After I hit publish on yesterday’s newsletter, I got a very exciting notification that literally made me sit up straight. The title?

SUZURAN OMAKASE.

First some context.

There was a time when sushi was not an abundent food item in this city. While today we have at least one place to buy raw fish in pretty much every neighbourhood, a couple dozen years ago there was just one. Fortunately, it was delicious. For many people living here, Suzuran was the gateway into sushi and I will easily put it on par with anything I’ve had in Vancouver or elsewhere.

However, it closed down — my understanding was because the chef moved into a different career. But among many, the desire to have that sushi again remained. And unlike me, some of them actually had the power to do so. This popped up in my feed earlier this week and I won’t lie, I was jealous:

But then, days later, I got this notification, from Chris Dias (who once had a blog reviewing every restaurant in the city). Here is what it says:

So. Here is the post. I have liked it and shared it and now so can you.

The people want toilets

At Monday’s council meeting, elected officials will receive the results of the civic core review plan, or more simply, a survey of what people want to see happen downtown. The process kicked off almost exactly a year ago and you can read what I wrote about it then over here. You can also read the results of what was said here because it’s actually a pretty short report so there’s not a whole lot to synthesize. Shops, housing and a performing arts space were top choices for permanent features, festivals and a skating rink for seasonal features and way up there on the list of other amenites are: Toilets.

Mr. PG got the fewest votes as a necessity, downt at 16 per cent.

Anyhow, who knows? As Darrin Rigo points out we went through a bunch of this with the Smart Growth on the Ground plan back in 2009 and it still seems like that’s not exactly in place, either, so we’ll see if any of this gets implemented, or when.

Will burning food waste keep the bears out of town?

As the city of Prince George reviews its waste collection practices and people worry about an increase in bears, let’s look at Churchill, Manitoba — the “polar bear capital” is considering burning its food waste to try and reduce the number of bears it sees in the city.

Quick news:

• Sad updates on both the Highway 97 closure north of the city on Monday and the closure in the Hart on Wednesday: Police have confirmed a fatality in both cases.

• Following that incident in the Hart, businesses are calling for improved traffic safety in the area.

• And an update to the fire in College Heights: Not only was it an explosion, it was a series of explosions, caused by “unauthorized heating and cooking devices.”

• Eleven unhoused people died in Prince George last year, according to a new report from the B.C. Coroner’s Service.

• There was a brief hold and secure at Shas Ti yesterday.

• McBride's Tanner Molendyk will be playing for Canada at the World Juniors.

• CNC’s food bank sees growing need.

• It’s the last big weekend for Operation Red Nose.

• People keep calling the Citizen about UFOs.

Today’s song is Stage of Love by Mary Jane Dunphe. Get to the two-minute mark. It scratches a very particular itch, for me.

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