By:  Fair Vote Canada BC Conservatives receive 69% of the seats with 48% of the vote. BC voters cheated by first-past-the-post and pushed further towards a two-party system. Only 48% of BC voters supported the BC Conservatives, yet the voting system has handed Lorne Doerkson’s Conservatives 69% of the seats and 100% of the power. […]

Editorial Note:  Readers may notice that this is the first statement we have published from any BC political party or candidate; that is because it’s the first one we’ve received. We have not published any of the press releases from other parties so far because we refuse to publish material based on attacks on others, […]

After seven years of determination, setbacks and legal battles, this historic youth climate case is finally going to trial! On October 26, fifteen young Canadians will enter a federal courtroom in Vancouver for the start of La Rose v. His Majesty the King — the first youth-led climate trial in Canadian history. Their journey to trial has been […]

What do local candidates have to say about the environmental issues shaping the future of the region? Forty-five candidates running for mayor and council in Castlegar, Nelson and Rossland, along with candidates for rural-area director positions with the Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK), have weighed in through a questionnaire on climate and environmental issues. […]

Editor’s Note:    Not all candidates have responded to the questions and provided a picture, but if more send answers we will publish them at our earliest convenience. Keep watching … and please do vote. All voting will take place at City Hall; there are advance polls on October 7 and October 14 from 8:00 AM […]

The Save Record Ridge Action Committee (SRRAC) is urging the BC government not to issue an Environmental Management Act Permit for the proposed Record Ridge mine until serious issues related to human health, air quality, water contamination, and environmental monitoring have been resolved. Among other things, the permit would allow discharges to the area’s air […]

To all my Kootenay neighbors.  We can’t just sit back wringing our hands and let the West Coast Pipeline happen.  The Premier of Alberta Danielle Smith may think it’s a great idea for our tax dollars to help keep fossil fuel companies in business.  She may think our coastline and its wildlife is not that […]

Dear Editor, When BC needs to declare a state of emergency because the wildfires in the Okanagan are “creating their own weather system” —which includes creating lightening and flames beyond anything firefighters have ever seen— it is well overdue to declare a state of emergency on our energy system. This extreme weather is due to […]

A meeting with the Minister of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship (and others) about Record Ridge;  zoning – another permitted use added to the Commercial Downtown Core;  the Recreation Master Plan – how much should the City spend to improve Jubilee Field? The current state of our reservoirs; and, the Coy Cup, maybe? And, the […]

Dear Editor, I am writing from indoors today because the wildfire smoke in the West Kootenays is once again at hazardous levels. Thousands across the province have been evacuated or are on alert. Hundreds of exhausted fire fighters continue to battle the flames in an attempt to save communities. Kids, adults and seniors are cloistered […]