KETTLE RIVER Q&A: What’s next for the Kettle River Watershed?
In the last column I reviewed a few of the main activities and initiatives of 2015 for the Kettle River Watershed Management Plan. Today I want to look ahead to 2016, sharing a few of the priorities in the Plan that our Steering Committee and Advisory Group are committed to achieving. On November 19 we held a second meeting...
RDKB participates in Province's Wood-Stove Exchange Program
The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary has received $7,800 in funding from the provincial government to encourage residents to trade in older, higher-polluting wood stoves for new, emissions certified stoves. The Wood Stove Exchange Program helps homeowners by providing them with a $250 rebate when a new wood-burning,...
OP/ED: Saying goodbye to Bill Bennett
My wife and I saluted the recent passing of former Premier Bill Bennett and reflected on our good fortune to have connected with Socred Governments who were great believers in small “d” democracy. If you flew their colors and supported the party and had an issue it was always the same game plan; people, project, politics....
FROM THE HILL: Syrian refugees, climate conference
Parliament opened for a brief two-week sitting in early December. For a newcomer to Parliament Hill, I found the pomp and ceremony, borrowing from centuries of parliamentary tradition, a moving reminder of the deep trust my constituents have placed in me. I gave my first speech in the House towards the end of the sitting; ...
OP/ED: Hunters and outfitters share thoughts on wildlife populations
Newsletter December 2015 I am sending you sound bytes from hunters and outfitters that once again remind British Columbians that scientific driven wildlife management in our province has lost virtually every fight to the political game of maximizing hunting opportunity. To put the stories into scientific wildlife management...
400 Syrian refugees coming to the Interior in the next three months
The New Year marks a new beginning for Syrian refugees arriving in the Interior region. Refugees will face many challenges as they adjust to new homes, new lives and a new health-care system. Interior Health and its community partners have been working hard over the past several weeks to help ease that transition and be...
Nine people injured, U.S. driver charged after MVI near Merritt
An American driver involved in a collision Dec. 28 near Merritt is facing several charges, according to RCMP Cpl. Dan Moskaluk. At around 12 p.m. on Monday afternoon, Moskaluk said, the Merritt RCMP and the RCMP Central Interior Traffic Services were dispatched to a single vehicle collision which occurred a few kilometres...
Cycling Across Africa, from North to South
Having just retired in November from her medical practice in Trail, B.C., physician Dr. Brenda Trenholme of Rossland is ramping up her volunteering. Brenda has committed to a 12,000 km bicycle journey from Cairo, Egypt to Cape Town, South Africa, starting January 15th, to raise funds for KEEF (Kenya Education Endowment Fund)....
Nelson SAR responds to pair of holiday calls for assistance in the backcountry
Nelson Search and Rescue members were busy responding to a pair of calls during the Christmas holiday break. The first call came Saturday (December 26) that two overdue skiers in the humming Bird Pass area again. "Subjects were reported overdue after he failed to a meet partner for dinner. Upon some investigating the subject...
E-Comm’s 2015 list of top ten reasons to not call 9-1-1
It’s a top-10 list everyone should not want to be on. E-Comm, the largest 9-1-1-call centre in B.C. that provides dispatch services for 33 police and fire departments throughout the province, has released its top "nuisance" calls for 2015. “We want to remind people about what’s at risk when 9-1-1 is used as an information ...
