Average Prince George home assessment jumps two per cent in
15As a home owner I really dislike seeing hikes on my property and it makes it even worse when city council decides on a budget and the city council and city staff seem to of lost touch with reality because they don’t seem to understand we don’t care about other jurisdictions and how high their property values we care about what happens in this city and city council has not been very understanding at how hard it is for the vast majority of us homeowners to afford tax increases.I have struggled with this for several years and I am close to retirement and I wonder how I will be able to afford to live in my home as a single income earner. There are days where I just want to sell because the city has done little to curb its spending without dealing with infrastructure issues and on a retirement income you have to make hard choices and I understand why so many seniors balk at paying taxes. Nickel and dime us to death is the order of the day
2- Dearth
Some properties could be exempt from new 'rain tax'
14Folks, bear in mind that since there is no provincial municipal auditor then there is no guarantee and also no way of knowing that this stormwater tax revenue will be dedicated to stormwater infrastructure. My betting is that a portion of this new revenue will go to non-related items, such as a pay increase for councillor Kyle Symptom.If the proposed stormwater utility fee will be replacing that portion of property taxes that used to fund infrastructure then the new property tax bill should show the fee as a separate line item and the regular property tax should be lower.
2- BGeez
Aquatic Centre enters two-year renovations hibernation
13I'd be curious to see the time line of jobs being done. A lot of mills have shutdowns and are crawling with trades workers that get a lot done in a short window. What kind of fixes take this long that cant be done simultaneously.
2- Alucard
Some properties could be exempt from new 'rain tax'
14How is this legal ? No grandfather clause ? How about on new homes only ? Charge us more for something we bought 10-15 yrs ago ? By the way. Rain water is very clean. Very easy on filtration systems. Rain water actually helps by diluting the sewage etc before entering the filtration system… maybe we should charge you for it …
1- Jim John
Some properties could be exempt from new 'rain tax'
14What a scam… the flagrant abuse of the tax payer is gross in PG…
1- DD22
Some properties could be exempt from new 'rain tax'
14“replacing the portion of property taxes that went to funding it previously.” - Does that mean we can expect to see a reduction in our current taxes? I think we all know the answer to that. They will tell us that we will see LESS of a tax increase.
1- Shark Tank
Some properties could be exempt from new 'rain tax'
12What a joke. It is high time to vote out the entire council and mayor. Enough is enough.
1- Chest RockUwell
Some properties could be exempt from new 'rain tax'
12Define difference between hard and soft ground. I know that rain will go into the ground regardless.
1- Princegeorgegirl
UNBC grad headed to the BC Legislature
3Politics is simply the art of public theft. Nothing more nothing less.
9- Chest RockUwell
Newsmaker 2025: Prince George's year of fire
5As terrible as structure fires and their results are, they are just structures.The loss of possessions is sad and tragic.But there is nothing worse than the loss of human life by fire.So when all the whining and complaining is done about the sorry state of burned out downtown buildings just stop and think about the little boy and his Dad who lost their mom and wife in the house fire in Willow River before Christmas.Keep perspective.
6- BGeez
Aquatic Centre enters two-year renovations hibernation
82 month Maintenance and Repairs should be done on each Pool Every Year in the Summer Months. If you need to swim in the summer - go to a lake.
3- Here for the Beer
UNBC grad headed to the BC Legislature
8Smart young lady. And driven. Congratulations on your success & best of luck in the future.
3- Mr Science
School buses cancelled because of snowfall
8So the City no longer cleans Snow on Weekends and Holidays and Now School Buses do not run on Monday because of Snow .To the City - this is Prince George - Snow cleaning needed 24/7 in Winter.
3- Here for the Beer
Prince George RCMP had five-year low in files handled in 2025
9People aren’t calling anymore
2- Marshall Dillon
UNBC grad headed to the BC Legislature
7Congratulations. Well done!!
3- Dan McLaren
Average Prince George home assessment jumps two per cent in
8I don't understand how housing prices can rise in a city that is losing its Major Industry Employers in the Mills. How many mills have shut down in the last 5 years. What new industry is employing these people. This tells me it's either people moving from the Lower Mainland or Okanagan because it's too expensive or it is Immigration fueling this! There is no other explanations that can warrant this increase other than of course greed of Government! These assessments need to be challenged because any person in their right mind would argue. Otherwise that value should be going down at Prince George not up.
2- Aynun
Ravensbergen, Carels earn high marks from Team Canada coach
Like Rikki bobby famously said, “if ya ain’t first, ur last”Also, “2nd place is the first loser”Rikki would not be celebrating a 3rd place finish in a tourney with 2 good teams.
10- Chest RockUwell
City staff working to set up ministerial meetings during resources forum
6Eby made shockingly sensible comments to the media today, saying Canada should built oil refineries in response to the freeing of the Venezuelan economy. Hopefully it’s not just comments to distract from the pipeline through B.C. idea…But, for once, I’m with Eby on that one!
4- DD22
Prince George RCMP had five-year low in files handled in 2025
8Yeah, easy to ever the numbers down when nothing is prosecuted.
2- Chest RockUwell
School buses cancelled because of snowfall
7What snowfall? Roads looked beautiful today.
2- RReader
