As you read the candidates' answers, ask yourself:  How well does this answer respond to the question that was asked?  Does the answer state a specific action, or just make vague generalizations?  Is the party going to do something or just engage in studies? Section III:  Governance Question  1.         There has been criticism...

Rossland City Council:   One evening, three meetings 1.   Committee-of-the-Whole Meeting, September 14, 2015, 5:00 pm Council members present:  Mayor Kathy Moore, Councillors Aaron Cosbey,  John Greene, Andy Morel, Andrew Zwicker, and Marten Kruysse. Absent:  Councillor Lloyd McLellan is visiting family in Chicago. Presentation:...

There are those who execute contracts and those who award them. In B.C., when it comes to provincially-funded infrastructure projects, valued at more than $50 million, there's a gatekeeper: Partnerships BC. Tough to keep track of all the comings and goings at the Crown corporation. In 2007, there were 26 senior employees at...

The slate of contenders for South Okanagan-West Kootenay MP seems to be increasing rapidly as the filing deadline (Sept. 28) approaches. Although the Elections Canada website only shows three hopefuls so far, at least three more have expressed their desire to run in our riding (current MP Alex Atamanenko will be retiring at...

WildSafeBC is giving Castlegar the opportunity to be designated a ‘Bear Smart’ community during one of our worst bear seasons in years – and encouraging the city penalize residents who won’t get on board. “The bear situation in Castlegar right now is crazy, I've never received so many phone calls and emails,” WildSafe coordinator...

This is the second set of five questions for our candidates, and their answers.  A third set will appear later.  For this set, I have included both candidates' answers in one article.  To choose the order in which their answers  appeared, I went with alphabetical order based on their last names.  As explained in an earlier ...

The focus on deficits in the federal election campaign, triggered by one political party’s call for a major infrastructure program to be financed over a three year term by way of deficits, highlights the mindless state of our politics. The proposal is to spend money in excess of what is collected by taxation, royalties, and...

With the first year of our new Rossland City Council quickly coming to a close, Council is entering into a three-year strategic planning session. Our goal is to identify our list of priorities for 2016-2018 that will help us be a viable, well-governed and well-managed city, which is Council’s strategic goal for the next three...

Federal election candidates will have an opportunity to focus on issues of peace, security and climate change in a pair of all-candidates forums slated for September 16 and 17. The three important and often intertwined topics are of increasing importance to Canadians in the 21st Century. Co-hosted by Selkirk College’s Mir...

Locals will get a chance to weigh in on the 2016 provincial budget at a public meeting slated for Sept. 16 at the Fireside Inn, according to a press released issued last week. “The consultation period will formally open by Sept. 15 in conjunction with the release of the Budget 2016 Consultation Paper prepared by the Ministry...