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.

Iceclimbing – Daybreak Edition “Please don’t mess this up.” That thought kept jumping into my head as I stood on the outskirts of the city, in a complete strangers’ front yard, against the backdrop of a completely frozen tree being used for iceclimbing. That’s right. Iceclimbing. On a tree. I first got wind of this […]

Posted on 24 February 2011 and filed under articles, CBC, journalism, personal, Prince George, radio

There’s been a complicated history of arts publications, both on and offline, in Prince George over the last decade. The latest (and best funded) venture into this landscape is The Scene PG. Published by the daily newspaper Prince George Citizen, it currently functions as an online band directory/coming events calendar and a biannual glossy distributed […]

Posted on 26 January 2011 and filed under music, personal, Prince George, reviews

I’ve complained about the Prince George transit system before, (I’ve also lauded it) but that doesn’t mean I’m done with it. But before going any further, I’d like to point out that the problems I write about are not at all limited to the Prince George system– I just write about what I know. Anyways: […]

Posted on 16 January 2011 and filed under articles, comments, Prince George, transit

I don’t have a boat, but if I did I would get all my supplies from Marine Plus. Here’s why. One of our mic stands at CFUR broke. Well, it didn’t break, but the bolt holding it onto the desk did. Seems fairly straightforward to replace, but as it turns out, it was pretty tough. […]

Posted on 23 September 2010 and filed under CFUR, comments, personal, Prince George, reviews

Prince George bus drivers (and bus drivers in general, probably) get a fair amount of grief, for various reasons. But really, they have a pretty tough task– if you leave late, people are late, if you leave early, you miss your stop. Staying on schedule in variable traffic cannot be easy. But I want to […]

Posted on 20 September 2010 and filed under Prince George, transit

Shawn Petriw noticed some similarities between the logo for the City of Prince George and skateboard clothing company Fenchurch. Turns out it’s a recurring motif.

Posted on 7 September 2010 and filed under articles, comments, design, Prince George

Find out when the bus is cancelled.

Posted on 19 August 2010 and filed under Best Of, comments, main, Prince George, transit

Nice surprise in the Best of PG 2010, published by the Prince George Free Press. I suppose I would have less to do with the second one, but still. Building awareness. Thanks to everyone who voted!

Posted on 11 August 2010 and filed under CFUR, personal, Prince George

Adventures in managing the Facebook account for a giant wooden mascot.

Posted on 30 July 2010 and filed under articles, Best Of, comments, main, Prince George, social media

Remember this? The open house on the issue is tonight:

Posted on 26 July 2010 and filed under Prince George

(photo via Opinion250) Interesting weather this weekend. Officially it was about 20-25 degrees, but with a strong wind coming and going and the hot July sun, it felt like it was fluctuating a lot more. On Saturday there was a giant river float in town with hundreds of people jumping on inflatable things and headed […]

Posted on 26 July 2010 and filed under personal, Prince George

RCMP Ready for River Float “RCMP are anticipating thousands of people could turn up for a “tubing” event Saturday in the Miworth area. “With the expected large number of participants, Liquor Control Board regulations will be strictly enforced with the issuing of fines and seizure of liquor. Open liquor and the consumption of liquor in […]

Posted on 24 July 2010 and filed under Prince George

One thing I love about working at CBC is having the onus to contact random people and talk to them about what they do. You never know what you might learn. Take, for example, a story I just did on the 41st Annual BC Old Time Fiddler’s Competition here in Prince George. What sparked my […]

Posted on 23 July 2010 and filed under comments, Prince George

Here’s a cool event from “northern BC’s music capital” (not sure when they got that designation, but events like this certainly help make the case). Essentially, in order to encourage people to try out bus routes they offer free transit that includes local musicians playing on the bus. Would love to see that here in […]

Posted on 20 July 2010 and filed under cities, comments, ideas, Prince George, transit

“Tourism Prince George is delighted to host Vancouver radio station Rock 101 contest winners while they are in Prince George to attend the Elton John concert at the CN Centre on Friday night. In addition to their contest prize package Tourism Prince George has arranged for our guests to enjoy a limousine service during their […]

Posted on 15 July 2010 and filed under articles, Prince George