Residents and staff of the Simon Fraser Lodge in Prince George are suffering the effects of an outbreak of the Norovirus, so far over 40 patients and staff have come down with the nasty bug.
The lodge located on Laurier Crescent in Prince George, has 130 beds in the complex.
In order to try and control the outbreak, Northern Health has instituted increased infection control measures, requesting that visitors stay away for 48 hours if they exhibit any symptom of the bug, as well as checking in with the nursing staff upon arrival at the facility.
Opinion 250 had some further details on the outbreak.
Simon Fraser Lodge Hit By Noro Virus
By 250 News
Thursday, February 07, 2008 11:08 AM
At least 40 patients and staff members at the Simon Fraser Lodge in Prince George have been hit by Noro Virus.
Viral gastroenteritis symptoms can include sudden onset of nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, as well as cramping, chills and fever and should not be confused with influenza, which is primarily a respiratory condition. The symptoms typically last for three days.
In all of B.C. last year, there were about 370 clusters of gastro intestinal illness; 80 percent of which were confirmed Norovirus cases. In some cases outbreaks resulted in restricted visiting hours and patient isolation, to help control spread of the illness.
Northern Health needs the help of visitors to battle the bug. Increased infection control measures are in place including increased focus on hand-washing; requesting visitors stay away if they have had symptoms within a 48 hour period, and checking in with nursing staff prior to visiting patients.
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Thursday, February 07, 2008
Monday, November 13, 2006
Crime in the Big City, when the crimes solve themselves
It's like a case from Law and Order, ripped from the headlines as they say.
We can assume from the following story from the Opinion 250 website, that the some of the criminal element in Prince George are not the smartest bears in the forest.
A twenty one year old brainiac is in Police custody facing a number of charges related to the theft of a truck and two quads over the weekend.
The truck and quads were stolen from a residence on the Hart Highway in North Prince George around 9 am on Sunday morning, Police kept a look out for the vehicle and found the truck off the road two hours later. From their the police work became easy, the two quads had been off loaded at that point and driven off to a garage in a different part of the city.
The fresh snow of the day provided the perfect trail for the Prince George Mounties to follow and it didn't take long to discover the storage point, execute a search warrant and arrest the 21 year old crime lord.
So we can thank either good police work or poor snow removal for the break in the case, but regardless of which civic function takes credit one thing is certain. There won't be an easier case to solve this winter.
Tracks Lead Police to Arrest
By 250 News
Monday, November 13, 2006 10:48 AM
A 21 year old man will be appearing before a Justice of the Peace today to face charges related to the theft of truck and two new quads.
Prince George RCMP say they got a call just before 9 Sunday morning from a man who said his truck and two new quads had been stolen from an address in the Hart. Police located the truck in less than two hours off the road at the intersection of Northwood Pulpmill Road and Noranda Road.
The quads had been taken off the truck and police followed the tracks in the snow to the 7800 block of Bellamy Road right to a garage on that street. Officers stayed on the scene, while other officers did the necessary work to get a search warrant which was executed just before 6:00 last evening.
The two quads were recovered, and a male and female were arrested at the scene. The 17 year old female was later released to appear in Provincial Court at a later date.
The 21 year old male faces several charges: theft of two quads , theft of truck, possession of stolen property and failing to comply with probation
We can assume from the following story from the Opinion 250 website, that the some of the criminal element in Prince George are not the smartest bears in the forest.
A twenty one year old brainiac is in Police custody facing a number of charges related to the theft of a truck and two quads over the weekend.
The truck and quads were stolen from a residence on the Hart Highway in North Prince George around 9 am on Sunday morning, Police kept a look out for the vehicle and found the truck off the road two hours later. From their the police work became easy, the two quads had been off loaded at that point and driven off to a garage in a different part of the city.
The fresh snow of the day provided the perfect trail for the Prince George Mounties to follow and it didn't take long to discover the storage point, execute a search warrant and arrest the 21 year old crime lord.
So we can thank either good police work or poor snow removal for the break in the case, but regardless of which civic function takes credit one thing is certain. There won't be an easier case to solve this winter.
Tracks Lead Police to Arrest
By 250 News
Monday, November 13, 2006 10:48 AM
A 21 year old man will be appearing before a Justice of the Peace today to face charges related to the theft of truck and two new quads.
Prince George RCMP say they got a call just before 9 Sunday morning from a man who said his truck and two new quads had been stolen from an address in the Hart. Police located the truck in less than two hours off the road at the intersection of Northwood Pulpmill Road and Noranda Road.
