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Falcon, BC United drop out of election race, candidates welcomed by Rustad's Conservatives
PrinceGeorgeCitizen
21What a joke! Then Rustad and Falcon both blamed the NDP for the mess that the BC Liberals created during their lengthy time in office.
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B.C. United leader Falcon says Prince George urgently needs a surgical tower
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 17From what I recall, it was the BC Liberals who were responsible for years of health care slashing from the time that Gordon Campbell took office. While they're at it, they should restore the name to Prince George Regional Hospital instead of that university thing. The Northern Medical Program is actually run by UBC in Vancouver, not by UNBC.
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Prince George-area MLAs welcome premier's carbon tax repeal
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 2If there's one thing that's for certain. Most of the people who complain about the government and carbon taxes do not understand how either of them work. I'm not suggesting that carbon taxes are good or bad. People see the word "tax" and automatically freak out. People are basically ignorant as to how things actually work.
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School District 57 sees large increase in number of students with autism
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 11I suspect that higher numbers can also be attributed to improved diagnostic techniques or the fact that more families are seeking a diagnosis for their children's behavior..
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Document outlines changes to Prince George's draft Official Community Plan
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 5The city really needs to preserve that corridor and not extend Foothills along there. Those paths have some of the highest pedestrian usage in Prince George whether it is dog walkers or runners. Running a 4 lane road through there would also be a huge annoyance to the residents of the adjoining subdivisions. If they decide to build more houses along Tyner, it's a high risk proposition to build too close to the escarpment. They would have houses sliding into the bowl.
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Bird calls out lack of growth for gaming grants
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 13Well done Ms. Bird for taking this one on for the benefit of Prince George!
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Bird signs letter demanding apology from fellow MLA
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 12I have confidence in Rosalyn Bird and the Conservatives if they stick to the serious issues that affect everyone, like health, housing, employment, etc. If they become mired in the MAGA type issues, it's a losing game for them.
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City to ask public to OK $15.86M in CN Centre work
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 11The city could always close the rink for 2 years like they did with the pool to make sure that it's all repaired correctly.
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Maclean's ranks UNBC second of its size nation-wide
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 3UNBC is rewarded with a low student to faculty number because they can't attract enough students per faculty member. In other words, they have too many faculty and senior academic administrators for the number of students that they enroll. Enrollments have been declining at UNBC for many years even though UNBC keeps adding programs, adding more Deans and VP's and other overpaid executives. There's something wrong with this picture.
8- Ed Prout
BC Schizophrenia Society of Prince George has ACE to face mental illness and substance addictions
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 10I have attended several gatherings that were held in the ACE's meeting rooms and was very impressed by service that Nansi Long and the others provide to their clients. ACE is such a welcoming place for those who have the misfortune of living with mental health issues. Keep up the good work!!
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President Geoff Payne leaving University of Northern BC
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 2This is UNBC's opportunity to have a proper competition and then hire a real university President instead of simply appointing a former UBC mid-level manager.
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Rustad wants action against 'foreign interference' by environmental activists
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 7Mr. Rustad, If you are so concerned about environmental activists, why is a former leader of the Green Party and the Ecosocialist Party working for you in a high level position?
1- Ed Prout
Head of psychiatry at UHNBC calls for a northern mental health facility
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 5I wonder how Shirley Bond and the BC Liberal/United members are able to shamelessly tell the public that they will fix the healthcare system when they were the ones who took it apart.
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No details as College of New Caledonia discusses possible layoffs
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 3Chest RockUwell. Post secondary institutions are funded, in part, from the higher tuition rates that are paid by foreign students. When you cut foreign students, you are cutting the money that funds programs for Canadian too.
2- Ed Prout
Canfor to close mills in Vanderhoof, Fort St. John
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 5Where is the wood going to come from that they need to build the millions of houses that have been promised by all levels of government? Time for some Project Management 101.
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Heavy-equipment rock hauler destroyed in fire
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 2Was it parked at Moccasin Flats?
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Breaking down the urban-rural divide in Prince George provincial ridings
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 2A friend of mine is one of Ms. Bird's constituents and I know that she has really gone to bat to assist him with some issues that he's had with our current government. Perhaps some MLA's work more quietly than others. She seems to me like a good one!
2- Ed Prout
Former Lheidli T’enneh Chief Clay Pountney to run for NDP in Prince George-Valemount
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 3Downtown Prince George has similar problems to many cities in Canada. But if you look at the real estate prices in Prince George and how much those prices have risen over the past few years, Prince George seems like a boom town. Exponential growth in the housing and real estate prices here.
1- Ed Prout
UNBC's Wood Innovation Research Laboratory bends but doesn't break after blast
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 1Your tax dollars at work. I suspect that the cost per student to build and maintain that building and to pay the instructors is astronomical.
2- Ed Prout
UNBC marks 35 years with $350 tuition credit giveaways
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 3UNBC keep doing these discount contests not for the sake of the students. They do this because they can barely attract enough students to stay in business.
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