Council Gets Up Early to Begin Strategic Plan Review
On Friday, September 9, Rossland City Council met at 8:00 am to begin reviewing Rossland's Strategic Plan. Last autumn, in September and October, Council brainstormed, and sought input from staff, then went public to gather information. They also looked at economic and global trends, and surveyed local businesses. After...
Buzzing with fowl play: council votes to allow discussion on urban chickens and bees
Castlegar city council voted unanimously at their regular meeting last night to discuss a motion to allow chickens and beekeeping within city limits – it doesn’t mean they are allowing either, just that they will discuss the possibility at their next regular meeting Sept. 19. As many as 30 people showed up to hear the outcome...
Rossland Beer Company Expanding; Food Bank Moving; What Some People Still Don't Know About Rossland; and more
Rossland City Council Regular Meeting, September 6, 2016 Present: Mayor Kathy Moore, and Councillors Lloyd McLellan, Aaron Cosbey, John Greene, Marten Kruysse, Andrew Zwicker. Absent: Andy Morel No one contributed any comments for Public Input Period. Recommendations from Staff for Decision: 1. A motion that Council...
Re-inventing the Wheel and Electoral Reform
How should we vote? How should the people of Canada be represented in our federal government? How should members of Parliament be elected? On September 1st at the Fireside Inn in Castlegar, a number of citizens interested in these simple yet profound questions met with our local MP, Richard Cannings, to talk about electoral...
Liberals stand pat, raise price of bus passes for disabled riders
On the NDP website, Nelson/Creston MLA Michelle Mungall said despite protests across the province, the B.C. Liberals have raised the price of bus passes for people with disabilities from $45 a year to $624 a year. “By raising the cost of bus passes for people with disabilities the Christy Clark government is forcing many...
Selkirk College and Columbia Power Create Energy for Growth
Building a sustainable regional economy requires teamwork and when it comes to helping provide an educated and trained workforce to create growth, Selkirk College and Columbia Power are a winning combination. “Columbia Power has created 660 new megawatts of electricity from our projects, generated over 1,200 construction jobs...
SD 20 to drop bus fees, refund monies already paid
The School District 20 has eliminated the controversial student busing fees slated to be implemented this school year, after finding out they'll be ellibigle for a roughly $243,000 grant earmarked for transportation services. Castlegar Trustee Mickey Kinakin said this means the district has to submit a report indicating the...
Trail/Beaver Valley agree to two-month extension of recreation agreement
The City of Trail’s Recreation Agreement Negotiating Committee and the Beaver Valley Parks Recreation Committee (BV Rec) recently met to discuss the renewal of the one-year Recreation Funding Agreement that expires at the end of August 2016. Due to immediate time constraints associated with the new agreement expiring, both ...
COLUMN: From the Hill -- Electoral Reform, and a Cycle Tour of the Riding
As summer winds down, our thoughts naturally turn to back-to-school shopping and back-to-work after a break for a good Canadian summer. I’ll be going back to Ottawa in September to resume work on all the issues before Parliament; one of the major issues we will be discussing is electoral reform. In last year’s campaign, both...
LETTER: on money and sewage
Regarding “Trail refuses to pay”, Council Matters, August 17thRossland Telegraph. A few years ago, Trail complained that their percentage of the cost of the sewage service was too high since their population had reduced considerably since the original agreement. Eventually after prolonged...
