No crypto mine for Salmon Valley
And undercover teens
Conifex — which you might know as a sawmill company in Mackenzie — has lost a bid to open a crypto-mine in the Salmon Valley in court:
Justice Michael Tammen says in a ruling issued Friday that the government's move in December 2022 to pause new connections for cryptocurrency mining for 18 months was "reasonable" and not "unduly discriminatory."
B.C. Hydro CEO Christopher O'Riley had told the court in an affidavit that the data centres proposed by Conifex would have consumed 2.5 million megawatt-hours of electricity each year.
That's enough to power and heat more than 570,000 apartments, according to data on the power provider's website.
Pretty interesting issue, and yet another point in the “will we have enough electricty to power all these new industires” discussion. Read more here.
Prince George liquor store fined $7,000 for selling to minor
At My Prince George Now, Brendan Panliw reports:
The sanction came after it was discovered the minor was working undercover for the (Liquor and Cannabis Licencsing) branch when they made the purchase at the Eastway Liquor Box location on Boundary Road in July of 2023.
Gosh, will it be an early spring?
I completely failed to share the city’s excellent take on whether or not Groundhog’s Day would reveal an early spring:
What’s up with the lack of available commercial space downtown?
In his most recent newsletter
writes about something I’ve seen floating around before: Despite the number of vacant bulidings downtown, it is surprisingly difficult to find any spaces to open a new business in the area:I say this as a small service-business owner who operates out of his basement’s spare bedroom - it breaks my heart. Myself and one of my colleagues in the freelance space have been searching for over 2 years now for something that fits our pretty modest needs (and a relatively healthy budget) and despite these vacancies, we’ve hit only brick walls or wild figures on spaces that fall short of our needs.
He writes about some other things, too!
Emily Wilson is going to bankrupt me
Not really but everytime I see artist/newsletter writer
post a new design for sale, I become the “shut up and take my money” meme. Here’s her latest, which I of course instantly bought:
Bags and t-shirts, plus volunteer-only hoodies. I mean, dang.
Santa Claus is coming to town
I saw some questions about why smaller communities have a Christmas parade but Prince George doesn’t — looks like that won’t be the case this year!
Quick news:
In are we even going to have winter news? Iceman ice dicey but organizers remain hopeful, traffic disruptions planned Sunday for Prince George Iceman and Downtown Prince George to host Winterfest on Feb. 17.
Council gives first three readings to reduce cannabis business license fees.
High hazard ratings for two Prince George restaurants reduced.
Countries announced for Para Biathlon World Championships and Para Nordic World Cup Finals.
Quesnel woman honoured as 4-H Canada’s National Volunteer Leader of the year 2023.
Tonight’s Coldnsap show:
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Thanks for the shoutout, my friend.
Emily will continue to take all of my money as well and I couldn’t be happier. 💸
☺️ That’s highest praise, Andrew! I’m glad you’ve been enjoying Coldsnap and thanks for picking up some merch! Can’t wait to see that design making its way around town.