The past and potential future of Prince George's relationship with Jiangmen
14Quite a humorous story but not really when you realize its PG taxpayers picking up the tab for these international holidays taken by Mayor and council members.No Chinese investments in PG and region have ever come from any of these five star holiday extravaganzas.All that's been delivered is a bunch of verbal exchanges and meaningless signed papers.Mayor Colin Kinsley visited China decades ago....does anyone know where that chopstick factory is ?
1- BGeez
Collision closes downtown intersection
14Thank you so much Jacquie, for your kind assistance to my Wife. She is doing OK. Bruises and a black eye. You are special. Kindly Tony
- Tony Romeyn
Prince George may lose two clothing stores
12It's more critical now than ever to support our local businesses VS congloms.What I would love to see is the Citizen do some articles highlighting the amazing local operations we have.Nest and SproutMadison Ave FashionsSimply BeautifulPlus more (hopefully some other commenters can share their favorite locals too). If you own a small building consider renting to locals and not congloms. Your future markets will thank you for keeping the dollars local.
- Tammy Lopes
Councillors to push for improved park, seniors' centre parking
4yes the important stuff the town needs i can't remember the last time i seen this park being used for anything but maybe a family outing and those have been few and far between as well.I guess they can cut back on snow removal and water and sewer....
8- bcracer
The past and potential future of Prince George's relationship with Jiangmen
10I notice they are very quiet on how much this is going to cost us and what we really get out of it
1- bcracer
Collision closes downtown intersection
9Got to love good samaritans
- Toby Haiste
Dinosaurs make their way to Prince George
7Great to see the Royal B.C. Museum showing an exhibit that actually interests people, and not a boring " diversity " exhibit.Hopefully the Museum in Victoria retained some of its " colonial " exhibits such as Captain George Vancouver and HMS Discovery, and the Gold Rush era or did the co-governors of B.C. demand that this history be erased ?
2- BGeez
Universal mental health care review endorsed by committee
7The province is in financial dire straits and can’t effectively run healthcare as it is. I don’t think we’ll be seeing this happening anytime soon.
2- DD22
November to become Veterans and First Responders Month in BC
7This is a great idea, first responders deserve recognition. It’s wild we live in a time where activists target the police, but say nothing about the horrible abuse and crime being carried out by criminals. Its not hard to figure out that legions of criminals have a profound effect on the public, than a handful of corrupt police. I just wish we would see tangible progress being made to protect first responders. It’s pathetic we live in a country that facilitates career criminals. Letting these people to endlessly commit crimes with a nothing but a slap on the wrist, only emboldens them and further endangers the public and the health and safety of first responders. Some of these people have dozens of convictions and they continue their spree with no intent to stop. They should be locked up permanentlyThe craziest thing is reducing peoples sentences because of trauma. So they can get out and continue to traumatize the same people
1- Zangief
VIDEO: Strange object in Northern skies
1“many people thought it might have been an alien spacecraft.” Really? The same people who believe in Sasquatch & Ogo Pogo? Suspect deeper research would indicate “believers” would have consumed a strong weed before any sighting.
7- Mr Science
Universal mental health care review endorsed by committee
6“can’t effectively run healthcare as it is.” Yep, there are certainly a number of serious issues. Always has been and always will be. Of course, society & govt should strive for perfection while knowing it will never be reached. I look at my experiences with our healthcare system & I often ask others what their experiences have been like with the our healthcare system. Most cases, the responses are mostly positive. A way to free up dollars, thereby having more resources for our healthcare system, is having people take personal responsibility for their behaviour. Proper diet, reduce or eliminate drugs & alcohol, & exercise. Of course, it’s easier to blame govt than to look in the mirror.
2- Mr Science
Prince George may lose two clothing stores
6No! My favourite clothing store! Really nice clothes in good variety of sizes and always great staff. In my eyes they were just the greatest store for all ages and both male and female. You will be sorely missed.
- Terri Turcotte
Copper theft leaves six communities without Telus service
5This article was written with quotations from Telus that lack clarity."-damage caused by thieves attempting to steal copper cables, who cut through our fibre lines.""We are bringing in specialized equipment to repair extensive damage caused by thieves-"The way Telus described this incident it appears there may have been no actual theft of coated copper cable, but extensive damage to coated fibre cables.So did thieves actually get any copper? Or did thieves just cause extensive damage in an attempt to steal copper wire?I am left wondering if this was an actual attempt to steal copper wire or whether it was actually a deliberate attempt to sabotage communication in a large area of northwest BC? Maybe Telus should clearly label its coated fibre cables as "COPPER LESS CABLE, FIBRE ONLY INSIDE OF OUTSIDE JACKET"But also maybe thieves trying to steal copper cable that has no copper in it cannot read.
- [email protected]
Copper theft leaves six communities without Telus service
5bcracer, you are 100% correct. Scrap dealers, and pawn shops, operate under a business Licence from the City. They should not be allowed to benefit from what is clearly illegal activity. Found our stolen kicker outboard motor at a pawn shop with chopped electric wires shouting plainly that it was stollen.
- Glenda Waddell
$55M fundraising campaign launched for UHNBC cardiac equipment
5Fingers crossed because the way the NDP is tanking the B.C. economy, deficit, and debt the promised UHNBC acute care tower may just end up being" re-paced " (i.e. cancelled) in next years provincial budget just as the new Burnaby hospital was in this years.But if you need to know more details just contact any First Nations office because they're the ones who currently co- govern B.C.
- BGeez
Dinosaurs make their way to Prince George
4Offering Braille such a good move.
1- Mr Science
Universal mental health care review endorsed by committee
5The long term costs for the province of not moving quickly to enact publicly funded mental health care is costing many lives in B.C. each day. It is also tying up our current medical services and hospitals. Preventative mental health action needs to be taken as well before people develop are damaged with repetitive mental illnesses. It is a public safety issue and it can be a workplace safety issue as well.
- Ed Prout
November to become Veterans and First Responders Month in BC
2lets us just call it EVERYBODY"S YEAR and call it a day
2- bcracer
Copper theft leaves six communities without Telus service
4I'm not sure how extensively but I thought fiber optic cables were marked. I'm not sure that clearly marking optic cables as not containing copper would help. Maybe over time as long as no company decides to false label their copper cables to deter theft. I hate adding more government but perhaps there needs to be a rule that makes incorrect labeling illegal? I'm 100% behind the scrap dealers being complicit. They know what wire looks like and can likely identify the type of wire. The wire in telecom use is typically quite fine, compared to electrical. Again, not a fan of government oversight, but if scrap dealers are part of the problem, then more oversight is warranted.
- Kent Hunter-Duvar
Copper theft leaves six communities without Telus service
4As a retired lineman for BCTel/Telus, I can confirm that the fiber cables contain zero percent copper. The cables are identified at every pole with a tag that says "Fiber Optic Cable". These thieves either can't read or are in such a hurry that they choose not to read the tags. We hardly ever had to repair sabotaged cables, it mostly tended to be people trying to steal copper. Many times we had to hire security people to babysit our reels that we had leave at night in the middle of a job. IMHO, The metal buyers need to be more stringent when buying melted down copper from their customers
- Lennga Arkel
