The City of Prince George advised the Ginter’s Green Forever community group to corral their wishes for the Ginter’s area to achieve park status through the municipality’s Official Community Plan survey and associated email, ocp@princegeorge.ca Photo Credit - Ian Gregg
The annual IWAU series of events brings Edmontonian scientist, environmental, consultant and government policy writer turned author, Premee Mohamed, to Prince George with material inspired in-part by events that both our communities experienced: wildfire, ash falling from the sky, displacement, & drought. What interests her in these beyond direct experience, both as a writer and a person affected by climate change at a similar latitude to our own, is recognizing patterns in these events and what causes them.
After working on Alberta government policy Mohamed feels that altering these patterns depends on Provincial and/or Federal participation. In exploring her genre of Eco Fiction, she reminds us that a changing world full of cascading consequences isn’t all-bad. An emerging topic of research is in the area of positive knock-on effects. The result of a climate-influenced change that spins out unexpected benefits. More can be explored in her fiction, or during the IWAU gathering on UNBC campus November 19th.
Story also available on frequencynews.ca, 88.7 FM in Prince George—Lheidli T’enneh, and cfur.ca/listen-live Mon-Fri 7:30am & 5pm PST
CFUR Radio Society’s journalist, Ian Gregg is funded by the Local Journalism Initiative (LJI) through the Community Radio Fund of Canada (CRFC).
The Album Review Club is back with a fresh episode featuring Danny Bell and His Disappointment’s new record “Contemporary Accordion Music”! Check out all of the new tunes while our hosts Genevieve Tucker, Connor Pritchard, Katherine Benny, and Ian Gregg keep you company with some musical perspectives, giggles and feelings. Tune in LIVE on 88.7FM Wednesday at 7pm or listen here!
Sara is back with a brand new playlist! This week she highlights Indigenous artists and artists that will be playing at the 2025 Cold Snap Festival - Happening February 5-9 right here in Prince George!
Spotlight on Canadian female contributors to the Pop Music Scene
Louis Riel Day occurs each year on November 16th. It marks the untimely death of Louis Riel at the hands of the Canadian Government, but celebrates his legacy and Metis heritage at large. This year in Prince George the day seems to have gained more attention than is typically evident and enjoys collaboration from multiple organizations. Photo Credit - Ian Gregg
Welcome to the Dunnage with your host Andy Heywood! For this weeks inaugural first (official) episode, I will be talking about “identity” while pondering existential existence of Dunnage… .also play great local music! We got Ben Matchett, Scott Dunbar, Genevieve Jaide, and Dead Sexy to name a few! Tune into The Dunnage to fill some space!
The biggest show on UNBC campus the evening of November 5th proved to be the US Election. Although it was taking place in a far-away place, the issues felt close at hand as the crowd expressed fear, anxiety, and indifference to the actions of our powerful southern neighbors. Photo Credit - Ian Gregg
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.”
