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The city’s VLA sometimes gets a bad rap. That comes primarily from those who don’t live or appreciate the historic area of the city. A group of local citizens is working to enhance the image, figuratively and literally, of the area. The Prince George VLA Enhancement Association is now a registered non-profit society in British Columbia. The current directors are Lee Stewart, Maureen Dwyer, Willow Arune, and Carol Worthington. “The idea is to improve the looks of the neighbourhood,” said...

Parents and students will know this evening whether their schools will be open next week. After studying the tentative deal reached this week between the B.C. Teachers’ Federation and provincial negotiators. teachers are voting across the province today. BCTF president Jim Iker is scheduled to release the results of the vote at 9:30 tonight in a webcast from the union headquarters. The six-year agreement is the longest term ever negotiated for a union that has worked under imposed...

Alan Alderson warned the UNBC Timberwolves men’s soccer team. “You can warn first-year players that a team like UBC will come out fast,” says the Timberwolves coach. “Sometimes they just have to see it happen.” That was what happened in the first of a pair of games UNBC played in Vancouver on the weekend, as UBC scored three times in the first 18 minutes on the way to a 5-1 win. They swept the weekend series with a 3-0 win on Sunday. “I did something I don’t think I’ve ever done before,”...

While some residents of Prince George enjoy the new curbside recycling program, others are left footing the bill. We say “some residents” because apartment dwellers and those who do not receive city garbage collection are omitted from the new service and they are likely some of those who are subsidizing the nice new shiny boxes. Multi-Material BC, with the complicity of the province, have foisted a great inequity on the province with this new program. And, since it is largely the rural...

Seemingly taken aback by the media attention, Todd Doherty has posted a statement on his Facebook page announcing his departure from the 2015 Canada Winter Games. “Apparently this is big news,” he posted. One of the first people hired for the Games, Doherty has held the post of director of revenue generation and it was reported earlier this month that he would seek the Conservative nomination in the Cariboo-Prince George riding should incumbent Dick Harris decide not to run again. “It was...

Two very versatile and talented actors will make their stage debuts with Theatre North West in Billy Bishop Goes to War. The play opens Sept. 25 at Parkhill Centre. Victor Dolhai is both narrator and piano player – and he also is a foil for David Leyshon’s character, Canadian First World War pilot and hero Billy Bishop. He says the timing is perfect to present this very heartwarming and iconic play. “This is a poignant time to be presenting this play because it is the 100th anniversary of...

One of Canada’s iconic classical pianists, Jane Coop, will perform with the Prince George Symphony Orchestra on its 2014/15 season opener at Vanier Hall on Oct. 4. Coop joins the orchestra as soloist in Robert Schumann’s poetic Piano Concerto. Rounding out the program will be Brahms Symphony #3. Coop has played with orchestras around the world. She also taught for many years at UBC, where she was head of the piano division and has served on the juries of many international competitions....

Back to basics. That’s the approach Terri McConnachie says she will bring to city hall. With the Knowledge Garden as a backdrop, McConnachie announced she will be running for city council this fall. “The reasons for me to run for city council are not 100 per cent altruistic,” she said, pointing to family members and friends in the crowd. “I have a lot invested in this community.” McConnachie pointed out that a lot of families and small businesses are struggling financially and the solutions...