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.

Here we have a golf course in the perfect location for a park with manicured lawns, gently rolling hills, ornamental ponds and paths already in place. Why bulldoze it to make room for housing and retail space which the city doesn’t need?

Posted on 15 July 2010 and filed under cities, comments, Prince George

“Nominate Your Neighbour’s Fabulous Front Yard! Front yards with curb appeal don’t just increase property values – they enrich our neighbourhoods. That’s why Prince George Communities in Bloom (CIB) is asking the public to help recognize those who create and care for attractive front yards (or business frontages), by nominating friends, neighbours and businesses through […]

Posted on 12 July 2010 and filed under cities, design, Prince George

With Elton John contest-gate having hit both the front pages of both the CBC’s and the Globe and Mail’s BC sections online, it’s not surprising to see many, many people weighing in with comments that are of the usual caliber of comments we’ve come to see on national news sites. There’s a whole lot of […]

Posted on 29 June 2010 and filed under articles, personal, Prince George

A contest to win tickets to “the armpit of British Columbia” turns into a national news story.

Posted on 29 June 2010 and filed under articles, Best Of, CBC, comments, main, personal, Prince George

Posted on 28 June 2010 and filed under misc, photos, Prince George

***EDIT: Having just talked to the Rock 101 guys, it comes off a lot funnier in audio than it does in print.*** *** EDIT 2: I’m not going to lie, at first I was pretty upset about this, but as the day wears on, it just becomes silly. It’s like the Simpsons episodes where they […]

Posted on 28 June 2010 and filed under articles, comments, Prince George

I went to this who last night, and it was great. Check out the bands (I can’t find Abigal, but she was also very good). Ryan G // Jamie Bell & The Cutest Band Ever // Wisconsin Dream Guitar // Concerns of Royalty

Posted on 25 June 2010 and filed under music, Prince George

“The words hung over the room like a soaring eagle as soon as they came out of Mayor Dan Rogers’ mouth. ‘…maybe your vision for downtown includes a restaurant on Connaught Hill…’” –the Prince George Citizen, May 27, 2010 There’s been a lot of talk lately about downtown Prince George. For years decades it’s been […]

Posted on 24 June 2010 and filed under articles, cities, Prince George

Great shot here from tf103chl (Chris Leboe). I actually saw this and wished I had my camera, so I’m glad he caught it. I’m a big fan of crows, but they’re starting to act really ominous this year.

Posted on 24 June 2010 and filed under photos, Prince George

This post is exciting for me because I get to combine my two passions– social media and civic boosterism of northern BC into a single post. Here goes: *** What is Foursquare? Foursquare is a social networking site that encourages users to share their location with friends. You do this by “checking in” when you […]

Posted on 17 June 2010 and filed under articles, comments, ideas, Prince George, social media

Moore’s Meadow in Spring: maybe it’s time to give her a bath?

Posted on 10 June 2010 and filed under personal, photos, Prince George

It’s the last day of Bike to Work Week. Even though I bike to work more often than not, this week I forced myself to do it on days when I normally wouldn’t have (rain, up the University Way hill on a deadline). And you know what? It wasn’t bad.  Especially since in most of […]

Posted on 4 June 2010 and filed under bikes, cities, Prince George

A short while ago, I saw the old Weenie King cart in a junkyard. Now, I notice this operating in the downtown area: So to my mind, one of two things happened: 1. The Weenie King wanted to appeal to more an urban market, so replaced “weenies” with the more vaguely-ethnic sounding “Kabobs”; or 2. […]

Posted on 1 June 2010 and filed under comments, Prince George

There’s a survey asking for feedback on the BC Transit website. One of the questions is: Do you have any other comments about the BC Transit website that you would like to provide? To which I said: This is a very outdated site. For a person unfamiliar with the city and existing routes, this website […]

Posted on 6 April 2010 and filed under design, Prince George, transit

The mystery and the message of a piece of graffiti.

Posted on 9 March 2010 and filed under articles, Best Of, cities, ideas, main, Prince George