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?
4- Robert Barwise
Prince George Safe Streets Bylaw critiqued by University of Toronto sociology department chair
3Dr. Hermer is right.
19- ARolls
'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
Mayor says public safety committee ending due to election proximity
16What has changed in downtown safety since Yu has been elected or this council ? I'm not sure of any meaningful changes besides "pig on a lipstick " type changes, and never ending spending on wants. What tax breaks have taken place ? Are city taxes are always going up to what seems like incompetence in balancing budgets. I drove past the aquatic center today at 10am, no vehicles no work being done. Sure seems like poor project management, seems like an audit on efficiency of our city hall staff shoud be done.
1- Alucard
'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
Prince George getting its third Wendy's location
5Ok, these guys have nothing better to do than a ribbon cutting ceremony at a Wendy's? Thanks for making the trip in Keil Giddens.I can’t even believe they had a ceremony…. Who even cares? Tough times and everyone is struggling…. Except for fast food franchises apparently. These places are on the cusp of automating increasing peoples risk of heart disease and eliminating unsightly minimum wage jobs. It’s a golden age for fast food I guess.
9- Zangief
'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
Prince George Safe Streets Bylaw critiqued by University of Toronto sociology department chair
10Really, 80% are indigenous!
1- Gtomato
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
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?
1- Zangief
Prince George getting its third Wendy's location
3well i definitely won't be patronizing this one either
7- bcracer
Prince George getting its third Wendy's location
2It's up in the Hart, mine as well be another town, lol
8- Science Officer Stefanie
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.
1- HeeHaw
Prince George Safe Streets Bylaw critiqued by University of Toronto sociology department chair
7Mandatory incarceration. No catch and-release. Simple
2- W PG
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
BC Highway Patrol looking for witnesses after fatal collision on Hart Highway
Albertan again .
9- D122
Mayor says public safety committee ending due to election proximity
8What a shocker. Our mayor fails to disappoint yet again. Shutting this down due to its proximity to an election just reeks of "I don't want another one of my fails to be top of voters mind." "Yu can do it" actually became "Yu got nothing done"......except for blowing through his expense budgets. Imagine not wanting public safety to become politicized.....what an abysmal failure he has been.
- Robert Barwise
Mayor says public safety committee ending due to election proximity
8And thats the way to spend money and get nothing done... A true Prince George philosophy.
- Derp
