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Opening ceremony a pricey ticket

Opening ceremony a pricey ticket

For a family of four to attend the opening ceremony of the Canada Winter Games, the price is $452. That equates to $113 per ticket. There are no special rates for children, students or seniors.
Thank you to Good Samaritan

Thank you to Good Samaritan

Good people live here. On the weekend a gentleman turned in my lost antique jewelry to the jewelry dept. at Sears. Dear sir, I inherited that piece after losing one of my most treasured family members. You gave me back a family heirloom.
Games questions

Games questions

Have you seen the creative Winter Games window display at Alison's Embroidery? Wouldn't it be terrific if all downtown businesses had something celebratory on display? Could the downtown Christmas lights be turned back on for the two weeks of the gam
Mount Polley monitoring 'useless'

Mount Polley monitoring 'useless'

VICTORIA -- As the waters kept on rising behind the doomed Mount Polley tailings dam last year, the mine operator was relying on a method of monitoring the structure that was both "misapplied" and "useless.
Strike looms at UNBC

Strike looms at UNBC

Welcome to Prince George, Daniel Weeks. Just as the new president of UNBC settles in to celebrate the university's 25th anniversary, he's facing an uprising from angry professors wantiing a big pay raise.
Bearing down on beer league

Bearing down on beer league

There's one corner of B.C. life where the new Age of Enlightenment as far as liquor policy is concerned has yet to take hold. It's the ice-rink dressing rooms.
Gouging Games guests

Gouging Games guests

Just in time for the Winter Games we'll gouge you at the gas station.
Slapdash snow plowing

Slapdash snow plowing

We had a good snow fall on Thursday night and Friday morning on the Old Summit Lake Road South - close to 14 inches fell in that period. We never saw a snow plow or heard of one till early Saturday morning, which is a school bus route.
Not playing with Enbridge

Not playing with Enbridge

I'm a musician who has lived in Prince George for the better part of the last dozen years.
Right to choose

Right to choose

Last week was the 27th anniversary of R v. Morgentaler, the case where the Supreme Court of Canada threw out abortion as a Criminal Code offense, declaring it unconstitutional.