Civic Core Plan back in front of council Monday
13Imo there's no point doing anything until the social issues downtown are fixed.Why tax the "" out of everyone to build new facilities if no one will bring their families downtown.
3- Derp
Civic Core Plan back in front of council Monday
12Removing the event parking lot that's often at the very least half full and replacing it with things that will draw more people. Interesting.
3- George Williams
Civic Core Plan back in front of council Monday
10Where are all these people going to park? Trying to park in swimming lesson season is a joke at the pool. PG is not going to change its ways. People will drive themselves to where they want to go. Our public transit sucks in the north.
3- Shark Tank
Replacement or refurbishment? City considers future of Kopar Memorial Arena
5What about the elks center up the Hart? Could that not become the new home? Is kopar footing any of the bill, or did naming rights money just go into general coffers?I'm sick and tired of the increased taxes as of late and I hope city officials start thinking of not borrowing so much money out of cycle. The AAP is a joke of a policy towards the tax payer. I don't see our officials using our money as effectively as I'd expect, saying yes to so many projects when we're struggling to simply survive on existing inflation.
5- Lba
City set to borrow $2.55M for stormwater system repairs
9Again, the AAP is rubbed in our faces. This underhanded method of sneaking funding through by using a system that is obscure and forces voters to identify themselves AND how they are voting.I will speak every time a council uses this sneaky method of financing projects in the city.If the council honestly planned and believed in the proposed spending, then we should be asked to vote on it at election time, or if necessary, in a Special Referendum if the election is too far out. Given the propensity for doing studies on most everything and the time involved therein, I rather suspect that most spending issues that require a vote could be presented at regular elections.The AAP requires identifying yourself and it is not a ballot with choices but a declaration of a specific position which flies in the face of the democratic mainstay which is the Secret Ballot where all that is known is who voted but individual choice is unknown unless everyone voted the same way. Unlikely scenario.
1- Renoguy24
Bidding opens for former Knights Inn demolition
9Completion of the purchase was March 14, 2024 meaning the City will have used it for housing for 28 1/2 months. 44 units for that period is 1254 unit months working out to $3309 per month. The bizarre use of taxpayers' money never seems to end.Perhaps purchased at assessed value making that cost $964 a month could have made sense given the reported condition of the place. Add the cost of demolition to this and see if the price for a short term place for a few unfortunate souls to live briefly and become vacant land for what? The beloved Performing Arts Centre (potential cost unknown) or Kopar replacement at $50 000,000.00.The more we see the greater the possibility that the management of our tax dollars is in the hands of utter incompetents who actually think taxpayers have bottomless pockets or that there are bushy money trees at city halls and provincial government buildings. Just one more shenanigan to keep in mind come the fall election.
1- Renoguy24
City set to borrow $2.55M for stormwater system repairs
8Gee, I thought that was what the new stormwater non-tax was for.....
1- Chestor
Replacement or refurbishment? City considers future of Kopar Memorial Arena
8Im curious on what the cities maintenance does. Buckets under a leak seems like that should be an easy fix ? Maybe im missing something but doesnt the city look after its assets with a minor maintenance budget ? Does a leak or new water line need city council approval to fix? Why does everything the city looks after seem to have to wait until its catastrophic before its fixed.
1- Alucard
Prince George crowd watches Canada make World Cup history
3150 people. That's it ? What a crowd.It's a niche sport for a niche crowd and thank goodness the City got a provincial grant to pay for this silly party instead of the PG taxpayer hoofing the bill.
5- BGeez
Bidding opens for former Knights Inn demolition
8I've just completely given up on these guys! The fall can't come fast enough!
- Northern Logger
Replacement or refurbishment? City considers future of Kopar Memorial Arena
6go ahead, build a new one, you know you want to and you have all the tax paying people to pay for it for you.why not just share CN Center????
2- bcracer
Replacement or refurbishment? City considers future of Kopar Memorial Arena
7I’ll take the downvotes but I’m all for a new arena. We could build an amazing rink with 2500-ish seats, add in some good looking wood features. Once built market the heck out of it for concerts and other events to get revenue flowing. Build it with the ability to tie in a sky walk over to the Civic centre in the future. Oh and, Go Kings Go!
1- Eyeinthesky44
City set to borrow $2.55M for stormwater system repairs
6Another loan!
1- HeeHaw
Health and social services 'navigation centre' one step closer
7If I sell a cigarette laced with cyanide and someone dies I got to jail for murder, yet someone sells fentynol and people die there's little to no repercussions....why?
- Derp
School board trying again for D.P. Todd repair or replacement
6Keep it. Fix it, as needed. Far far cheaper than a new building. Who knows where demographics will be in the next 20 to 40 years? There might not be 900 students, as they claim now.This 1976-77 building is solid, lots of brick and concrete, and the torch on roof should last decades. Keep it.
1- Toby Haiste
Council shows support for Tidewater aviation fuel project
5How come all this so called green stuff requires subsidies, tax payer money. The most profitable mining is mining for green subsidies.
1- HeeHaw
Council shows support for Tidewater aviation fuel project
5What kind of, and how much pollution will be added to the air shed of PG ?
- Jim John
Replacement or refurbishment? City considers future of Kopar Memorial Arena
5There isn’t a single word in this news story about the Great Big exciting Civic Core Initiative. Instead we get a blow by blow of an obviously staged press event to get the ball rolling on another Great Big Public Feud about infrastructure priorities. Apparently, two hockey teams can’t share a building. While everyone else has to share whatever meagre facility their particular interest group needs. The City of PG seems to be comfortable with the imperative that Hockey needs to have six city wide ice surfaces to survive. Swimmers need two pools. Etc etc. Meanwhile other segments of the population have to make do with little or nothing. “City Fathers and Mothers” must have seen this coming. But why must we keep poking the proverbial bear? I thought we were on the road to a plan to fulfill several “wants”. Why suddenly do we find ourselves waking to this old tune?We have a horrendously expensive City admin and council. How about some real leadership?
- Will Phuh
Replacement or refurbishment? City considers future of Kopar Memorial Arena
4Isn’t the replacement of this building supposed to be apart of a larger Civic Core development plan? An election debate could be averted if the City would only accelerate the Core plan. Or at the very, update us on the Core plan status.
- Will Phuh
Civic Core business case timeline laid out for council
3We had a PAC referendum and it was voted down so why is council even thinking about this?? Our taxes are already way too high and this will only increase them. Also, where are the pool users supposed to park? The parking across the street is all we have. Many seniors, including myself, attend the Aquafit classes and we all park across the street. You take that away and where are we all supposed to park?
1- HeatherMM
