Jim Pattison came to town for the grand opening of the new Save-On Foods at Pine Centre Mall. Born at a time when ballpoint pens didn’t exist and people would have been confused if you referred to World War I, Pattison’s net worth is estimated at $9.5 billion USD, making him only the 202nd richest person in the world, according to Forbes. In order to go through $9.5 billion you would have to spend $1,000 every day for 26,030 years. For perspective, a mere 11,500 years ago we were leaving the last ice age and entering the current Holocen Epoch, so that’s a lot of money.

Anyways, Jim Pattison was very happy to be here to open a new place for us to buy food, which we need to live, on salaries much lower than $1,000 a day. But we all knew the store woud be opening, the real mystery is what is happening to the now-empty space at Parkwood Place. For that, we must turn to Save-On CEO Darrell Jones, that guy who gives us Darrell’s deals when we are buying food from the 202nd richest man in the world:

In another story published in the Citizen yesterday, food insecurity among Indigenous kids is a ‘public health crisis’, according to a family physician who says she often sees parents in tears over not being able to provide a proper diet to their kids.

I met Jim Pattison at his office once. It was up a very tall elevator and he had many pictures of himself with presidents and 1980s-era celebrities and he wore a lot of rings.

You can read more about the store opening here.

It’s controversial but I like this tweet:

It’s here.

Quick news:

• Here’s a list of events happening to mark Truth and Reconcilitation Day tomorrow.

• The RCMP have joined the hunt for the Connaught Coyote.

• The school district is opening two new child card centres are opening in Prince George, with a third in Mackenzie.

• Not only is University Way open again but the 18th Ave. roundabout is fianlly complete. The city put out a video using toy cars to explain how to use it which, again, I actually find pretty funny.

• Up in Dawson Creek, the Rolla Pub is auctioning off its collection of curios.

• Carrier Sekani Family Services is in this story about Indigenous groups taking control of their own child welfare systems.

• The campfire ban is lifting today.

• The Rocky Mountain Rangers are holding a change of command ceremony tomorrow.

• Northern Bear Aware is petitioning the city for bear-resistant garbage cans.

• A new Hospice Society rec centre opened.

• CNC’s Faculty Association is taking a strike vote but classes are continuing.

• Moose health study.

• The history of Goat Island.

PS I saw Mousetrap. It was good but I won't tell you who done it. Talk Monday!

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