A UNBC student is hoping a seat on city council will help shed light on some new issues.
"I figure I can do a lot of good and there a couple of things around the city I would like to see changed," said Jeffrey Cunin. "I figured [running for council was] a good way to see if I can make that happen."
Top of mind for Cunin, a life-long Prince George resident, is improvements to the city's public transportation system.
Cunin uses the system frequently to get to and from school and said during those peak daytime hours it's not too bad.
"But you go late nights or evenings and it doesn't really get you home unless you're willing to spend three hours on it and it just doesn't seem like a very valid system to me," he said. "So I want to try and improve that."
Improvements to the city's transit system would also help further another issue Cunin wants to address - helping the scores of exchange and international students to better integrate with the rest of Prince George.
"There's so many of them up there [at CNC and UNBC] and I'm sure if there was a better way for them to get out and just be a part of the community... they'd probably jump at it," Cunin said.
With studies focused on computer science, Cunin said the city's online presence also needs work and, if elected, would want to try to get improvements made.
"I'd like to see a push to try and update that or make it much more user friendly, whether it be an app or something, but a better way for people to communicate with the city because I think there's a lot of power in that if people could voice their concerns right to the city," said Cunin.
In addition to school, Cunin is also actively involved in the city's badminton scene, sitting as secretary of the Prince George Racquets Club. He also volunteers as a badminton official for the Northern B.C. and B.C. Winter Games.
"I've travelled around a little bit, seen what other cities are doing and I feel I can bring some of that to Prince George and try and brighten things up a little bit," he said.
