When an “unhoused individual with a significant criminal record committed arson” earlier this month, Dr. Daryl Leiski and Cindy Zurowski said their lives changed forever.

“That one act destroyed our business, displaced 50 employees, and disrupted the lives of hundreds more – families, partners, community members, and neighbours,” the owners and co-founders of CrossRoads Brewing & Distillery wrote in a Sept. 16 letter to Prince George mayor and council.

The building at 508 George Street in downtown Prince George, which housed CrossRoads Brewing & Distillery, was destroyed when a fire broke out just before 3:00 a.m. on Sept. 5. No one was injured.

Richard Alex Gordon Titchener, 57, has since been charged with arson, causing damage to property.

Leiski told the Standing Committee on Pu

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