Bill Phillips
News from around Prince George and northern B.C.
Prince George, B.C. - Ever wonder what the City of Prince George would look like 100 years from now? Well, a new exhibit at the College of New Caledonia tries to answer that question. The exhibit, by Rolan Abraham, conceptualizes what environmentally sustainable cities will look like in the future through the use of a miniaturized model.
As the Canada-U.S. softwood lumber agreement expired Monday, NDP leader Tom Mulcair said his government would do a better job at the trade table. Mulcair called Conservative leader Stephen Harper's approach "last minute," also taking the chance to criticize what he's called the job-killing Trans-Pacific Partnership deal.
Kinskuch Lake north of the Nass Valley in northwestern B.C. - image credit: CONTRIBUTED THE NISGA'A Lisims Government has added a planned hydro-electric project to its growing list of projects from which it will earn revenues for itself and jobs for its citizens.
There are 5,340 children living in poverty in the Cariboo-Prince George riding, according to sobering Information released just before the Thanksgiving weekend. That number represents 22.5 per cent of the children in the region, and is based on 2013 low income measured after taxes, said First Call: BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition who said it purposely released the data in advance of the Oct.
FORT ST. JOHN - A Vancouver science photographer and wildflower enthusiast is taking a stand in an effort to protect some extremely rare flora and fauna on Pink Mountain.
