City Preps for Northern Lights Festival

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 03:57 AM

Prince George, B.C – The details for the annual Northern Lights Festival have been outlined. The Festival will start on November 21^st and run through to the 2^nd of January.

The kick off for the event will start at 2 p.m. Saturday at Wilson’s Square in front of the court house. There will be hayrides on George Street, hot chocolate and cookies at the Fire Pit on Third Avenue, and Connaught Hill will be officially lit up at 4:00 p.m. at which time, the businesses downtown will also light up their Christmas displays.

Cost to view the displays on Connaught Hill this year remains the same, $10 per vehicle. “I think this is getting better every year” says Councilor Brian Skakun. Tickets are available at Tourism Prince George, Northern Hardware and "Homework" on Third Avenue. Tickets can also be purchased at the base of Connaught Hill.

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Posted on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 03:57 AM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: KoKoShu on November 17 2009 8:42 AM

The light festival is a great idea . . but when it was started, the intent was to make it free within a few years. Does anyone think that will ever happen?

Posted by: camoose on November 17 2009 10:15 AM

Good to hear that there will be CHRISTMAS lights on the hill again this year but the ones on Candy Cane Lane are free.

Posted by: gus on November 17 2009 10:54 AM

Free???? why??? Swimming in our pools is not "free". It is paid for by both the general tax payer and user fees.

These lights are the same. User fees do not cover the total cost, so there are general taxes being used.

Time someone made a list of all those things in this city that are being funded through the taxpayers and what the popular opinion is about what should be kept, what should be discarded, and what should be added.