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Photos: New transitional housing trailers being moved into place
PrinceGeorgeCitizen
36And I predict that once it's full, there will be 88 people camping in Moccasin Flats again.
- Drew Kerr
Mayor Yu - now's not the time to point blame for forest industry cutbacks
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 32Just wait until these unemployed workers property tax bill goes 3% to pay for the repairs to the pool that are estimated at 22 million but we all know will cost 44 million. Families reduce expenditures when they see bad times coming. News flash city of PG - that light at the end of the tunnel is a train. Start reigning in spending, all these "small tax increases" are beginning to add up.
- Drew Kerr
Court dismisses McLeod Lake Indian Band appeal
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 26Now do you understand why Canfor is downsizing.
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Prince George council endorses federal application for addition to L'heidli T'enneh reserve lands
PrinceGeorgeCitizenOkay, I'm not against it, because, there really is a connection between past wrongs and current suffering - anything to help indigenous people succeed is in all our best interests.But what I am against, is this policy of letting low skilled people who do not share Canadian values come basically en masse so that we can get amazon parcels delivered and coffee served. First Nations prospering will raise all boats, immigration for the sake of vote buying, will sink them as people who have no historical connection to the land continue to overwhelm the healthcare and housing resources.
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Proposed LNG plant draws opposition during public comment period
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 15Seems ironic that this article of not in my backyard is just below the article of hundreds of job losses at Canfor. I expect this kind of out of touchness from the Lower Mainland but people here should be able to make the connection between resource revenue and paying for our homes, vehicles and food, not to mention 22 million for the pool.
2- Drew Kerr
Business owners call for state of emergency after repeated downtown fires
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 15"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing" is widely attributed to Edmund Burke.The problem we have now, is if good men (women, persons,) do anything, they are usually the ones ending up with fines and in jail. I guarantee if you decided to take it upon yourself to go out at night, and spray down fires, and those who start them, you will be charged with assault. And you, being a person with a job, likely will get a fine.We are in a downward spiral where good persons don't dare do anything.
2- Drew Kerr
Council to consider three different Civic Core plans Monday
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 17Did I miss the announcement that Canfor is reopening all mills and building two new pulp mills. They're spending like the tax base is solid. It's not. We should be trying to figure out how to make do with less. Not use the never ending credit line that the Municipal Financing Authority gave us to build more nice to haves. And BTW - where are the doctors and nurses coming from for this population increase we're pushing?
- Drew Kerr
BC Green Party leader joins Prince George protest against old-growth logging
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 10What they should be protesting is people having children. More people, more harm to the environment. Hard for them to understand, but we make lumber, we trade lumber for things we need like food. You want to keep those trees standing until they fall down, then find a way to feed everyone without resource extraction.
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Bylaw officers feel safer with pepper spray, batons: Report
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 14The fact they haven't been used, does not mean they weren't useful. They are a deterrent. Deterrents actually reduce violence.
- Drew Kerr
Canfor cuts deal for forest tenure with Tsay Keh Dene Nation
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 3These licenses don't give you free logs. They are the right to cut - but you still have to pay stumpage and you still have to plant trees. It's not like buying private land. UNLESS, the First Nation can get it incorporated into their reserve lands. That would be a real game changer - good for them, not so good for the deficit spending NDP government.
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City to consider hiring more police, firefighters in 2025 budget
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 10I question the purposes of more RCMP. I think there should be less. Most criminals are released before the paperwork is done. Might as well save the money and maybe give it to the victims of the crime.
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Province must take back timber rights in wake of Canfor closures: Steidle
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 6For clarity, Canfor's rights are a right to cut in exchange for stumpage. So, sure, take them away, but whoever you give them to, how are they going to afford the stumpage when Canfor couldn't - or, is the plan to let the transferees not pay any stumpage at all. If that is an option, why wasn't it given to Canfor?
4- Drew Kerr
Carney gives Prince George-Terrace transmission line a boost
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 9I hate to be a Debbie Downer, but not all indigenous groups are on board. So, step one, go to court. Court sets out what's needed to go forward. Company complies. F.N. still unhappy. Environmentalists and unhappy indigenous groups protest. Blockade. Make it impossible to build. See, courts are only useful to these groups when they agree with them. When courts don't agree with them, they default to ignoring injunctions. Not sure if there's an solution. Then again, the Liberals have shown they will use a heavy boot when it suits them.
1- Drew Kerr
Newcomers surprised by Prince George's 'cat trap fever'
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 9I'm waiting for a judge to put an injunction on trapping cats until the city builds enough animal shelters to house them all.
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Nak'azdli Whut'en chief critical of Canfor's decision to shut down Plateau Mill
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 9The rate of cut was doubled to salvage as much value out of dying trees as they could. We knew today was coming - why are we surprised. FYI - no business runs at a cash loss indefinitely. If you want to take over the mills, the tenure, fund it with your own money, and then lose cash every day you run, offer Canfor a $1.00 for the mills, they'll probably take it and escape the cost of tearing the mills down.
- Drew Kerr
Voters have 30 days to dive into Prince George Aquatic Centre renovations
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 8We're told there is unprecedented food bank use. We're told their is a shortage of housing and rental accommodation. We're told the forest industry is in decline. Our city has rarely built anything that came within budget. So, with so many storm clouds on the horizon, you'd think we'd be preparing for rain, not sunshine. BTW- property taxes are regressive taxation when it comes to those on fixed incomes and those renting via landlords passing on the cost.
- Drew Kerr
Province unveils plan for $1.579 billion patient care tower at UHNBC
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 7Well, at least he isn't announcing a billion dollar museum in Victoria.
- Drew Kerr
Vanderhoof pilot says its time airport stepped up its security to prevent fuel theft
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 6Locking cap - they'll just drill a hole in the wing and fuel bladder and drain it that way. My truck was drilled, cost me $500.00, ICBC $900.00. Hate to think what it costs to repair a wing. Passive security won't work. They have all the tools necessary to break into whatever you build. You need on site security officers. And even then, if security see them, they can't physically engage them, and if the police are too busy, all security can do is watch. And if the police do come and arrest, it's just a few hours till they are released.
- Drew Kerr
Construction begins on new long-term care village in Prince George
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 4These is great news. Curious though. You say it's for seniors. Does that mean the brain damaged fentanyl addicts won't be housed there, and if not, where? Because they are currently taking up long term care beds.
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Pineview busiest rural fire department in November
PrinceGeorgeCitizen 5RockUwell - per Canada.caApr 10, 2024 — This means the tax credit will increase from $3,000 to $6,000 for 2024 and subsequent tax years, saving volunteer firefighters up to $900 per ..You have to volunteer 200 hours to get it. $4.50 per hour and another 75 cents an hour from the province. Many volunteers are retired, living on fixed incomes, and these credits help offset the cost of volunteering. I ski patrol. Membership fee $200.00, jacket cost $500.00, first aid supplies $100.00. Gas to go to hill $80.00. At least we get to do something we like. VFD's get to stand on the side of the road in minus 20 at 3 am because some yahoo got drunk and took out a power pole.Or, they leave their supper to rush to someone in medical distress, or to put out a brush fire that will take out the whole neighborhood. Volunteer firefighters are cheap compared to the alternative - your rural neighborhood gone in smoke.
- Drew Kerr
