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
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
Fire at Fort George Baptist Church
2Politicians are not the only people responsible for creating an atmosphere where this sort of crime occurs. How about a society whereby people spent as much time volunteering as they do with casual screen time? Numerous positive interactions with others would surely decrease crime. Instead of spending time watching that “important” game spend time with that teenager who is alone evenings due to a working single mother. That sort of thing makes young man less likely to become a firebug years later. That sort of thing times whatever would be amazing. Sitting on the sidelines barking at the moon does nothing. To paraphrase a famous quote: “ask not what your politicians can do for you; ask what you & others can do for your community.”
6- Mr Science
Copper theft leaves six communities without Telus service
8the sad part is the scrap dealer who buy this metal has to know or at least should know it is stolen.if there was no buyer the thefts would stop.... start ID'ing the scrap sellers,,,,, proof of address and proof of where they got the metal....if they can't produce it don't buy the metal...
- bcracer
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
House of the future: 'Amazing work' happening at Nusdeh Yoh
5If every school and community had the same funding they did, they could implement some of the learnings.
2- Teejayrx
CNC and partners helping students take Adventures in Health Care
6I see this sort of thing as very important. Inspires youth. Not always easy for students to see the relevance of lot in schools. Programs like this can inspire & motivate students in all parts of their lives: school, possible careers, becoming a more thoughtful & caring person. Well done for those participating & for those who develop these sort of programs.
1- Mr Science
House of the future: 'Amazing work' happening at Nusdeh Yoh
5Impressive school no doubt. “feels like we’re all family here” says a lot. . . . positive comment DD22? Nice. More please.
1- 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
Dinosaurs make their way to Prince George
4Great 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
Collision closes downtown intersection
3Moved here about 3 years ago, I have a few safety recommendations for the core area:1st. Set maximum speed limit to 40 km per hour 2nd. Install a turn left light on the left turn lane only. No turn left on red.3rd. Replace all analog light bulbs with LED bulbs on all traffic lights. High visibility. 4th some traffic light intersections are crowded together, within a block of each other, so I recommend between lights installing signs on the left and on the right that say traffic lights ahead 50 m etc. Everybody gets home intact and vehicles in good health.
2- Shawn Foubert
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]
Fire at Fort George Baptist Church
4Just to let you know it’s called Fort George Baptist Church not Prince George Baptist Church
- R. Nich
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
Copper theft leaves six communities without Telus service
4bcracer, 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
