prince George
11A long legacy of doing the right thing, proud of you...
- Derp
Carefree Society shutting down in Prince George
11Thank you for your service to our community.
- Oldfatguy
City, arts council deny political reason for cancellation of OneBC event
4City of PG Cancel Culture in full display.
7- BGeez
Teachers' union continues pushback over trustee raises
8Spelling. Thieves. i before e except after c.
3- BGeez
Current, former politicians react to Findlay leadership victory
8If you don't win the majority of seats in metro Vancouver and south vancouver island you don't get to be government.What the provincial conservatives lack is a normal, fiscally responsible leader such as a Bill or WAC Bennett or a Paul Martin.Enough of the far right wingnuts who preach gun rights, faith, freedom and all the nonsense that turns away the vast urban vote. Take off the blinders, open your eyes and take in the entire province, not just rural redneck B.C.. If you don't then you'll never form government.
2- BGeez
Minimum wage goes up by 2.1%, but some argue it isn't enough
7Minimum wage will never be a living wage as long as corporations raise prices to cover wages as this keeps up an endless cycle of rising prices that is most onerous on low-wage earners.Minimum wage needs to rise to levels that are actually a living wage everywhere in the province and do so without prices increasing. How does that happen? This can only happen if corporations, business owners skim off a bit less profit, and sadly there has been virtually no evidence that a meaningful number of such companies and people have any interest in doing this.There have been rare occurrences of business owners lowering their wages to the same level as employees and other instances of extremely wealthy individuals giving away massive sums to various good causes. How about if they had chosen to take less profit and had paid better wages and charged a bit less for their products and spread the money out to workers and customers and skipped the benefactor show that giving it away created?
3- Renoguy24
$30M in loans moving forward after end of AAP period
10there was no doubt as soon as they said alternative approval process they would get their money.... they always do.... that is why they use the alternative approval process
- bcracer
Teachers' union continues pushback over trustee raises
4I am neither a SD57 employee nor a trustee, but let's have a quick look at some approximate numbers, just for fun. SD57 trustees raise is roughly $6500/year so with 7 trustees that equals $45,500. SD57 has about 960 teachers with an average salary of $74,000 and their latest increase is 3% per year for 4 years beginning in 2026. That comes to about $8.5 million for the 4 years. You can cry about percentages all you want but if you do some math, the hard numbers tell a story also. I'm old but I know some of my, my kids, my grandkids teachers didn't/don't grasp math very well. Blame Google and AI if my numbers are incorrect.
6- D B A
PG RCMP head recommends longer shifts, body cameras for bylaw officers
10Ramsey will propose a study and most of the other seals on council will clap along with this brilliant move forward. Remember to vote in October and get rid of these absolutely useless ‘officials’.
- Travis Jameson
PG RCMP head recommends longer shifts, body cameras for bylaw officers
8And why do they have no where to sleep. Because they are druggies. So lets give them somewhere to sleep. I suggest the jail up the hill where they should be.
1- Alt Center
