After two days of competition, the 2025 Special Olympics BC Summer Games have come to a close.Â
The games brought around 900 athletes to the Prince George area to compete in ten different sports on Friday and Saturday.Â
"With any large, large tournament like this, you're always running with your hair straight back just to get everything ready, and we certainly managed to put everything together," said Co-Chair of the Organizing Committee Lyn Hall.Â
Prince George City Council voted to establish a committee to determine Council pay.Â
At this week's meeting, Council voted to establish the committee, which will conduct an independent review of Council remuneration with any adjustments that Council may approve, to be effective January 1st, 2027.Â
The Prince George RCMP are on the lookout for 41-year-old Christopher Ronald Erickson.Â
According to police, he is wanted on two unendorsed warrants for theft under $5,000, and failing to comply with order.
It’s from annual funding via the Canada Community-Building Fund where an additional $760,000 is being made available for this work with a total project budget of $950,000.
In 2024, the parks and solid waste division funded $760,000 through the CCBF to upgrade facilities and encourage continued outdoor recreation. The total project budget was $950,000 and included:
The five finalists in each Business Excellence Awards category and the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award will be revealed at a lunchtime announcement at Knox Performance Centre
on September 11th.
The awards will be handed out at a gala event, featuring keynote speaker Jody Wilson-Raybould, on Saturday, November 1st, at the Prince George Conference and Civic Centre.
