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Serial shoplifter sentenced to house arrest
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36A career criminal who was part of an organized retail theft ring gets sent to her room.Yeah, that will motivate her to change her ways. Riiiight!
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Masks return to Prince George hospital, clinics, long-term care homes
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 18There can be only one reason for this order - Bonnie Henry like exercising power over the people.It's been well established that masks do not prevent the spread of viruses. She's doing this because she can.We get seasonal respiratory illnesses every year, always have, always will, and until the COVID pandemic came along there were none of these ridiculous mask mandates.
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Building owner denies responsibility for explosion
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 41The "persons unknown" are who is solely responsible. But there's no chance of collecting any money from them, so the city is trying to pin the responsibility on whoever has money (and/or insurance). Something just no right about that.
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Another tiny home destroyed by fire at Moccasin Flats
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 33How long after they move into the former North Star Inn can we expect to see it go up in flames?
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Lheidli T'enneh wind project approved as BC Conservative rattle sabres over renewable diesel
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 2030 year contract for a facility that will be lucky to operate for 20.And where will the power come from when the wind isn't blowing?Should have gone for nuclear.
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Quiet skies on Canada Day with fireworks ban in effect for Prince George
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 22With all the rain we've had???Absolutely ridiculous!
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Family court judge calls mother's secret recordings 'a form of family violence'
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 20"A breach of faith in the privacy of communication", yes."An aspect of coercive and controlling behaviour", yes."An odious practice that should be discouraged", OK.But violence? Absolutely not. Violence is behavior or treatment in which physical force is exerted for the purpose of causing damage or injury.There was none of that. Find a better word.
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Coralee Oakes braves wet weather to launch her re-election campaign
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 20Just going to spit the vote and help the NDP, for the sake of her own vanity.
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Hospital helipad coming to UHNBC in Prince George
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 22As I understand it, hospital construction down in the lower mainland is fully funded by the province, but if we want hospital construction here, we have to pay for a third of the cost.I'm assuming we'll have to pay for a big chunk of that helipad too. Double standard. We're punished by not voting NDP.
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Final seat count still unknown: Elections BC
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 19No matter the outcome, the end result will be the same - an NDP government. In the unlikely event that it turns out the Conservatives have the win, it will be a minority government, and the NDP/Greens will defeat them in a confidence motion at the earliest opportunity and take power in a coalition.Deja Vu all over again.
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Council balks at fruit-tree incentive program
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 11We never had much of a bear problem in decades past. Why not? Because any time a bear came near human habitation it was likely to get shot. So they developed a fear of humans.Now, thanks to animal rights and anti-hunting activists, we have a city full of bears that don't fear us in the least.The solution is obvious.
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Undercover RCMP investigation uncovers open-air drug market in PG
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 10Not surprising that such a business should exist, since our governments have, in essence, been promoting the use of illicit drugs for some time now.
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Evacuations ordered as Chilcotin River landslide prompts flood fears
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 13I'm curious bcracer, just what do you think government could have done to mitigate the situation?
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Prince George Fire Rescue crews battle burning debris at Moccasin Flats
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 7We're in a cold snap. I can understand if the few remaining residents want a bonfire to warm up.
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Mark Carney wins Liberal leadership race
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 9Carney will call an election for the spring, because he knows the longer he waits, the more people will get to know what he's really all about and the less popular he will become. People got a glimpse of the real Carney from the leadership debate, and the result was a drop in support for Liberals and a jump in support for Conservatives.
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Prince George-area MLAs welcome premier's carbon tax repeal
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 11Carney said he will just move the carbon tax onto big "polluters". Which means he'll hammer the oil companies who will then pass it on to consumers, the price of gas may go down temporarily but will likely go up even higher as the hidden carbon tax.BC has the highest gasoline price in N. America, but I notice it hasn't made a difference in consumer habits. Carney previously said that's because the carbon tax wasn't anywhere near high enough.
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Christmas Eve fire at weigh scales south of Prince George
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 11Hmmm, some trucker unhappy about his fine???
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Psychiatrist welcomes judge's decision on COVID-19 vaccinations
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 9Lou,Except it's been known almost from the time the vaccines became available that they don't reduce the risk of transmission. Vaccinated people can carry and transmit the virus just as much as the unvaccinated, and the vaccinated can also catch it just as easily. In some hospitals during the pandemic, the vaccinated outnumbered the unvaccinated. At best, all the vaccine did was reduce the severity of the disease.
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Prince George celebrates Canada's 157th birthday in the park
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 7No fireworks to end festivities due to concerns over drought conditions? What drought conditions? It's been raining for 2 months!
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Switching to selective logging called key to reviving industry
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 5Clearcutting has also been used for decades in European countries, in Sweden it is mandatory, even on private land.We shouldn't be salvaging dead things, whether it’s beetle-killed or fire-killed? Just let it go to waste, rot or burn while we cut live trees?Thinning only causes the remaining trees will grow faster if it's done while they are quite young. Mature trees won't. Even 40 yr old stands won't grow faster.90% of the trees are damaged in the primary forest stands? Sure, there are defects, but the end product is top quality.What is Finland doing that B.C. isn’t? Farming the trees. Environmentalists would never agree to that.Want to log like Sweden? First clear cut all the forests and replant much thicker than we do. Then as the trees grow, thin. Every block gets between 2 & 6 cuts, but the final cut must be clearcut.There definitely is a place for what Parfitt is doing, but it isn't a substitute for current forest practices
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