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2025 Federal Election - Prince George–Peace River–Northern Rockies Riding Candidate Interviews

As part of CFUR’s Federal Election 2025 coverage, we aim to interview all the candidates running in the Prince George–Peace River–Northern Rockies and Cariboo–Prince George ridings. We present the Prince George–Peace River–Northern Rockies riding candidates thus far:

Clinton Emslie, is running for the Liberal Party of Canada in the Cariboo–Prince George riding.

We spoke to Dr. Peter Njenga who is taking a break from charitable work, teaching, accounting and real estate to run for MP in the Prince George–Peace River–Northern Rockies riding with the Federal Liberal Party. Uncontested in his application for the role, Njenga has been looking to increase his presence in the region for months ahead of the current campaign and is driving to campaign across the expansive riding over the next couple weeks. On a number of topics in our conversation he described what he feels is a balanced approach to industry, housing, and more.

Njenga is confident that party leader Mark Carney is the right person for PM. He encourages the electorate, “to vote Liberal and see whether there will be a change now, or in the next four years, compared to what has happened in this riding for the last decade, because it has been represented by Conservatives.” He asks, “What did they do?”

The 2025 Canadian Federal Election will be held on April 28th. Elections Canada has resources to help voters find the nearest polling station to them in the Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies riding.

2025 Federal Election - Cariboo--Prince George Riding Candidate Interviews

As part of CFUR’s Federal Election 2025 coverage, we aim to interview all the candidates running in the Cariboo–Prince George, and Prince George–Peace River–Northern Rockies ridings. We present these candidates thus far:

Clinton Emslie, is running for the Liberal Party of Canada in the Cariboo–Prince George riding.

We spoke to Liberal Party candidate, Clinton Emslie. Emslie is an immigration consultant based in Quesnel, and originally emigrated from South Africa. He is running in the Cariboo–Prince George district, after former Burns Lake Mayor Chris Beach was not formally accepted as a candidate. 

In a typical left to right political spectrum, the Liberal party is close to the centre. In our condensed version of this conversation, Mr. Emslie covers the leadership transition from Trudeau to Carney, domestic sovereignty, cost of living, and the toxic drug crises. His positions describe a solutions based approach to the challenges he sees ahead.

The 2025 Canadian Federal Election will be held on April 28th. Elections Canada has resources to help voters find the nearest polling station to them in the Cariboo–Prince George riding.

As part of CFUR’s Federal Election 2025 coverage, which aims to interview all the candidates running in the Cariboo–Prince George, and Prince George–Peace River–Northern Rockies ridings, we spoke to resource management MA Jodie Capling. Hailing from Alexis Creek, about 100km outside Williams Lake BC, Capling states what drew her to get behind the Greens, “I really like the Green Party’s attitude that if an idea is good for Canadians, it doesn’t matter where it came from. If it’s the best thing to do for Canadians, let’s do it.”

In our conversation, Capling shares her perspective on healthcare, housing, and balancing sustainability with development. While she admits she’s new to the political scene, and a successful election would present a steep learning curve, she’s willing to listen “if people have ideas that they want to share about their vision for Canada, or things that they think would be important, I’d love to hear about it.”

This interview is part of a series. You can hear our interview with Liberal Party candidate for Cariboo-Prince George, Clinton Emslie, here. We’ll post links to further interviews as we publish them.

Disclaimer: In this interview, the guest makes claims which contradict IPCC established science regarding anthropomorphically driven climate change and glacial melt.

As part of CFUR’s Federal Election 2025 coverage, which aims to interview all the candidates running in the Cariboo–Prince George, and Prince George–Peace River–Northern Rockies ridings, we spoke to People’s Party of Canada (PPC) candidate, Rudy Sans. He is running in the Cariboo–Prince George district, is passionate about the outdoors, and is a Deputy Sheriff for Province of BC.

In a typical left to right political spectrum, the PPC is on the right side. In our condensed version, Mr. Sans covers topics of climate change, domestic sovereignty, gender identity, and the toxic drug crises. His positions describe a right wing alternative to the incumbent Conservative Party.

The 2025 Canadian Federal Election will be held on April 28th. Elections Canada has resources to help voters find the nearest polling station to them in the Cariboo–Prince George riding.

This interview is part of a series on the Cariboo-Prince George riding.

Global study measuring global glacier loss reveals significant melt

According to Glaciologist Dr. Brian Menounos, Professor in UNBC’s Geography program (GEES), “When we think about the end of this century, by and large, most of the ice in the Fraser basin will be gone.” He’s recently published research in the Glacier Mass Balance Intercomparison Exercise (GlaMBIE) alongside peers that found glaciers lost between 2 to 39% of their ice regionally, and about 5% globally between 2000 and 2023.

The gathering of this data involved in-person measurements, and space-born observation methods. It revealed an overall net loss with our local glacial melt rate being relatively quick compared to other areas of the planet. 

Unfortunately, the research does not paint a pretty picture. While we’re familiar with fires and floods, landslides are something our region has not dealt with on a wide scale, and their likelihood increases as the landscape changes. The project offers its data to create predictive models to forecast future consequences we can prepare for.

Photo Credit - UNBC - Dr. Brian Menounos

Healthcare Stress Motivates Attendance at UHNBC Reproductive Rights Demonstration

Elections near and far coupled with growing Healthcare concerns, underlied attendance at an annual reproductive rights demonstration organized by the Northern Women’s Centre at UNBC and encouraged by the ongoing IWAU conference. The gathering was witnessed by downtown commuters as CFURadio sampled some attendees. 

A common concern identified that healthcare services have become even more stressed and that stress is affecting everyone, including those seeking reproductive care. This increased the usual unease about access to abortion and other services.

A close BC election, and the return of the Republican party in the US election raised anxiety in the group, as the pivotal Roe v. Wade legislation was overturned in their prior term, removing federal abortion protections. Regarding that, in attendance was UNBC’s Dr. Indrani Margolin, who stated, “Women live, often, with a sense of fear and concern for their safety, so just knowing that’s happening across the border, it just raises that concern.”