More to come... The sudden death of former Boundary-Similkameen Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) John Slater has been confirmed, Wednesday, May 13th.  Slater was the MLA from 2009 until 2013, when he left the Liberal party, temporarily ran as an Independent before withdrawing from the 2013 campaign.  Premier Christy Clark...

Rossland City Council Meeting on  May 11, 2015 Present:  Mayor Kathy Moore and Councillors Andrew Zwicker, John  Greene, Marten Kruysse, Lloyd McLellan, and Andy Morel  (absent:  Aaron Cosbey) Staff:   Interim CAO Mike Maturo, Acting Chief Financial Officer Lois Hunter, and Deputy Corporate Officer Cynthia Añonuevo. Public ...

Minister of Advanced Education Andrew Wilkinson had the opportunity to tour Selkirk College’s Castlegar Campus on Friday and discuss the future of post-secondary in the West Kootenay-Boundary. Formerly the Minister of Technology, Innovation and Citizens’ Services, Wilkinson was appointed to his new cabinet post by Premier...

On Monday, May 11, the Honourable Judith Guichon, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, will commence a six-day trip to communities in the West Kootenays including Grand Forks, Christina Lake, Rossland, Warfield, Trail, Castlegar, New Denver, Kaslo, Nelson, Salmo, Fruitvale, Montrose and Creston. Her first stop in Castlegar will be at a local elementary school, Twin […]

In my opinion, every NDP MP should be sending Justin Trudeau a Christmas card this year. Not because they like or agree with him, but because I think he just unwittingly threw an election and drastically limited left wing vote-splitting, giving the Federal NDPs their first fighting chance at really taking the House of Commons. […]

For readers of any political affiliation who may still not be convinced that Bill C-51-- the infamous "terror act" -- is a bad idea, or several bad ideas rolled into one egregious piece of legislation, I urge you to read the following text of a speech by Elizabeth May to Parliament  on May 5, 2015.  Please note the clarity ...

In the last dozen years, eight out of nine commissions or citizen assemblies created by governments in Canada have not only advocated getting rid of our first-past-the-post (FPTP) electoral system but have recommended adopting MMP, or mixed-member-proportional representation. In the upcoming 2015 federal election, Tom Mulcair...

There’s lots going on in Rossland lately. I have just returned from the Association of Kootenay Boundary Local Governments annual meeting held in Nakusp. It was well attended by elected representatives from our region. This conference provides an excellent opportunity to share learning and experiences with our colleagues as...

Not all Robson/Raspberry residents are delighted to see an almost-two-decades-long boil-water advisory finally lifted and a $3.2-million water treatment facility in place. The back story is that, 18 years ago, the Interior Health Authority found E.Coli in Robson/Raspberry water samples and levied the boil water advisory,...

COUNCIL MATTERS: April 27th, 2015:  Council had a busy evening, starting at 5:00 pm with a Committee-of-the-Whole (CoW) meeting to discuss the City's draft 2014 financial statements with the  City's auditor; at 6:00 pm, a Public Consultation on the Budget;  and at 7:00, a regular Council meeting. Present were Mayor Kathy...