Dear editor, After 30 bargaining sessions at the provincial table we have had no offers of pay increases, benefit improvements or the return of the class size and composition language that the BC Supreme Court recently ruled was illegally stripped from our contracts. The court found that then-Minister of Education Christy Clark proudly led legislation […]

Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish was first cast into the public eye during the Gaza War that began in late 2008. In January 2009, two days before the end of Israel’s 22-day assault on Gaza, Israeli shells fell on Abuelaish’s family home, brutally killing three of his daughters and their cousin. Amazingly, the loss did not embitter […]

If you are looking to get picked up after the Saturday night rooftop Queen City Cruise dance, look no further. Kootenay Insurance Services has a ride for you. Nicknamed the KIS free ride, it’s a free taxi ride offered from 6 p.m. to 3 a.m., before and after the dance. The free ride ticket is […]

Call it show and tell for adults, the ninth annual Queen City Cruise is on this weekend. As the biggest Nelson-hosted event of the year, over 10,000 people will flock down to Baker Street this Saturday to check out hundreds of vintage vehicles, mechanical muscle and antique automobiles. It will be wall to wall people […]

On Thursday, Sept. 22 the Province will host a video conference public hearing session in Nelson as part of the consultation on the coming budget. From 4-7 p.m., people will have the opportunity to present their budget priorities directly to the finance committee, at a location yet to be determined. And it should be an […]

 The City of Castlegar is upping the ante in its green gamble – after offering composters and rain barrels to great effect in previous years, they’re now bringing residents green kitchen can composters. Why are they doing this, you ask?  Easy – because the alternative stinks.  “The composters have carbon filters on top – if […]

 Day 10 The objective of today was was to give us a bit of the local history and culture. First off, we headed north to the Hendrik Verwoerd tunnels. These tunnels are part of a Trans African highway which stretches all the way to Cairo. Next up, we went to the Phippidi falls where we climbed down […]

Twelve people were reported killed and 62 people injured in a terrorist attack outside gate number 5 of Delhi High Court, in India’s capital New Delhi at around 10:15am (4:45 am GMT) on Wednesday. According to home secretary RK Singh, the explosives were hidden in a briefcase placed in the reception of the high court. […]

It wasn’t until around 7 p.m. last night that crews finally re-opened Columbia Avenue for traffic, after a gas main was broken by a construction crew just before 11 a.m. Early estimates of how long it would take to fix the severed gas main  turned out to be unfoundedly optimistic. Fire Chief Gerry Rempel was originally […]

According to new statistics released this week, the smoking rate in Canada has dropped to 17 per cent in 2010. This is the lowest level ever recorded, according to annual results of the 2010 Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS). “The numbers announced today are encouraging, as they show more Canadians are making the healthy […]