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City of PG warning residents of traffic and facility disruptions during event-filled weekend

This weekend will see impacts to traffic and multiple facilities due to numerous events in Prince George.

The 2025 BC Special Olympic Summer Games will see facilities and sports fields in use, including the Prince George Conference and Civic Centre, Aquatic Centre, and Masich Place Stadium this week.

The main pool at the Aquatic Centre is closed from Thursday at 9 p.m. until approximately 8 p.m. on Saturday for the competition, with public walking unavailable at Masich Place Stadium from Thursday at 6pm until Sunday at 6am.

Two Rivers Art Gallery Community Art Days are scheduled to take place in Canada Games Plaza, with Tourism Prince George’s Nanguz ‘An container market on Friday from 2pm to 7pm and July 12 from 11am to 4pm.

The PG Pride Festival and Market will take place downtown on Saturday from 10am to 2pm.

The parade route starts at 9th Avenue and Brunswick Street and continues along Brunswick Street to 4th Avenue, from 4th Avenue to George Street, and follows George Street to Veteran’s Plaza at City Hall where the market will take place.

Drivers are asked to avoid the area to ensure the safety of parade participants and spectators.

More information can be found on the City of Prince George’s website here.

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Zachary Barrowcliff
Zachary Barrowcliff
Zachary is a news reporter for 94.3 the GOAT and Country 97fm in Prince George. His time as a news reporter began in Williams Lake, B.C., spending roughly two years with the Vista radio stations, then making the move up to PG in October, 2024.

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