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The Prince George Symphony Orchestra has set a new course for its 2015-16 season and beyond, one general manager Jeremy Stewart says will provide “greater long-term stability, an enhanced local focus to the organization and measures to strengthen our local musical culture.” Despite excellent patron support, sponsorships and public funding, the PGSO’s continued financial challenges led board members to initiate a “new strategic plan,” he said in an April 1 press...

Games 1 and 2 of the Prince George Cougars opening round quarter-final playoff series with the Victoria Royals certainly lived up to the hype. Sixteen members of the Prince George Cougars made their WHL playoff debuts last weekend. They competed hard against the veteran-laden Royals and went nose-to-nose with a team with over 300 combined games of WHL playoff experience. Despite being down 2-0 in the series, the Cougars are coming home confident knowing that WHL playoff hockey is back in...

There’s one group of young girls in Prince George who don’t mind being called “Brats”. They’re the members of the Rated PG Roller Brats roller derby team, and they’re taking to the track at the Roll-a-Dome on Saturday for their next match. Nicole Kingsmith, known as Haute Mess when she’s on the track with the Rated PG Roller Girls (who are also on the track Saturday), is the co-ordinator for the Roller Brats program. “We’ve got about 18 girls now,” said before a recent Monday afternoon...

They arrived with their treasures and left knowing more about them. They arrived with their treasures and left knowing more about them. Antiques appraiser Ted Pappas was at The Exploration Place on Saturday and Sunday, invited by Huble Homestead and Giscome Portage Heritage Society to look at heirlooms and collectibles brought in by visitors. Huble’s curator Carli Bennett said, for her, one of the most unique pieces of the event was a hollowed out and repurposed large, old coin possibly...

The labour dispute between the University of Northern B.C. and its faculty association is going to arbitration. Job action ended last week when the university applied to the Labour Relations Board for access to a specialized process, available only for negotiations on a first collective agreement. Labour Relations Board Mediator Trevor Sones has now recommended that the parties settle their outstanding issues via binding arbitration before a single arbitrator or the board. Today the parties...

The United Steelworkers have launched a petition demanding Premier Christy Clark call a public inquiry into the explosions of the Babine and Lakeland sawmills. The renewed call for a public inquiry comes as a coroner’s inquest has been adjourned indefinitely after revelations that the company conducted its own forensic investigation of the Lakeland sawmill explosion and WorkSafeBC rejected the company’s attempt to share it with the agency. The Steelworkers’ legal counsel...