Another day, another newspaper closing down. If you thought there was any comfort in Prince George being a bigger city than Fort St. John or Dawson Creek, the fact that Kamloops is now without a newspaper should give you pause.

The official community plan meeting was last night. The Ginter’s Green group made up the majority of the attendees so obviously Ginter’s was front-and-centre. As I’ve said before, the challenge here is that much of the land they want to protect as greenspace is not owned by the city, but rather private developers, so there’s a limited amount of levers the city has — which doesn’t mean none. One thing that came up is requiring trees to be left on properties which doesn’t maintain the area as a park, but does keep it… green. If you’ve ever taken part in a corporate visioning exercise as a company retreat you will know the general vibes of what went on — sticky notes, stickers, comments. They were giving out Mr. PG stickers. Here’s some photos I took:

The sticky note here was to cover up the word “Pemberton”:

Though this is the only event currently publicized, apparently there will be others and you can also give your feedback online.

Also there was a bird there:

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Other art gallery stuff!

The OCP event was at the Two Rivers Gallery so I finally checked out their current exhibit on plastic waste which is worth your time (and entry is by donation):

I also discovered the work of artist Emily Wilson in the giftshop, who has her own newsletter called . I bought a few prints because look at these:

See how many other easter eggs of Prince Georgiana you can find in that last pic of my office shelf.

Quick news (and posts):

• CNC and its faculty association have reached a tentative agreement.

• A push from parents to reopen a school in Salmon Valley.

• Does Anchorage, Alaska hold the key for the possible return of bear-resistant bins in PG?

• Youth mental health fair in town today.

• Good and bad go hand in hand living near Moccasin Flats, area resident says.

• Spruce Kings showhome open.

• Theatre Northwest opening Stage Reading Series with “Halfway There.”

• Local senior publishes travel memoir on her time in South Africa.

• The Prince George Men’s Shed recently donated two handmade picnic tables to the Prince George Hospice Palliative Care Society and the Pacific Autism Family Network Group.

• Ever since the Citizen published a column critical of Jimmy Pattison there have been a steady trickle of letters to the editor from people ready to defend a man who has more money than the annual civic budget 60 times over but I especially appreciate this one suggesting that 1. literally anyone could be a billionaire, if only we worked harder and 2. if billionaires didn’t exist that would be bad because then neither would millionaires.

• This is a pretty nice house/cabin.

Today’s song

Is My Own Worst Enemy by Lit because of this TikTok:

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