Sustainable Bubbles Snap Crackle & Pop as Northern Pride Centre Replaces Rice at Rocky Horror Picture Show

Halloween weekend has crept up on the unsuspecting city of Prince George. As suits, ties, and well-to-do business bustles along amidst leaves whipping through crisp air, the UNBC Northern Pride Centre prepares for a far more scantily clad routine carried out in the darkness. A projection bulb flickers to life in UNBC’s Weldwood Theatre 7pm this Friday Oct 25th for the Rocky Picture Horror Show.

Typically this event serves as the fulcrum for the centre’s funding each year, but with the success of various drag night events initiated after the Covid-19 pandemic, there is less pressure on the success of this event. “It’s not the make-or-break anymore.” Says Northern Pride volunteer Jo Van Winkle. They continue, “It’s definitely getting more and more fun each year.”

A bag of accoutrements is available to each attendee. Costumes, both racy and modest, are welcome $10 in advance $15 at door, Room 7-238, near UNBC’s Winter Garden in building 7.

You can also grab some tickets from Books & Co. while supplies last.

Kym Gouchie Joins All Star Production & Performance Cast to Release Children's Album

A project Kym Gouchie conceptualized with Rae Spoon years ago has come to fruition with a quiet release this June 13th 2024 on Gouchie’s mother’s birthday, and its joyful noise will now be heard at Prince George’s Knox Performance Centre Wednesday October 23rd, and at no cost to no you. Local philanthropist Selen Alpay & Integris Credit union have supported a number of school groups to come and witness performances Tuesday and also earlier in the day on Wednesday the 23rd. Entry is FREE

The youth-focused album Shun Beh Nats'ujeh: We Are Healing Through Songs, shares lyrics in Dakelh, Secwepemctsin, English, and Cree. All of which reflect Gouchie’s ancestry and personal journey to asserting her identity as a Lheidli T’enneh woman. An all star cast of accomplished Western Canadian producers and musicians joined Gouchie for this complex project, most of which are joining her on stage at 6pm, Oct.23rd. The release is already picking up momentum, as the Vancouver International Children’s Festival will also be hosting Kym and her ensemble in the spring of 2025.

Attendees are encouraged to arrive at 6pm for bannock and jam.

Photo Credit - Katherine Benny

All Candidates Forum - Oct 3rd - PG-North Cariboo Riding - Coralee Oakes + Randy Thompson

An all candidates debate was held on UNBC campus Thursday October 3rd. Candidates running for the Prince George–North Cariboo seat were invited to the all candidates forum announced in late July. Randy Thompson of the BC Green Party and Independent Coralee Oakes were in attendance for the forum. Absent were Denice Bardua of the BC NDP and Sheldon Clare of the BC Conservatives.

The event was co-hosted by UNBC’s Sustainability Office and the PGEVA.

Debates for two other intersecting ridings were held Oct. 1st & 2nd. Information on those sessions and candidates in attendance can be found at cfur.ca/thenews

Candidates + Organizers of the event in UNBC’s Canfor Theatre

All Candidates Debate at UNBC hosted by Students & CPAWS October 9th

An all candidates debate was held on UNBC campus Wednesday October 9th. Candidates running for the Prince George–Valemount, Prince George–Mackenzie, and Prince George–North Cariboo seats were invited to the all candidates forum. In attendance for Prince George - Mackenzie were: Shar McCrory, of BC NDP, James Steidle, ofBC Green Party and Rachael Weber, Unaffiliated. For Prince George-North Cariboo were: Coralee Oakes, Independent, and Randy Thompson, BC Green Party.

Other candidates were unable to attend.

Students submitted questions ahead of time and were curated by organizers Madie Tkarchuk and Tina Waters among others. Further questioning was opened up to those in attendance.


The forum was held in UNBC’s Weldwood theater and organized by UNBC students and the BC Chapter of CPAWS.