Culture Confluence Airs Today - Thursday - at 4pm! - Christina Watts

Today! Interviewed is Christina Watts. This local visual artist creates her work from the ground up, occasionally crushing up raw materials into her unique colours, before putting them on her canvas. You can catch her instructing at the Railway and Forestry Museum this May 15th, and throughout the summer through her own website and Studio 2880. Listen with us to explore how an artistic perspective can help to solve complex problems in the real world. Even accounting issues ;)

Culture Confluence is an exploration of arts & culture intersecting locally in Prince George BC, on the unceded traditional territory of the Lheidli T'enneh first nation. Original content produced in collaboration with the Community Arts Council and aired on CFUR 88.7fm as well as online at cfur.ca/listen-live

Get in touch with host Michael Kast via email: artsnorthbc@outlook.com

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BC Wildfire Service prepares for busy season despite no active “zombie” fires in the area

After last year’s intense fire season, people are fearful about what this season will bring, especially since there are some fires which have been burning underground all winter.

Holdover fires, also knows as “zombie fires” arise when a fire from the prior fall continues to burn over the winter, and re-emerges the following spring.

While a number of these fires are already making smoke in the, roughly 336000 square kilometre Prince George Fire District, Val Lucas of the BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) reports that none of them are currently within a 100km radius of the Prince George municipality. Although we can breathe easy for now, a Category 2 & 3 Fire Ban comes into effect March 28th, signifying the severity of the current drought conditions.

CFUR News explores the factors which could affect this year’s fire season.

Also posted on frequencynews.ca produced with the financial assistance of the CRFC (Community Radio Fund of Canada) through The Local Journalism Initiative which supports the creation of original civic journalism that is relevant to the diverse needs of underserved communities across Canada, broadening availability and consumption of local and regional news on matters of civic governance. Read more about The Local Journalism Initiative here. 

Students of UNBC and TNW Present the Transgressive Cry Baby Musical

Student led UNBC Musical Productions (UNBCMP) has teamed up, officially, for the third time with Theatre North West (TNW) in their most daring venture yet. Rikki Holland of UNBCMP and Bradley Charles of TNW share their excitement bringing the edgy fun of “Cry Baby” the Musical to the stage. Adapted by Mark O’Donnell & Thomas Meehan from the film by John Waters, a self described Filth Elder.

Societally, we tend to reminisce over the 1950s as the good Ol’ days when burgers were cheap and life was easy. That rang true for some but many were excluded from the glory days for any number of reasons ranging from race to class, and Waters, through UNBCMP’s performance, reminds us of that through cheeky wit. 1950s period costumes, a live band, choreographed dances, and a committed ensemble are all set to impress from March 14th-17th & 21st-23rd. Tickets are $20 for general admission and $10 for students.

Costumes welcome.

Marking International Women's Day - March 8th

Yesterday, March 7th, Dr. Indrani Margolin of UNBC’s school of Social Work, joined colleague and Professor Emeritus Dr. Dawn Hemingway, alongside the Northern Women’s Centre Executive Director and Masters student Tanvi Guhagarkar in CFURadio’s studios for an International Women’s Day panel.

We touch on challenges facing women & people in Prince George, BC’s North, and ultimately everywhere. Our guests share how they persevere, inside and outside of their work with FIRE (Feminist Institute for Research and Evaluation), to address these challenges. A few items, of many mentioned, keep these leaders pursuing equity in our region: the shared knowledge of significant milestones achieved along the way such as the accomplishments of the abortion caravan, mutual support, and the awareness that there is still a long way to go.

Take a moment to be inspired by these leaders in our community.

IWD also precedes Social Work Week, which includes our Mayor announcing a proclamation in front of the downtown Intersect building, inclusion centred events on March 19th, 6pm, in UNBC’s Senate Chambers, and March 28th, 2pm, at St. Michael’s Church.

In honour of International Women’s Day, CFUR has some special, Women-centred programming planned. Tune in all day today March 8th!

The Frest Sheet has a new host, and a new time! New Show Alert : ‘Point Up’

We are happy to welcome Sara Jones to the CFUR team as our new Fresh Sheet host! Sara will share the freshest tunes you'll hear all week and share upcoming events in our community. Tune in on Tuesday’s at 12pm and catch the re-broadcasted episode on Saturday’s at 10am.

We would like to thank Karen Mohr for all her incredible episodes on The Fresh Sheet for the past few years. She has started a new show called ‘Point Up’ that airs every Sunday morning at 9am, and re-broadcasts on Wednesday’s at 4pm.

‘Point Up’ aims to exemplify Canadian artists by showcasing, not just the latest or greatest releases but rather a sampler of the unique and varied endeavours within their body of work

This graphic was made by A.I purely out of curiosity… what a weird world we live in