On September 20, I had the privilege of attending the grand opening of the Lower Columbia Community Health Centre in Trail, a project eight years in the making, driven by the vision and determination of local leaders Linda Sawchenko, Win Mott, Frank Marino and a large team of community folks volunteering their time and expertise to achieve […]

As part of ongoing work to improve and modernize access to justice, the Province has introduced new legislation to make online versions of B.C. laws official. If passed, the new statutes act and the updated Regulations Act will let people use B.C.’s acts and regulations accessed through a government website as official versions for evidentiary […]

Concerned about City spending, and taxes? Pay attention to the Five-Year Financial Plan. Go to the event on October 27, learn more, ask questions and speak up about what’s important to you. PRESENT:  Mayor Andy Morel and Councillors Maya Provençal, Stewart Spooner, Lisa Kwiatkowski (remote), Craig Humpherys and Jeff Weaver.  Absent:  Eliza Boyce Staff:  CAO […]

The BCGEU returned to the bargaining table with the provincial government today for the first time since negotiations broke down in July. Unfortunately, talks have once again collapsed. Despite indicating that they would come forward with an improved wage proposal, the B.C. government failed to deliver a meaningful offer. “We came to the table ready […]

On Saturday we celebrated the grand opening of our brand-new Lower Columbia Community Health Center in downtown Trail! Photo is with the Lower Columbia Community Health Center Board who was the driving force in making this happen! The Lower Columbia Community Health Centre will provide high-quality primary health care for people living in and around […]

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) has declared a nationwide strike at Canada Post effective immediately in response to the federal government’s reforms. Quoting the union’s website statement, “In response to the Government’s attack on our postal service and workers, effective immediately, all CUPW members at Canada Post are on a nation-wide strike.” This […]

Because the fossil fuel industry and its supporters have done everything they can to stall needed solutions to the climate crisis, some people say we must now engineer our way out of the mess we created. Many are promoting schemes that block sunlight from reaching Earth, reflect more of it back into space or absorb […]

The B.C. Wildlife Federation is pleased by the Public Safety Minister’s admission that the federal firearms buyback program is flawed policy, but we are perplexed that it will proceed, nonetheless. The Minister said that if he had the firearm ban to do over again, he would focus on jailing people for using illegal firearms rather than […]

The B.C. General Employees’ Union (BCGEU) is continuing its sharp escalation of job action this week as the province-wide public service strike enters its fourth week—the longest public service strike in B.C.’s history. Today, workers have walked off the job at additional sites in Victoria, Penticton, Cranbrook, Coquitlam and Kamloops. In total, more than 12,500 public […]

The Save Record Ridge Action Committee (SRRAC) has filed a petition for judicial review in B.C. Supreme Court, challenging an Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) decision not to require an environmental assessment (EA) for the proposed Record Ridge magnesium mine. “We are asking the Supreme Court to send this decision back to the EAO, directing it […]