Moonshine, pulp mills and Communists: the history of Prince George's bad reputation

In 2010, Prince George, B.C. was on the cover of Maclean’s magazine, described as “The Most Dangerous City in Canada,” but its reputation for crime and disorder goes back more than a century, says a crime history professor at the University of Northern British Columbia.

Jonathan Swaigner said he believes that reputation is unfair, but is deeply rooted in media reports dating back to the early 1900s.

Swaigner is exploring that history in a public presentation at the Exploration Place Museum in