Prince George Safe Streets Bylaw critiqued by University of Toronto sociology department chair
31Anyone else feel that the opining of a University prof who lives about 4000km away & who most likely lives in a very tony neighbourhood with little to no first hand, day to day dealing in stepping over feces, blood & dirty needles, or having to worry about his business being torched, is completely useless & a waste of time?
3- Robert Barwise
Prince George Safe Streets Bylaw critiqued by University of Toronto sociology department chair
23The downtown decline can become permanent if nothing changes. Cities that turned it around (Calgary, parts of Edmonton, even New York decades ago) did three things at the same time:1. Strong enforcement of public order2. Large investments in treatment and housing3. Heavy investment in making downtown attractive againIf you only do one of those three, nothing changes.
1- TheNineSixThree
Prince George Safe Streets Bylaw critiqued by University of Toronto sociology department chair
3Dr. Hermer is right.
19- ARolls
Prince George Safe Streets Bylaw critiqued by University of Toronto sociology department chair
18Do not take DRUGS, stay away from Drugs , if you are on Drugs find help and get clean. People that sell Fentanyl should be charged with Murder, we need some tough love.
3- FHR
'Please remember that we are not a dump:' Junk dropped off at closed PG Humane Society Thrift Store
17This is disgusting. I do not understand why people think it is other people's responsibility to deal with their garbage. Have some responsibility for yourself.
1- Nick LR
'Please remember that we are not a dump:' Junk dropped off at closed PG Humane Society Thrift Store
14Sadly, the "generosity" of some people is severely lacking in this town, and elsewhere. A good rule would be that if you wouldn't buy it, wear it, eat it or use it, it's garbage and needs to be taken to the dump.It's so disrespectful and disheartening to the charity and volunteers for you to drop your discards off without a reasonable expectation of improving their cause.I wish the Prince George Humane Society great success with this new fundraising adventure, I plan to both donate and shop there in the near future.
1- Skeeto
Two fires, one hour and a quarter-kilometre apart
15The second fire was at Alward Place, a BC Housing/Northern Health place where everyone was evacuated in the middle of the night without the aid of the elevators. Seniors, some in their 90's, had to assemble outside for about an hour. Something needs to be done.
- D B A
'Please remember that we are not a dump:' Junk dropped off at closed PG Humane Society Thrift Store
12Please do better for this great cause.
1- Jennifer Lussier
'Please remember that we are not a dump:' Junk dropped off at closed PG Humane Society Thrift Store
11People are amazingly dense🤦🏼‍♂️
1- Marshall Dillon
City to send letter of support for modular home project
3Thanks.... Everyone in construction here wants to thank you for not getting them to build your buildings. Im sure Winton Global thanks you as well. Oh yeah, if you want some pictures of modulard that have been used here previously. I have plenty. Unfortunately they may convince you to not use modular buildings.
8- Ed Chambers
Prince George Safe Streets Bylaw critiqued by University of Toronto sociology department chair
10Really, 80% are indigenous!
1- Gtomato
Darrell Jones pitches people-first approach during campaign stop
4It's highly un-likely in this time period, that an entry level employee is going to start fresh and wind up running the company. It's no longer the 70s. Those days are gone, as are that days of Conservatives.
6- DaisyClover
Prince George Safe Streets Bylaw critiqued by University of Toronto sociology department chair
9You’re basing this off what exactly, did we read the same article? There isn’t one shred of evidence to support any claims being made. 1. Property and prejudicial language. Anything to support this, or is this just the account of the homeless persons in question?2. coercive displacementAgain, any evidence to support this? Also, anyone who actually lives in this town, knows better. Go down town, and look at the destruction, vandalism and refuse and speak to the business owners who experience downtown Prince George everyday. Not hard to see, there is a lot more than loitering going on.3. Public Health EmergencyGreat news, since ending the take home safe supply model, drug deaths have gone down in the province by 10%, compared to the same time last year.Just another activist desperate to put the rights of the homeless ahead of everyone else and enable their destruction of public spaces and contempt for rule of law.Go back to Toronto please.
1- Zangief
City council looking to continue discussions over AI data centre
8Look up all the disastrous examples in the States when data centers build near communities. Other than short term construction jobs (almost never local companies) these centers are a massive strain on power grids, pump out emissions that would put mills to shame, and are an absolute blight on the landscape. They lie to get approval, make promises that never come to fruition. They are not a solution to struggling economies.
1- Super Mutant
City council looking to continue discussions over AI data centre
8Just curious when Cedarcore met with council previously seeing as they were encorporated Jan 6, 2026. Who owns it? If you aren't willing to tell residents, we don't need this here.
1- Tammy Lopes
Prince George Safe Streets Bylaw critiqued by University of Toronto sociology department chair
9“They asked me to look it over and give them my opinion of what the bylaw was like — was it discriminatory, was it prejudicial and so on — and I thought it was a terrible bylaw,” Hermer said.How can it be discriminatory? Is there wording that specifically targets x in the bylaw? Or simply because the majority of people affected identify as xSo if the majority of people speeding identify as x, speeding tickets would be discriminatory to x ? Ah, yes, Canada in 2026, where everything is discriminatory. Disproportionate amount of women styling hair, disproportionate amount of asians in post secondary, too many elderly people in old folks homes. Let’s put everyone in their little category and then arrange every institution so as to have proportionate representation of all identities! So tired of all this activist virtue signalling, masquerading as social pseudoscience Wonder what this quacks study cost for 4 years? Maybe could have helped some people?
- Zangief
Milobar says he's BC Tories best chance at forming next government
9BC Housing should run Abstinence only facilities, Peter you are on the Ball , this is what should be happening , people need a chance to get off DRUGS and places to go to get off DRUGS. In Prince George we have a large government owned old Motel used to be called the North Star Inn, all kinds of stuff has happen there, It needs to be turned into a drug rehab, NO DRUGS Allowed, how can you get off DRUGS if the people around you are doing Drugs?? Also there is a School a block away.
- FHR
Prince George Safe Streets Bylaw critiqued by University of Toronto sociology department chair
8The professor ignored the root cause of the problem, free drugs, decriminalization of drugs. How Canada has fallen because cartels and trials. Lack of justice, revolving door justice. It is stated 80% of the people affected are indigenous dispite tens of billions spent. It is time for the common indigenous to get out from under band dictatorships and demand accounting of funds.
- HeeHaw
Prince George Safe Streets Bylaw critiqued by University of Toronto sociology department chair
7Mandatory incarceration. No catch and-release. Simple
1- W PG
Prince George Safe Streets Bylaw critiqued by University of Toronto sociology department chair
6He is nothing but a bleeding heart hack socialist!
1- Ricardo Montoya
