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World Cup parties set for Prince George soccer fans
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Real excitement was watching the NBA and NHL finals..watching the Knicks win was incredible!I will not be partaking in watching any of the FIFA snoozefest games where men with perfect haircuts trip and fall in the slightest breeze or from a crooked blade of grass. Sitting for two hours watching two teams of GQ men play to a draw isn't sport, it's boring.But i'm sure the rich elite champagne and caviar crowd enjoy watching the men prance about with their little ball.
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- BGeez
World Cup parties set for Prince George soccer fans
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We can also use it as a farewell party for Mayor and council.
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- Sea K
World Cup parties set for Prince George soccer fans
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Go Canada on Thursday to have a shot at the final 32! I have to say I am not a huge football/soccer fan but the drone show after the final match has me excited!
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- Skeeto
World Cup parties set for Prince George soccer fans
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Bizarre take. If anything soccer is a low income sport with no equipment needed to get started. It's an actual global game with teams from all of the world at the World Cup. The NHL features teams from 2 countries and players from less than 15 countries. The rest of that nonsense is a copy and paste rant from 20 years ago, there is nothing easy about playing soccer. It's always old men who can't run with this take too.
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- MattP
World Cup parties set for Prince George soccer fans
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more waste of tax money
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- bcracer
Replacement or refurbishment? City considers future of Kopar Memorial Arena
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What 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.
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- Lba
Replacement or refurbishment? City considers future of Kopar Memorial Arena
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Im 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.
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- Alucard
New economic development strategy lists PG's strengths, weaknesses
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Oil patch has traditionally paid higher wages along with higher pay to contractors. I know people who've become "commuters" to the oil patch. They ended up moving to cities that have direct flights to places like Fort Mac. Improvement in air services would benefit PG by keeping those people in town. One should pressure the Corrections Service to institute a plan where released inmates are sent back to their home communities upon discharge. Downtown revitalization has been an issue since my childhood. Heavy industry and manufacturing doesn't care since they can't set up shop there. "truck drivers and heavy-equipment operators", like many occupations are faced with the current workforce "aging out". Many younger people don't want to work the odd hours truckers face. Companies are reluctant to hire inexperienced operators because of increased wear/tear and breakdowns caused by them.
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- Lou Maurice
New economic development strategy lists PG's strengths, weaknesses
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Another massive word salad report to sit on the shelf and collect dust with all the other reports over the years.The report basically hits common sense points.The line , " workplace constraints partially due to a lack of population growth ...." flies in the face of what the City would like you to believe, that the City's population has grown by leaps and bounds.I also wouldn't get too excited about temporary work surges due to pipeline or transmission line construction. The economic benefits of these infrastructure projects will be fleeting and not permanent.Unless new major industrial or commercial manufacturing facilities locate in PG then the status quo will remain.PG cannot rely on the ever expanding and bloated provincial government health and social services sector to support its economy because eventually those services will be slashed.
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- BGeez
New bail and sentencing reform bill is now federal law
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Too little, too late.
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- Sea K
Replacement or refurbishment? City considers future of Kopar Memorial Arena
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go 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????
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- bcracer
Replacement or refurbishment? City considers future of Kopar Memorial Arena
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I’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!
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- Eyeinthesky44
World Cup parties set for Prince George soccer fans
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Praise a sport that has "load management" then make fun of the sport where you run further than any other team sport for being boring. Okay then.
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- MattP
Prince George Humane Society facing an overload of cats
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One of the things that is stopping me from getting another cat is the cost unfortunately after taxes and fees are factored in you are shelling out over $400. I understand the associated costs and that it costs money to care for cats but in today’s climate many people can’t afford to buy a cat or a dog as it is expensive.With that being said many people are loving pet owners but not responsible pet owners. They want the cat or dog but once they have it they then don’t really do anything with it. Dogs require exercise daily, proper nutrition, grooming daily and training. Cats require regular grooming, proper nutrition, daily play time and training as well. Unfortunately most owners don’t do half of what is listed and eventually pets become strays. Owning a pet requires commitment if you’re not willing to commit then are you sure pet ownership is for you?
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- Dearth
Replacement or refurbishment? City considers future of Kopar Memorial Arena
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If less hockey was played in this town this wouldn't be an issue.Less hockey is the answer.
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- BGeez
Former Prince George businessman afflicted by rare muscle disease
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It is sad to hear of his illness, but heartening that there is now a treatment for it. Neurology is one of the areas in which medicine has been making great advances. During my father's career as a neurologist, the unfunny joke was that neurologists were good at diagnosis but could rarely cure anything.
- Bill Poser
Northern BC organizations invited to support proposed blood donor clinic
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before the Canadian Blood Services donor centre in Prince George they used to come int o town and set up a clinic .. civic center for a couple of days.... but i can't see too many people driving all the way to Kamloops to give blood.It would be nice to see them set up a periodic clinic anyways
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- bcracer
Replacement or refurbishment? City considers future of Kopar Memorial Arena
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There 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
Thousands without power in north end of Prince George, outskirts
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Good reminder how our societies reliance on the internet and other safety measures like security cameras can be disabled so easily in such a large areamore prepared businesses would probably have a solar power backup system of some sort but its probably rare
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- TrevorR
Thousands without power in north end of Prince George, outskirts
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Try almost 10,000 people without power!!
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- Sandra Melville
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