Prince George
An archive of my posts about my home in the traditional lands of the Lheidli T’enneh, aka the City of Prince George.
An archive of my posts about my home in the traditional lands of the Lheidli T’enneh, aka the City of Prince George.
I was interviewed about the Listen Bird today for a student documentary today. It was because I wrote an essay about the Listen Bird a while ago— in it, I said One of my greatest fears is that one day an overzealous downtown beautifiation project will eradicate the Listen Bird’s presence. Yes, he’ll survive in […]
It is August, and it feels like early fall here in Prince George. That would be bad enough if we had had a summer, but this has been the coolest, greyest, rainiest May/June/July I can remember. This is coming off of one of the longest and snowiest winters we’ve had in years. Weather doesn’t traditionally […]
This morning on Daybreak North we played an interview and live performance from the Arbitrarys. This is a band I’ve been covering back since my days at Over the Edge, but it’s the first time we’ve had them on CBC. It could be the last, too, since they’re about to relocate to eastern Canada. They’ve […]
In yesterday’s edition of the Prince George Free Press the opinions page had a section called “Tweets in P.G.” (I’d link but there doesn’t appear to be a digital version). They reprinted some of their favourite Tweets on a variety of subjects affecting Prince George. It’s a fun idea, and one I’d actually like to […]
I have no idea how I came across it, but a couple of days ago I read Cities and Ambition by Paul Graham (Kindles are made for essays, by the way). In it, Graham argues that cities (or at least great cities) send a message. He writes: New York tells you, above all: you should […]
I’ve added a few more details to my Kin 4 post, including stories from PGTV, HQ Prince George, and interviews on Daybreak North. You can read it in all its civic glory right here.
It’s rare that a Prince George city council decision breaks out of the local newspapers and starts appearing in my Facebook and Twitter feeds. But that’s just what happened with a Monday evening decision to build a new stand-alone ice arena. Some quick background: as part of the 2015 Canada Winter Games bid, the city […]
It’s rare that a seven-minute video will get me to change… anything. Today, I share with you one that did. It belongs to Dave Meslin. He used it in his Ted Talk, which is below. I watch Ted Talks all the time and like all of them, but for me to write about one here, […]
I’m excited to see that Tourism Prince George seems to be joining the Foursquare game. About a year ago, I wrote about how the Regional District of Fraser Fort George should be using Foursquare in conjunction with their Golden Raven branding. At the time, I suggested they focus on taking their Golden Raven slots and […]
It was Foursquare Day (really) over the weekend, so I’m going to jot down some quick thoughts on what has fully emerged as the dominant player in geolocation– and why I’m still using it. It’s not about mayors and badges anymore: A large part of Foursquare’s early hook was the game aspect. If you checked-in […]
I’m a backer of the local musicians. So I thought I’d let you know about an interesting promotion going on with one of the more popular PG groups, Cera. From their Facebook page: Hi! For the first time ever, our latest EP, swans, is available for streaming online in its entirety! Incidentally, you can also […]
*disclaimer: This piece is in no way an endorsement or criticism of any political party. And as always, my opinions are wholly and completely my own and do not necessarily reflect those of my employers.* Jack Layton is in Prince George this morning. I’ve heard this is the first time a federal leader has visited […]
I’ve mentioned ambient awareness before. It’s a concept used by social scientists to describe the phenomena of obtaining peripheral knowledge. It’s usually used to the describe the process of sort of knowing what’s going on in people’s lives without necessarily engaging directly with them by getting information via things like Twitter, Facebook, etc. I think […]
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