The quads had been taken off the truck and police followed the tracks in the snow to the 7800 block of Bellamy Road right to a garage on that street. Officers stayed on the scene, while other officers did the necessary work to get a search warrant which was executed just before 6:00 last evening.
The two quads were recovered, and a male and female were arrested at the scene. The 17 year old female was later released to appear in Provincial Court at a later date.
The 21 year old male faces several charges: theft of two quads , theft of truck, possession of stolen property and failing to comply with probation
Monday, November 06, 2006
It’s all about opportunity!
Prince George’s long awaited report into the potential economic impact of an inland port has been released. A fifty seven page exploration of how the container Port in Prince Rupert and other trade options in the province could help spur on the Prince George economy.
The report suggests that an inland port tied into the Prince Rupert Port development could provide for 75-100 jobs in Prince George alone and up to as many as 340 jobs in the entire Northern region. A total bump of 44 million dollars in wages for communities along highways 16 and 97.
Concentrating on forest exports alone, the report states the industry in Northern BC provides enough product at the moment that they could fill up to 62,000 containers a year. The plan would be to use Prince George as a shipment point that could receive 30,000 containers and ship out 30,000 containers a year.
Already it would seem plans are in the works to turn Prince George into a major shipping point, with CN working on their rail yard in the downtown area of the city and the Airport taking land out of the agricultural reserve to develop for light industrial and shipping purposes.
If nothing else, the Rupert container port is going to change the nature of employment and economic activity in the North and Prince George seems to be pretty quick off the mark to capitalize on those opportunities. We would like to hope that there are similar efforts a job creation in place in the local area, so we can share in the spin off effects of the project on our doorstep.
The report that was released today will also be presented at the upcoming conference on Containerization being put on by Community Futures of the Pacific Northwest later this month.
Opinion 250 had the first look at the report and posted it on their website on Monday. We provide the hard copy below for your investigation.
Inland Container Report Study In
Opinion 250
Prince George
November 6, 2006
This is it, the 57 page report that outlines the opportunities presented by the creation of an inland container port in Prince George.
Its all about opportunities says Prince George Airport Authority boss Steig Hoeg, and this report paints the picture of what can happen for those who get on board for an inland container port in Prince George.
The report says utilizing the back-haul opportunities presented by the development of the new Prince Rupert Port, there is a potential to create 75 - 100 new jobs in the Prince George area, and as many as 340 jobs spread throughout the region.
According to the report, that would create more than $44 million in wages. The authors of the report says most of the jobs would be the traditionally higher paying positions.
To start, the study says the focus should be on shipping forest products . The report says forest products in Northern B.C. last year generated "enough lumber and pulp exports to East Asia to fill 62 thousand containers." The study expects P.G. could handle 30 thousand containers coming in, and shipping 30 thousand out each year.
The next steps involve spreading the word, as the container facility and warehousing has to be in place by the time the Rupert port opens in the fall of 2007. That leaves a relatively short window. "There are already plenty of things being done " says Don Zurowski of Community Futures Development Corporation. "Some industries have been putting things in place, but those are their announcements to make".
Northern Development Trust Chair Bruce Sutherland says he knows there is already activity underway "I get phone calls every week for the past year, and there is a lot of stuff in the works, and as Don says, they will announce, but there are a lot of things happening already."
Katherine Scouten of Initiatives Prince George says there has already been interest expressed by some industries about the possibilities "Industry is the one that is driven more than we are to have that port open (inland container port). It is the opportunity the private sector is already well familiar with that will be driving the urgency for it to be open. In the interim , we will continue to move forward, in some of these areas we already have some activity, so it’s accelerating and focusing them."
CN has been noted to be making adjustments to its operations on First Avenue, and there has been a great deal of activity in the former BCR site.
The Premier has already indicated there is provincial support for an inland port facility, and the Northern Developments Initiatives Trust recently loaned the Airport $11 million to expand its runways and develop an air cargo facility. That is one third of the overall cost of that project.
In addition, land owners near the airport have recently had property removed from the Agricultural land reserve and rezoned for light industrial use.
The challenge now is to get the message out to all communities along the 16 - 97 corridor so they can benefit from the possibilities presented by an inland port.
The complete report is available by clicking here.
Posted on Monday, November 06, 2006 11:33 AM in News by 250 News
The report suggests that an inland port tied into the Prince Rupert Port development could provide for 75-100 jobs in Prince George alone and up to as many as 340 jobs in the entire Northern region. A total bump of 44 million dollars in wages for communities along highways 16 and 97.
