The race for a seat on city council is getting interesting. The race for the mayor’s chair, however, not so much. The last minute entry […]
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The big question in this year’s municipal election race is will anyone challenge Lyn Hall for the mayor’s chair? Conventional wisdom says anyone seriously considering […]
Big week in the city last week. Premier John Horgan rolled through town, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau flew through town and, oh yeah, a little […]
UNBC political science professor Tracy Summerville gave an excellent talk on proportional representation last week. As likely only a university professor can do, she explained […]
If you thought a nice early morning run or late evening walk on the track at the newly-refurbished Masich Place Stadium is in your future, […]
My father always used to ask me who was mad at me that day. If I didn’t have a name right away, he would chide […]
There are good things, and some not-so-good things, about city council’s decision this week to increase pay for their successors. Firstly, Prince George council handles […]
The race for Patricia Boulevard officially got underway last week. And in a big way. Kyle Sampson’s entry into the race for a seat on […]
The College of New Caledonia has taken the first step, and probably the most sensible one, towards dealing with the problem of students dodging traffic […]
We blinked. Kinder Morgan held a pop-gun to Canada’s head and we blinked. The news this week that Ottawa will cough up billions of dollars […]
Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau has declared British Columbia’s opposition to Kinder Morgan’s TransMountain pipeline unconstitutional. Let’s get this straight. Morneau didn’t cite anything specific […]
When talk turns to air quality in Prince George we often think of four usual culprits … the pulp mills, the oil refinery, road dust, […]
The winds of change likely won’t blow down Patricia Boulevard this October, but Ferry Avenue is another story. With no burning issues smouldering away, eight […]
How on Earth did the Canadian economy make it this far without the TransMountain pipeline? And, even more importantly, how did the Fathers of Confederation […]
Prince George has gotten something right, more or less. When it comes to determining how much we pay our mayor and city councillors, Prince George […]
I’ve been wishing I could dump Facebook for quite some time now. My disaffection with the data-mining ogre has less to do with the fact […]
Kudos to Andrew Kurjata at the CBC and the Tyee for breaking the story about former Burns Lake mayor Luke Strimbold. They got a tip, […]
Trevor Charles is a true hero. He has likely saved more lives in Prince George than anyone outside the health care profession … 16 lives […]
There’s a certain amount of irony in the fact that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau embarked on a whirlwind mission down south to tout the benefits […]
This year’s B.C. Natural Resources Forum was truly remarkable … in a lot of different ways. The speaker line-up was stellar, as always, but there […]
Welcome to 2018 and Bill Amazing Predictions. With an uncanny success rate, (or was that failure rate?) read on to find out what 2018 has […]
Whether you support the ban on grizzly bear hunting or not, at least the NDP government made it definitive. In August, when the government […]
Give Premier John Horgan and the NDP credit for having the courage to jump down the Site C rabbit hole. They could have taken […]
The Liberals are steadfast in their defence of the first-past-the-post electoral system and tend to start frothing at the mouth at any suggestion of changing […]
If you haven’t taken the province’s survey on the upcoming referendum on proportional representation yet, you should. Whether you think it’s a good idea, […]
If there was one thing that all six of the Liberal leadership candidates agreed on during their debate in Prince George, it’s proportional representation. […]
If I had to pick a winner (and, oh yes I do) of Saturday’s Liberal leaders’ debate, I would give the win to Mike […]
About 25 years ago I attended the grand opening of the NW Energy power plant in Williams Lake. At that time, burning waste wood […]
Had a great time Saturday night at the screening of The Doctor’s Case. The brainchild of James Douglas, who toils by day at Barkerville, […]
The Liberal opposition and the provincial media (one and the same?) have had a field day with the NDP’s plan gently ease political parties’ […]
Most people I talk to think that replacing Firehall #1 is a no-brainer but the plan to replace the Four Seasons Pool is a tougher […]
The ink was barely dry on the last issue of the Prince George Free Press when Elaine Macdonald-Meisner was on the phone to me asking […]
Who is missing from this picture? Today, the Ad Hoc Cabinet Committee on Federal Recovery Efforts for 2017 BC Wildfires met with members of the […]
When I was just a young and impressionable cub reporter, I had the opportunity to interview Ted Byfield. I was pretty excited. He was, after […]
Former Social Credit cabinet minister Rafe Mair has some advice for the new NDP government … learn how to blame the Liberals for things that […]
Like most pundits, and most of cabinet by the looks of it, I was surprised at Christy Clark’s sudden resignation Friday. The timing of it […]
This is a great photo. Not just because it shows many of the Prince George media types hard at work grilling politicians about the forest […]
It’s been tough trying to come up with words to describe the shenanigans in B.C. politics these days. Theatre of the absurd? Bizarre? Crazy? Wild […]
Wasn’t it Premier Christy Clark who, immediately following the May 9 election, said British Columbians spoke loud and clear about wanting politicians and political parties […]
The provincial election campaign, in case you hadn’t noticed, is in full swing. I caught a clip of Liberal leader Christy Clark unveiling the party’s […]
Shirley Bond was in fine form when she addressed the Chamber of Commerce last week. The speech was billed as being about the ‘balanced’ budget, […]