New fall just dropped
A city project comes in UNDER budget!! And what is Lambda's old lawyer up to?
I don’t know if it really happened this quickly but I looked out my window yesterday morning and all the leaves that were green the day before had changed colour. Not that I’m complaining, autumn in Prince George is spectacular:
A lot of the leaves came down, though, as a weather system brought atmospheric rivers to the coast, prompting B.C. Hydro to warn of outages as drought-weakened trees were likely to come down due to the storms. Sure enough, a lightning strike put 300 people in Prince George in the dark.
Meanwhile, federal researchers are saying it’s time to get ready for a year-round fire season, a report that came out hours prior to new evacuation orders being issued in the Grand Forks area (since rescinded).
And that’s your climate report.
The CN Centre sounds better
Last year I wrote a post titled “The arena equivelent of a Discman” about the CN Centre’s need for a soundsystem upgrade:
The director of civic facilities and events, Andy Beesley, explained the need by pointing out several of the components dated back to the 1990s and the overall system had been “stretched out ass long as humanly possible,” warning that some parts were already failing and that a largescale failure was a mtter of if, rather than when. The ask was $950,000 for a complete replacement of the existing system which, he said, was nowhere near top-of-the-line but would get the job done for roughly the next 25 years and would cost less than estimated in previous budgets.
A few of the questions from council included why this was an urgent need now and wasn’t in the budget considerations earlier in the year (the answer Beesley gave was that they wanted to wait until it was a “need to have” rather than a “nice to have”), whether a local company would be installing the new system (local companies are aware of it but it sounds like it would legally have to go to contract) and if the new system could last longer than the existing one (tough to predict because technology changes so much). Councillor Cori Ramsay, in voicing her support for the project, brought up what her family’s cellphone looked like in the 1990s and said no one would really expect a home entertainment system to include technology that old, so there’s no reason that the city’s main large-scale entertainment venue should be. The motion to allocate the funds passed unanimously.
Now, the job is complete and, get this, significantly under budget. $950,000 was allocated, the final total was $700,000. A few of the highlights (via the city of Prince George):
Improved accessibility: Individuals using assistive listening devices can now tune in to 105.1 FM to hear announcements and music more clearly.
Enhanced audio quality: Acoustically modelled, the system now includes:
- New arena 3-way high performance loudspeakers w/ a 3-way cross-over network;
- New low frequency extension subwoofer speakers for a richer sound experience.
- New network power amplifiers w/ connections full arena speakers and to 4 zones of audio distributed through 106 back of house loudspeakers.Additional features: audio network with fiber optic trunks specifically designed for multicast media traffic. Replacement of 10 clear-com locations, to provided input / output locations for portable audio boxes and distribution.
New hardware, audio equipment and materials – network audio racks, microphones, accessories, new user interface with a digital console and fixed / mobile tablets for use during all produced events.
Looking forward to hearing it.
The former Cougars star did not get any points in the game against the Dallas Stars, who won 5-2 in the presason matchup.
What’s Lambda’s former lawyer up to?
I’m showing my age by calling it Lambda since its Club 1177 now (or maybe it’s something else?) but anyways you may remember the last time we checked in on its legal battles over health violations, its lawyer was trying and failing to have the court case held in French, despite the defendant not understanding the language. Now, that same lawyer has been barred from practicing in B.C. In another case, she was admonished by a Vancouver judge for trying to appear in court remotely despite being in the courthouse:
[10] The respondent appeared at the beginning of today’s hearing remotely. She had a lot of difficulty with technology. My notes indicate that the application was called at 2:13 p.m. There were at least five minutes of technology trouble on the respondent's behalf. The hearing finally started at 2:20 p.m., according to my notes. At 2:31 p.m., we had to take another break so that the respondent could relaunch her computer. All of this on a busy chambers day is a colossal waste of court resources.
[11] Any reasonable person would conclude that the respondent appeared remotely because she was not in the jurisdiction. Not only was the respondent in British Columbia, she was in the actual courthouse during the hearing. Such conduct and lack of candour is deplorable.
News roundup:
Emergency Services Support centre closes up for another season.
Power of Forests Projects aims to reform sector laws; hosting PG workshop.
Brunswick Street Seniors Centre celebrates Oktoberfest Oct. 5. So is the Hart Pioneer Centre.
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