Help design the new school district logo

And a parachute candidate moves to the city

Oh, hey, there’s a a survey where you can give input on the new logo for School District 57: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BNLX32B

For reference, here is the current one:

And here’s a guest post from Glen Thielmann I published way back in 2022 about the history of this thing, as well as some fun alternate takes:

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Election news

So based on the fact all his online presence was in the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island area, I had wondered whether Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies Liberal candidate Peter Njenga was a ‘we have to put someone’s name on here’, we’re-not-actually-gonna-hear-from-him candidate. But then yesterday, 4streegrrl commented:

when I was driving to the vet on Monday morning to pick up on of my cats who spent the weekend there (she's doing much better and well worth the mint she cost me), as I was going through the 15th and Victoria/Patricia intersection I noticed someone holding up a Liberal sign and waving and smiling at vehicles on the corner by D'Lanos. It was Peter Njenga. I recognized him from the local election articles and photo.

I guess he came up for the day to have a presence?

And, the Citizen tells us, yes he came up, but for more than a day:

Visiting The Citizen’s offices on Tuesday, April 8, Njenga said he and his wife started to plan a move from a farm in Nanoose Bay on Vancouver Island about six months ago and arrived in Prince George about two weeks ago.

Back on the island, Njenga said, he worked as a real estate agent.

However, he also said he has a doctorate in finance, a master’s degree in business administration, a bachelor’s degree in commerce, is a chartered professional accountant and runs a philanthropic group called the Dr. Njenga Foundation Charity that helps people experiencing homelessness in Canada and orphans in Kenya.

“This is a good area, prime for development and especially I’m attracted by the wood industry,” Njenga said of Northern BC.

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Regardless of whether he wins, Njenga said he planned on staying in Prince George after the election.

Elsewhere, with the Cougars out of the playoffs the Spruce Kings are providing the backdrop for campaign posts:

They won, by the way., making it a 2-2 series.

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News roundup:

• I was going to post the results of the Lheidli T’enneh election but as of 11 p.m., they were still counting the votes on a livestream over Facebook, something I’ve not seen before. I imagine if you visit them now, the results will be posted by morning.

• B.C.’s forests minister was on BC Today, where callers could weigh in on the future of the industry. He said softwood levies need to be treated as seriously, nationally, as tariffs on the auto industry.

• Build the North Conference kicks off at the Civic Centre.

• Miracle Theatre performances selling out fast.

• Prince George social worker celebrated for decades of work.

• Ravensbergen earns nomination for WHL’s Goaltender of the Year award.

• Tourism PG helping support prominent communtiy member in time of need.

• Water main break leads to traffic detour in the Hart.

• Photos: BTO, April Wine and Headpins rock CN Centre.

• Guess which of these apple varieties is grown in Canada:

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