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November 2011: Prince George mayoral candidate Shari Green outlines her leadership style: “Public confidence will be restored when council leads by example.” “We need to live within our means, with financial discipline and by finding efficiencies.” “I will challenge our staff to find cost savings in every department, and efficiencies in every operation.” March 2012: “City […]

Posted on 15 March 2012 and filed under articles, comments, Prince George

Following up on this post, I did email mayor and council my questions about the positions eliminated at city hall. Here is the reply received from Mayor Shari Green: “Andrew, on behalf of Council, here are responses to your questions below… 1.    Why the elimination of the environment division not proactively disclosed to citizens? On […]

Posted on 7 February 2012 and filed under articles, comments, Prince George

This post was originally titled “Challenging Prince George mayor and council to show “courageous leadership.” I’ve changed it because I don’t enjoy the tone of “challenging,” but left this note because it’s fair to know the original content/context. Yesterday, I went on Daybreak North with this story: The City of Prince George has cut its […]

Posted on 7 February 2012 and filed under articles, comments, Prince George

The Coldsnap music festival just finished up in Prince George. I’m a big fan of the festival (and, disclosure, a board member). It’s brought in all-sorts of high-calibre acts that normally wouldn’t tour the city, including Joel Plaskett, Shad, the Great Lake Swimmers, and Dan Managan. This year was no different, with an awesome show […]

Posted on 3 February 2012 and filed under articles, comments, music, Prince George

From Minister of State for Democratic Reform Tim Uppal: 1/5: GoC is committed to bringing Canadian elections into 21st century… — Tim Uppal (@MinTimUppal) January 13, 2012 2/5: … by introducing legislation to get rid of the dated ban on early transmission of election results. #elxnresults — Tim Uppal (@MinTimUppal) January 13, 2012 3/5: The […]

Posted on 13 January 2012 and filed under articles, Canada, social media

My recent post on biking  struck a chord, attracting over 100 pageviews in 24 hours and about 30 social media shares (for my low-level blogging, this is positively viral). This was in response to a column in the Prince George Free Press, and today I’m glad to see they’ve printed another response. It comes from […]

Posted on 13 January 2012 and filed under articles, bikes

I am sorry I and my fellow bike-riders are scaring you. I can certainly relate to how frightening it must be to almost crush us to death. Awfully inconsiderate of us.

Posted on 10 January 2012 and filed under articles, Best Of, bikes, comments, main

In today’s issue of the Prince George Citizen, they provide an update on work being done by the Red Cross for displaced residents of the Victoria Towers apartment building that was evacuated after a fire November 3. In it, they talk to Lisa Anne Pierce, the Red Cross’ provincial manager of disaster assistance. From the […]

Posted on 21 December 2011 and filed under articles, Best Of, comments, Prince George

This one feels good. As I write this, the most prominent story on CBC’s B.C. website is about some Vancouver landlords who are being taken to court by the city for years of causing problems for their tenants and refusing to pay fines when ordered. A pretty big story from those Vancouver residents who’ve been […]

Posted on 15 December 2011 and filed under articles, Best Of, CBC, comments, Prince George

This is one I’ve been meaning to write for a bit. It started December 2, when news broke that the Gitxsan Hereditary Chiefs in northeastern B.C. had apparently entered into an agreement Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline Project. The exact words: “On behalf of the Gitxsan Hereditary Chiefs, Hereditary Chief Elmer Derrick today announced an agreement […]

Posted on 15 December 2011 and filed under articles, Best Of, British Columbia, Canada, comments, Indigenous

Yesterday, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced that burkas and other forms of religious face coverings would be banned during citizenship oaths: From the National Post: “Kenney said the move follows complaints from citizenship judges, MPs and others who’ve participated in citizenship ceremonies who have argued it’s hard to tell whether veiled individuals are actually reciting […]

Posted on 13 December 2011 and filed under articles, Canada, politics

With the recent municipal election (and the not-unexpected low voter turnout), I realized something. Even though I now have a pretty good grasp on city politics, it’s in large part due to the fact that I had to teach myself in order to cover city council meetings as part of my job at CBC. If […]

Posted on 5 December 2011 and filed under articles, politics, Prince George

The finances of the Attawapiskat reserve have been placed under third-party control, in part to figure out where $90 million of federal government money went in the last five years. But how much is $90 million anyways? And how much money does the government spend on you?

Posted on 3 December 2011 and filed under articles, Best Of, Canada, comments, Indigenous, main, politics

Summary: Even though the province of B.C. has a branch that can order landlords to repair or upgrade their rental units, it’s up to municipalities to make sure the work gets done. And many cities, including Prince George, have no mechanism to do this. So what are renters supposed to do when they have a […]

Posted on 1 December 2011 and filed under articles, British Columbia, CBC, comments, Prince George

Bus routes should focus less on where they go and more on how easy they are to understand.

Posted on 30 November 2011 and filed under articles, Best Of, comments, main, Prince George, transit