Students of UNBC and TNW Present the Transgressive Cry Baby Musical

Student led UNBC Musical Productions (UNBCMP) has teamed up, officially, for the third time with Theatre North West (TNW) in their most daring venture yet. Rikki Holland of UNBCMP and Bradley Charles of TNW share their excitement bringing the edgy fun of “Cry Baby” the Musical to the stage. Adapted by Mark O’Donnell & Thomas Meehan from the film by John Waters, a self described Filth Elder.

Societally, we tend to reminisce over the 1950s as the good Ol’ days when burgers were cheap and life was easy. That rang true for some but many were excluded from the glory days for any number of reasons ranging from race to class, and Waters, through UNBCMP’s performance, reminds us of that through cheeky wit. 1950s period costumes, a live band, choreographed dances, and a committed ensemble are all set to impress from March 14th-17th & 21st-23rd. Tickets are $20 for general admission and $10 for students.

Costumes welcome.

Marking International Women's Day - March 8th

Yesterday, March 7th, Dr. Indrani Margolin of UNBC’s school of Social Work, joined colleague and Professor Emeritus Dr. Dawn Hemingway, alongside the Northern Women’s Centre Executive Director and Masters student Tanvi Guhagarkar in CFURadio’s studios for an International Women’s Day panel.

We touch on challenges facing women & people in Prince George, BC’s North, and ultimately everywhere. Our guests share how they persevere, inside and outside of their work with FIRE (Feminist Institute for Research and Evaluation), to address these challenges. A few items, of many mentioned, keep these leaders pursuing equity in our region: the shared knowledge of significant milestones achieved along the way such as the accomplishments of the abortion caravan, mutual support, and the awareness that there is still a long way to go.

Take a moment to be inspired by these leaders in our community.

IWD also precedes Social Work Week, which includes our Mayor announcing a proclamation in front of the downtown Intersect building, inclusion centred events on March 19th, 6pm, in UNBC’s Senate Chambers, and March 28th, 2pm, at St. Michael’s Church.

In honour of International Women’s Day, CFUR has some special, Women-centred programming planned. Tune in all day today March 8th!

The Frest Sheet has a new host, and a new time! New Show Alert : ‘Point Up’

We are happy to welcome Sara Jones to the CFUR team as our new Fresh Sheet host! Sara will share the freshest tunes you'll hear all week and share upcoming events in our community. Tune in on Tuesday’s at 12pm and catch the re-broadcasted episode on Saturday’s at 10am.

We would like to thank Karen Mohr for all her incredible episodes on The Fresh Sheet for the past few years. She has started a new show called ‘Point Up’ that airs every Sunday morning at 9am, and re-broadcasts on Wednesday’s at 4pm.

‘Point Up’ aims to exemplify Canadian artists by showcasing, not just the latest or greatest releases but rather a sampler of the unique and varied endeavours within their body of work

This graphic was made by A.I purely out of curiosity… what a weird world we live in

CFUR Off-Air for between 9-10pm tonight, Monday March 4th

Heads up listeners! CFURadio will go off-air by powering down our transmitter between 1pm-2pm after Democracy Now, today:

Wednesday, July 5th

This is due to maintenance work, but we still love and respect you, dear audience ;)

Our STREAM though will still be live, so catch us there on your device cfur.ca/listen-live

Snow and cold return to Prince George in time for Para Nordic Competition

Five years after its first para Nordic skiing competition, the Caledonia Nordic Ski Club of Prince George hosts the return of the event during a welcome cold-snap.

The 2024 Para Biathalon World Championships and Para Nordic World Cup includes both cross-country skiing and biathlon for athletes of all ages, from all over the world, who have physical impairments.

The facility itself is ready to go following the organization’s first successful para Nordic event in 2019, but in the words of Chair of the Local Organizing Committee Kevin Pettersen, “it’s been kind of a roller coaster winter.”

Fortunately, temperatures dropped favourably, and snow making commenced in a short window just weeks ahead of the event, when it would normally have occurred months in advance. The starter pistol fires March 5-17. - Ian Gregg, Due North