Frank Peebles has been a newspaper reporter in Prince George since 1994, fresh out of BCIT’s broadcast communications program. He also attended UVic upon graduation from high school in Burns Lake. His time at the Citizen began in 2004.
Over the years, Frank has covered almost every beat possible, most notably police, industry, government and a longtime focus on arts and entertainment. He has won numerous awards for his journalism at the Canadian Community Newspaper Association and BC & Yukon Community Newspaper Association levels, and additional citations for his community volunteerism.
Frank is an active freelance writer, a spoken word artist (his stuff is available on iTunes), has acted in community theatre productions, coaches his kids in sports, performs emcee duties for events, moderates public forums, and is a regular voice on community radio station CFIS.