Concentrating on forest exports alone, the report states the industry in Northern BC provides enough product at the moment that they could fill up to 62,000 containers a year. The plan would be to use Prince George as a shipment point that could receive 30,000 containers and ship out 30,000 containers a year.
Already it would seem plans are in the works to turn Prince George into a major shipping point, with CN working on their rail yard in the downtown area of the city and the Airport taking land out of the agricultural reserve to develop for light industrial and shipping purposes.
If nothing else, the Rupert container port is going to change the nature of employment and economic activity in the North and Prince George seems to be pretty quick off the mark to capitalize on those opportunities. We would like to hope that there are similar efforts a job creation in place in the local area, so we can share in the spin off effects of the project on our doorstep.
The report that was released today will also be presented at the upcoming conference on Containerization being put on by Community Futures of the Pacific Northwest later this month.
Opinion 250 had the first look at the report and posted it on their website on Monday. We provide the hard copy below for your investigation.
Inland Container Report Study In
Opinion 250
Prince George
November 6, 2006
This is it, the 57 page report that outlines the opportunities presented by the creation of an inland container port in Prince George.
Its all about opportunities says Prince George Airport Authority boss Steig Hoeg, and this report paints the picture of what can happen for those who get on board for an inland container port in Prince George.
The report says utilizing the back-haul opportunities presented by the development of the new Prince Rupert Port, there is a potential to create 75 - 100 new jobs in the Prince George area, and as many as 340 jobs spread throughout the region.
According to the report, that would create more than $44 million in wages. The authors of the report says most of the jobs would be the traditionally higher paying positions.
To start, the study says the focus should be on shipping forest products . The report says forest products in Northern B.C. last year generated "enough lumber and pulp exports to East Asia to fill 62 thousand containers." The study expects P.G. could handle 30 thousand containers coming in, and shipping 30 thousand out each year.
The next steps involve spreading the word, as the container facility and warehousing has to be in place by the time the Rupert port opens in the fall of 2007. That leaves a relatively short window. "There are already plenty of things being done " says Don Zurowski of Community Futures Development Corporation. "Some industries have been putting things in place, but those are their announcements to make".
Northern Development Trust Chair Bruce Sutherland says he knows there is already activity underway "I get phone calls every week for the past year, and there is a lot of stuff in the works, and as Don says, they will announce, but there are a lot of things happening already."
Katherine Scouten of Initiatives Prince George says there has already been interest expressed by some industries about the possibilities "Industry is the one that is driven more than we are to have that port open (inland container port). It is the opportunity the private sector is already well familiar with that will be driving the urgency for it to be open. In the interim , we will continue to move forward, in some of these areas we already have some activity, so it’s accelerating and focusing them."
CN has been noted to be making adjustments to its operations on First Avenue, and there has been a great deal of activity in the former BCR site.
The Premier has already indicated there is provincial support for an inland port facility, and the Northern Developments Initiatives Trust recently loaned the Airport $11 million to expand its runways and develop an air cargo facility. That is one third of the overall cost of that project.
In addition, land owners near the airport have recently had property removed from the Agricultural land reserve and rezoned for light industrial use.
The challenge now is to get the message out to all communities along the 16 - 97 corridor so they can benefit from the possibilities presented by an inland port.
The complete report is available by clicking here.
Posted on Monday, November 06, 2006 11:33 AM in News by 250 News
Thursday, November 02, 2006
No Ships on the Fraser or Nechako, but Prince George is ready to be a Port
The Fairview Container project will be sending spin off benefits much farther than just Prince Rupert and Port Edward. One of the key aspects to the development on the Prince Rupert waterfront is the plan to build an inland port in the Northern interiors largest city.
Designed to move air, sea and land cargo the cargo port in Prince George will be a major portion of the transportation process from the Midwest US through to Prince Rupert and beyond. The inland port would seem to promises some long term jobs for the Prince George area, which is good news for that part of the province. But could be one of those news items that leaves the locals in Prince Rupert wondering about the long term and permanent job opportunities to be made available here.
From the services of the Prince George Citizen, The Daily news provided details of the Prince George vision of the project, as relayed through the events of last weeks UBCM.
PG LOOKS SET TO REAP PORT SPIN OFF
The Daily News Wire Service
Monday, October 30, 2006
Pages One and Three
PRINCE GEORGE—Getting an inland port established in Prince George is on the provincial government’s agenda. Premier Gordon Campbell said in a speech to the Union of British Columbia Municipalities convention on Friday.
