In tribute to Her Majesty, here is our Aug. 18, 1994 front page story and photos from when Queen Elizabeth II visited Prince George to officially open UNBC.
Editor's note: In tribute to Her Majesty, here is our Aug. 18, 1994 front page story and photos from when Queen Elizabeth II visited Prince George to officially open UNBC.More than 3,000 people at the Prince George campus of the University of Northern B.C. on Wednesday greeted the advent of what northerners are convinced will supply a rosy chapter in the history of the province.
It has been a heady year for the B.C. dancers, most of whom had never left the North before this spring. On July 23 they performed at the opening ceremony for the 1994 Goodwill Games in St. Petersburg, Russia. Campagnolo offered a piquant quote from Frodo, the fictional character from Lord of the Rings: "Now is the time of the northern people to rise up."
During her public tour and a private tea party with students, original music was supplied by Group du Jour and some toe-tapping fiddling by Dan Lapp, who grew up in Prince George, but now lives in Whitehorse.
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