The Prince George Violence Against Women in Relationships Committee conducts the second annual Purple Light Nights campaign through October 30th, 2026, featuring workshops with skilled presenters, hands-on activities and a rare Elizabeth Fry Society open house event.
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Jesi Janjua is running for a City Council position, providing a home grown perspective that intends to bring a more affordable, and prosperous, day to day life for the City of Prince George’s residents. Photo Credit - Ian Gregg
Jesi Janjua has always called Prince George–Lheidli T’enneh home, having volunteered in the local Rotary club, worked in a variety of industries including hospitality, social services and now industrial services. He’s aiming to sit on City Council after this inaugural dash towards local government. Janjua tries to balance a compassionate perspective on poverty with a firm stance on crime in the public safety aspect of his platform. That’s not all he focused on during our 15 minute question period time limit while answering questions that were informed through our audience survey.
Jesi referenced local food production and reducing the cost of rentals by increasing their supply as practical solutions to address affordability pressures. He also cited the need for council members to get involved in development projects by exploring areas of the community in question and talking to residents about their concerns.
Janjua promises to dig in wholeheartedly if elected to the Prince George City Council during our Municipal Elections on October 17th, 2026.
In collaboration with CFIS 93.1FM, CFURadio 88.7FM held an All Candidates Forum for Mayoral and Council candidates the evening of Thursday October 8th, 2026. The forum’s audio is posted on www.cfur.ca and available on FrequencyNews.ca.
CFURadio is striving to conduct, and share, interviews with every City Council & Mayoral candidate running in the City of Prince George’s 2026 Municipal Election.
- Ian Gregg, CFURadio 88.7FM, Due North News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
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The Bob Harkins branch of the Prince George Public Library hosted a week of robotic demonstrations in late August 2026 that impressed and perplexed patrons as the robots were pitched as real-world physical applications of AI, prepared to connect with industry, education, creators and future partners.
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As BC Hydro breaks ground on Phase One of its North Coast transmission project, it and many other companies are seeking skilled workers to fulfill their goals. Charlotte Mitha, BC Hydro CEO, joined us for a one on one during the Phase One groundbreaking to discuss those challenges, and the crown corporation’s challenge to meet growing energy demands.
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The University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) held a budget presentation on September 2nd to demonstrate an unfortunate scenario, where 4.88 million dollars of unexpected expenses must be paid down through a mitigation plan, which includes a provincially approved 2.5 million dollar deficit.
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BC Forestry Minister, Ravi Parmar, spoke with CFURadio over the phone ahead of a planned, then disrupted, trip to Prince George–Lheidli T’enneh. Not only does the Saik’uz & Vanderhoof forest management plan have things in common with Area Based Management practices, the province is also moving from Volume Based, to Area Based Management. Photo courtesy of the Province of British Columbia
September 10, 2026
Following up from earlier stories CFURadio aired covering a forestry partnership between Saik’uz First Nation and the District of Vanderhoof, and an industry retrospective with local entrepreneur John A. Brink. It left another question unanswered, of whether their approach was similar to that of the Area Based Management approach that BC Forestry Minister Ravi Parmar referred to in a conversation with Mr. Brink. Fortunately we were able to follow up and ask Mr. Parmar that question directly over the phone.
While the collaboration does have a number of things in common with the concept of Area Based Management, as opposed to Volume Based Management plans, Mr. Parmar stated in relation to the inadequacy of the province’s current Volume Based Management strategy, “I probably wasn’t as clear as I should have been on the John Brink Podcast. I don’t think we should just switch from volume based to area based management. I think we must transition from volume to area based management.”
He went on, “I don’t believe volume based will help support the future of this sector, and in fact I think it is a detriment to the success of this sector, and is leading to the demise of this sector.”
Though alluded to during our conversation it has been revealed since our interview first by a Tyee article and then by a BC Government issued statement, that forestry management practices in the province are being changed to a version of Area Based Management in the form of three zones.
Beyond challenges that include, but are not limited to, consultation work that will likely be conducted in lieu of shifting the system and integrating public interest tests in transitioning existing tenures, opportunities could arise. The Minister referenced part of his vision, “From a provincial perspective my number one priority is to build a working forest that can ensure that it can align with values of all British Columbians and certainly I’m mindful that tenure reform will be a part of that conversation.” He also mentioned in reference to the concept of a working forest, a personal desire to attain stability, moving away from boom and bust cycles.
Working against that stability are ongoing tariffs and duties affecting the industry, the announcement of which took Mr. Parmar away from plans to visit Prince George–Lheidli T’enneh in August, and since our conversation some subsidies have been announced for BC businesses in need of financial aid.
Amidst a stressed local and provincial economy, these changes will have impacts, stay tuned to CFURadio for more information.
- Ian Gregg, CFURadio 88.7FM, Due North News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
This interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.
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Not every local resident lives within the city limits of Prince George. Those residing in the city’s surrounding areas are actually governed by the greater Regional District of Fraser-Fort George in which the city resides, and have a different list of electoral candidates and possibly different municipal priorities. Extricating the details of these overlapping levels of local government for us, is Manager of Communications and Culture at the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George, Hillary Erasmus. Photo Credit - Ian Gregg
As local government elections approach communities across BC for October 17th, some of our audience asked for clarification between the City of Prince George, and the Regional District of Fraser Fort George (RDFFG) in which the city resides. It’s not lawless territory beyond Blackburn, but who runs the show isn’t necessarily obvious. Prince George and the Regional District are governed by elected officials, who will be selected October 17th, and their decisions could affect local residents within city limits, and outside. Some City of Prince George councilors also serve as Directors for the Regional District which can lead to confusion, especially when voters get to a ballot box.
Examining the interconnected tissue between these layers of local governance with CFURadio is Manager of Communications and Culture at RDFFG, Hillary Erasmus. She kept it simple, “If you live within the municipal boundaries of the City of Prince George, you will be voting in the City of Prince George elections.” If you reside outside of city limits in the surrounding area, you will be voting for Directors in one of the Regional District’s Electoral Districts.
Erasmus also took time to explain the intricacies of this Regional District as a federation of many smaller governing bodies, which can operate independently, affect one another, and collaborate for a collective benefit. One of these collaborative projects is solid waste management, with the regional landfill on the northwest edge of Prince George servicing communities as far away as Valemount.
Making change in such a large system can be challenging but the opportunity to vote is coming up fast, and in addition to that opportunity to participate in the decision making, citizens can also be nominated to run as an Electoral Area Director until September 11th.
- Ian Gregg, CFURadio 88.7FM, Due North News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
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As awareness surrounding the Red Dress Campaign and MMIWG2S grows throughout Canada upon the 10th anniversary of its initiation, here in BC’s northern interior a raw reality remains as family members and friends remain missing. On September 5th and 6th community members and special guests will gather in Prince George–Lheidli T’enneh to commemorate those lost.
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