Looks like the federal carbon tax is going to stay around, at least for a little while. It was interesting to watch the carbon tax […]
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Election Day is tomorrow. Do you know who you’re going to vote for? The polls close at 7 p.m. Monday so, no worries, lots of […]
So who won the big federal leaders debate last night? It certainly wasn’t the viewer. What a schmozzle. I thought that appointing a commission to […]
The Cariboo-Prince George campaign seems to be all about the local candidates. Or at least that’s what they want you to focus on. I’ve been […]
I remember the exact moment we knew that the Prince George Free Press was doomed. It was when the decision was made to go from […]
Todd Doherty wins the award for first out of the gate with his campaign signs. Liberal leader Justin Trudeau was still in the shadow of […]
The award for the most crass political comment of the campaign (so far) goes to People’s Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier who, in true […]
BY BILL PHILLIPS Writer’s Block Nechako Lakes MLA John Rustad has been an outspoken critic of Forests Minister Doug Donaldson … to put it mildly. […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has his priorities all mixed up. In responding to the ethics commissioner’s report this week, which pretty much confirmed what most […]
In government, you have to do something. In politics, you have to look like you’re doing something. Right now the NDP aren’t accomplishing much of […]
It happened literally at the 11th hour. It was just after 11 p.m. Monday night when the Statement of Financial Information came up on city […]
The BC Liberals’ FIVE THINGS THE NDP SHOULD DO TO HELP THE FOREST INDUSTRY (you won’t believe No. 6) has the benefit of coming from […]
Had lunch with Kelly McTaggart of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers on Tuesday. OK, there were about 50 Rotarians in the room too, so […]
No one asked the question. When city council dealt with the issue of why the cost of upgrading the Second Avenue parkade went from $2,725,000 […]
Cariboo North MLA Coralee Oakes had a chance to take the high road. But, alas, she chose to wallow in the muck. When Tolko Forest […]
Is Cariboo-Prince George in play? Right now it’s hard to imagine Justin Trudeau’s Liberals winning anything come October, but they seem to think Cariboo-Prince George […]
Does anyone in Alberta seriously think they can cut off oil and gas to British Columbia without repercussions? Does Jason Kenney (or Rachel Notley before […]
The only real surprise over Jody Wilson-Raybould’s ouster from the Liberal caucus this week was that it took this long. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau campaigned […]
I came across a genuine ‘fake news’ site the other day, which isn’t all that surprising or uncommon. However, it had nothing to do with […]
It could be a little crowded at tonight’s city council meeting. The group Enough Already! City of PG AAP, which is raising concerns about the […]
A couple of things should be mentioned when talking about the city’s 2019 budget that will dip into the taxpayers’ pocketbooks by another 4.3 per […]
BY BILL PHILLIPS Writer’s Block Jody Wilson-Raybould had to resign from cabinet. When this whole scandal about whether the Prime Minister’s Office put pressure on […]
It was an innocuous enough question. At the end of Premier John Horgan’s news conference at the BC Natural Resources Forum in Prince George last […]
Proportional representation is so 2018. Yes, I know there are other burning issues such as pipelines, blockades, and the spend-‘em-if-you-got-‘em ways of the provincial legislature, […]
It’s a New Year and that means it’s time for predictions. What will the future hold for us? Well, fear not, all will be told […]
What will Andrew Wilkinson do? There is a chance that the fate of the possibly ill-fated proportional representation referendum will rest with Wilkinson and the […]
In a week where international scientists are warning of an impending global catastrophe if we don’t address climate change, we, of course, went batshit crazy […]
Closing the Westwood Drive access to 22nd Avenue has nothing to do with pedestrian safety. It has everything to do with traffic flow. The Ministry […]
Long ago in the before times (before Internet, or more aptly the early days of the Internet), I was one of a small group of […]
Long ago in the before times (before Internet, or more aptly the early days of the Internet), I was one of a small group of […]
Premier John Horgan and the NDP caucus may have a tough decision coming up. As of Wednesday morning, only 215,187 of the 3,293,435 registered voters […]
John Horgan was right. People were probably switching over the Wheel of Fortune in droves last night as the premier and Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson […]
With apologies to Meghan Trainor: It’s all about that base, ‘bout that base, no one else; It’s all about that base, ‘bout that base, no […]
I’m selfish. That’s pretty much why I’m voting for the rural-urban proportional option in the referendum on proportional representation. I’ve taken a good look at […]
The biggest surprise to come out of Saturday’s election was that Willy Enns actually got more than 1,000 votes. Enns, who entered the mayor’s race […]
Moving the election date up a month was probably a good idea because I don’t know about you, but it seems like the campaign has […]
Suzanne Anton must live in some kind of parallel universe. I think I snorted out loud at her assertion Saturday, at a so-called debate on […]
I’ve lived in the Interior all my life. For as long as I can remember, we have bemoaned the fact that the more-populous Lower Mainland […]
A few years ago when escort services were all the rage in town (literally and figuratively), the city council of the day searched its bag […]
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 […]
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 […]