$5,000 in buried cash
Read to the end for a nostalgia hit
This drone video of Moccasin Flats has gone semi-viral on Reddit, with people from outside of the city seeing and commenting on it. It is what it is — I don’t think anyone really thinks this is a permanent solution — but my only comment on it is I’m not entirely sure a lot of the people can really tell where the encampment ends and the industrial area begins. I’m not being critical of the businesses who have their spaces here, I’m just saying it’s not as if this was a previously attractive part of town to look at from above and now it’s bad — one of the reasons the encampment was located here is because it was an unmaintained, empty lot on dirt and mud and gravel for years, not some attractive park. Anyways.
Here’s something I saw on a walk:
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News roundup:
The Prince George Cougars are headed for the second round of the playoffs.
The Vanderhoof Airshow won’t be an airshow this year, due to wildfire concerns.
Prince George dentists not signing up for federal dental care program.
B.C. United came at the NDP over a memo from Northern Health telling nurses not to take away drugs or weapons from patients, nor to call police or security.
Also in Northern Health news: They are not going door-to-door inspecting homes. This is a scam.
Someone strolling through College Heights came across a buried black case, which turned out to be three buried black cases full of drugs and $5,000 in cash.
The mayor of Quesnel is facing calls for resignation over revelations his wife has been distributing a book that minimizes the harms of residential schools and accusations he has helped her in doing so. He says he won’t be stepping down, so local First Nations say they won’t be partnering with the city anymore.
In other dysfunctional local council news, the mayor of Kamloops suspended the city’s chief administrative officer only for council to reverse the decision two days later.
A proposed LNG project north of Prince George is open to public feedback.
The out-of-control wildfire in the Chetwynd region is now under control.
CN Centre is looking for bartenders to help alleviate those long lines.
The city has set its final community open houses for Official Community Plan feedback.
The province is mandating speed-limiter devices on all heavy commercial vehicles.
Popsicle stick bridge stress test coming to Pine Centre Mall.
But you can’t pay with these:
He crashed his car into a ditch, he watched it burn:
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When I first drove in to PG from Winnipeg, 30 years ago, I thought to myself, "OMG, what have I done?" First Ave is ugly, and it was uglier then, and there's no glossing over that fact. I've been here 30 years, and I'm glad I didn't turn around and drive back, but what a shock for a newcomer.
As for the NH directive to nurses, it almost seems like there are 2 separate issues here. Searching and confiscating, okay, maybe? that makes sense if you take the perspective that nurses maybe shouldn't be going through patients' belongings for any reason. But illicit drug and weapon use in hospitals is a whole separate issue that should not be allowed, ever, period. What about the rights of all the other patients and staff in the hospital? Where do we draw a line?? Right now there seems to be no line at all, and I kind of think we need a line. One of my kids was exposed to smoke from illicit drugs at work, and she was quite sick. What about her rights? Why are we unable to draw a line, period??