“We will work with Prince George to establish a magnificent state-of-the-art inland port that moves air, sea and land cargo through to Asia and the North American markets in record time.”
Campbell made the reference while announcing a “Pacific leadership agenda,” a broad- based strategy that includes building a new relationship for First Nations and closing the gaps in health, housing, education and economic opportunities.
Part of that agenda includes improving competitiveness and taking advantage of B. C.’s position as Canada’s Pacific province to cash in on the rapid economic growth of Asia, led by China.
“The world won’t wait for us. We can’t wait for Canada. It’s time for us to lead,” Campbell said. “We will work with the communities in the Northwest who have established a truly integrated port for millions of TEU’s (twenty foot equivalent units) that will be developed through public-private partnership in the years ahead.”
Mayor Colin Kinsley said he found Campbell’s comments encouraging.
”It sends out a very strong message that he agrees with everything that we’re trying to do as we promote Prince George, the work we’ve done with Prince Rupert on containerization, knowing that sometimes in the near future. Prince George will benefit as well,” he said.
While it’s expected an inland port will be primarily a private sector venture, Kinsley said the province could help in terms of funding for such projects as the Cameron Street Bridge, especially if CN decides to build a port at its First Avenue rail yard.
“But it’s too early to say,” he said. “I think it’s suffice to say it was good news for the premier to point that out, and it just lends a whole bunch of credibility to what we’ve been trying to do.”
Prince George-Omineca MLA John Rustad said the province’s role amounts to setting the environment that encourages investment in such a facility.
“We’re looking at inland container studies and trying to lay the groundwork so that it makes it easier for people to make investment decisions,” he said.
Campbell also said the government will work with Kamloops and Ashcroft to develop a southern interior inland port, which would handle cargo passing through the Port of Vancouver.
(Prince George Citizen)
Designed to move air, sea and land cargo the cargo port in Prince George will be a major portion of the transportation process from the Midwest US through to Prince Rupert and beyond. The inland port would seem to promises some long term jobs for the Prince George area, which is good news for that part of the province. But could be one of those news items that leaves the locals in Prince Rupert wondering about the long term and permanent job opportunities to be made available here.
From the services of the Prince George Citizen, The Daily news provided details of the Prince George vision of the project, as relayed through the events of last weeks UBCM.
PG LOOKS SET TO REAP PORT SPIN OFF
The Daily News Wire Service
Monday, October 30, 2006
Pages One and Three
PRINCE GEORGE—Getting an inland port established in Prince George is on the provincial government’s agenda. Premier Gordon Campbell said in a speech to the Union of British Columbia Municipalities convention on Friday.
“We will work with Prince George to establish a magnificent state-of-the-art inland port that moves air, sea and land cargo through to Asia and the North American markets in record time.”
Campbell made the reference while announcing a “Pacific leadership agenda,” a broad- based strategy that includes building a new relationship for First Nations and closing the gaps in health, housing, education and economic opportunities.
Part of that agenda includes improving competitiveness and taking advantage of B. C.’s position as Canada’s Pacific province to cash in on the rapid economic growth of Asia, led by China.
“The world won’t wait for us. We can’t wait for Canada. It’s time for us to lead,” Campbell said. “We will work with the communities in the Northwest who have established a truly integrated port for millions of TEU’s (twenty foot equivalent units) that will be developed through public-private partnership in the years ahead.”
Mayor Colin Kinsley said he found Campbell’s comments encouraging.
”It sends out a very strong message that he agrees with everything that we’re trying to do as we promote Prince George, the work we’ve done with Prince Rupert on containerization, knowing that sometimes in the near future. Prince George will benefit as well,” he said.
While it’s expected an inland port will be primarily a private sector venture, Kinsley said the province could help in terms of funding for such projects as the Cameron Street Bridge, especially if CN decides to build a port at its First Avenue rail yard.
“But it’s too early to say,” he said. “I think it’s suffice to say it was good news for the premier to point that out, and it just lends a whole bunch of credibility to what we’ve been trying to do.”
Prince George-Omineca MLA John Rustad said the province’s role amounts to setting the environment that encourages investment in such a facility.
“We’re looking at inland container studies and trying to lay the groundwork so that it makes it easier for people to make investment decisions,” he said.
Campbell also said the government will work with Kamloops and Ashcroft to develop a southern interior inland port, which would handle cargo passing through the Port of Vancouver.
(Prince George Citizen)
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