Law enforcement reminder: Dirt bikes are illegal in city limits
10I'm sure there is more pressing issues that our tax dollars could be put to use chasing. How about rcmp and bylaw focus on downtown. To the blind and nieve Judge's who live in this town in apparent ivory towers maybe don't park in the underground parking lot in the courthouse and walk to work.
13- Alucard
Final approval granted to more than $30M in loans
16Well, Klassen will get my vote. The rest of council can take a walk into the sunset.
1- Kay Oss
Law enforcement reminder: Dirt bikes are illegal in city limits
12“Ivory tower” Really? Attend first appearance provincial court & you’ll see the human wreckage that judges deal with everyday. Hardly an ivory tower. Suggest people who never attend court and live in the ‘burbs are closer to an ivory tower than judges. As far as the police & bylaw? They have difficult jobs and their mandate is to deal with many issues. Stopping some youth from potentially killing themselves or injuring others by enforcing dirt bike laws is tax dollars well spent.
5- Mr Science
$30M in loans moving forward after end of AAP period
16Im curious why city hall doesnt want to be transparent on the costs that we pay for with our taxes? Could it be prices are inflated by the contractor for the work ? Is there nepotism happening thats being covered up? Why not be honest and upfront. The city uses our money why cant we know what we are paying for.
- Alucard
Other communities join fight to save northern homeowners tax credit
12Northern B.C. communities ?These towns will come as a complete surprise to the NDP government and its media propaganda arm, Global BC News, who both think the most northern B.C. town is Kamloops.
4- BGeez
Law enforcement reminder: Dirt bikes are illegal in city limits
14Makes you wonder about parents. They either let their kids buy them or buy them for their kids and don't pay attention to them afterwards.
1- Lou Maurice
Council signs off on revised liquor licence for Alpine Pub
5Booze and drugs. The PG diet.
10- BGeez
Law enforcement reminder: Dirt bikes are illegal in city limits
6If the kids are being respectful leave them alone. Kids being active are not getting into trouble. In a time of drugs and property crime we're going to pick on kids getting out of the house doing something?
9- Keep things fair
$30M in loans moving forward after end of AAP period
14Nice process! 226 people submitted forms. Sounds like it’s very accessible and definitely not made to fly under the radar, so they can borrow more money to follow through with the suggestions of their redacted facility condition assessment. Nope, nothing shady going on here. For sure don’t need a pesky referendum happening. I am just glad Kyle Sampson is protecting me, from knowing whats on the redacted assessment.
- Zangief
$30M in loans moving forward after end of AAP period
14Once again I will comment and point out that the AAP system flies in the face of the Secret Ballot fundamental of democracy. Since the form is designed to register absence of support for something, rather than being a Yes or No ballot there is no secrecy for anyone registering a response.I am very confident this system is used as a way to avoid presenting the proposals to the full electorate at civic election time OR by way of a special referendum if an answer is required before the next scheduled election.The justification that a referendum costs money rings a bit shallow as we know that the AAP system is not well advertised and is far more complex than attending a Polling Place where one marks a ballot that no one knows how it is marked, preserving the secrecy that is a basic in our democratic system. All the councillors that support the use of this system do not, in my opinion, deserve to be in office and will not receive my vote in this falls election!
- Renoguy24
Final approval granted to more than $30M in loans
14more than advertised ??I doubt anyone is surprised and i am betting the actual cost will be even higher...
- bcracer
Law enforcement reminder: Dirt bikes are illegal in city limits
12Hopefully parents actually read this. There is a small group of dirt bikes that ride on the residential roads in the Hart with zero regard for kids playing or vehicles backing out of driveways. One of them is going to end up seriously injured, or worse.
1- PGgirl78
City, arts council deny political reason for cancellation of OneBC event
4City of PG Cancel Culture in full display.
8- BGeez
PG RCMP head recommends longer shifts, body cameras for bylaw officers
11Is adding more hours, people, and cameras going to solve the problems in downtown PG. Sounds more like a tax increase for the homeowner. Have a look at the congregation of druggies on the street near the legion and the mass of druggies in the lane behind the legion. All city council has done is spent a lot of taxpayer money closing down moccasin flats and shifting the problem to downtown PG. Previously there were a few fires at moccasin flats that destroyed a few make shift shelter but now the druggies have shifted to downtown business get burned and employees are out of work. Not sure if anyone would agree that closing the flats has resulted in an improvement in downtown PG.
1- rod angove
PG RCMP head recommends longer shifts, body cameras for bylaw officers
11Actually a lot of them choose the "freedom" of the street because they don't want to be governed by rules. There are overnight shelters, subsidized housing, low rent housing, etc, but because that requires following a few rules they choose not to utilize them.
1- Chestor
Teachers' union continues pushback over trustee raises
8Spelling. Thieves. i before e except after c.
4- BGeez
Law enforcement reminder: Dirt bikes are illegal in city limits
11A ticket, fines, higher insurance costs and delays getting a driver's license only occur if you manage to avoid killing yourself while riding in places you have no business going and in ways that invite crashes.A youth in our neighborhood was often seen on the wrong side of the road at high speed at an intersection with a busy thoroughfare with many vehicle turning into the lane the bike was in. Also No Helmet to add to the joy. Evidence of a previous crash that left brain damage? Wonder what the parents excuse will be when the almost inevitable occurs?I suspect bad driving on motorcycles may register more with many people due to the absence of any substantial protection for riders.It also stands out to those who have lost loved ones in motorcycle accidents.We see people riding off road bikes in a safe fashion on streets between home and the bush but far more are riding recklessly with no regard for laws, safety or their own welfare.
1- Renoguy24
Law enforcement reminder: Dirt bikes are illegal in city limits
11Fine the parents - Collge heights is a joke , little punks passing cars by southridge.
1- PGborn
Teachers' union continues pushback over trustee raises
4I am neither a SD57 employee nor a trustee, but let's have a quick look at some approximate numbers, just for fun. SD57 trustees raise is roughly $6500/year so with 7 trustees that equals $45,500. SD57 has about 960 teachers with an average salary of $74,000 and their latest increase is 3% per year for 4 years beginning in 2026. That comes to about $8.5 million for the 4 years. You can cry about percentages all you want but if you do some math, the hard numbers tell a story also. I'm old but I know some of my, my kids, my grandkids teachers didn't/don't grasp math very well. Blame Google and AI if my numbers are incorrect.
7- D B A
Teachers' union continues pushback over trustee raises
8This is a board, not administration and we need to really understand the difference here before we start talking about money.
3- Tammy Lopes
