Eco Society set to lock horns in court with the province next week over Jumbo Resort Municipality
The West Kootenay Eco Society (WKES) is heading to court early next week to challenge the provincial government’s 2012 decision to establish the Jumbo Glacier Resort (JGR) Municipality. On Feb. 23, the WKES will be in Vancouver at BC Supreme Court to ask a judge for a judicial review of a decision by the Minister of Tourism,...
Comment: B.C. budget pushes dream of white picket fence further out of reach
Government policies are normally designed to help citizens as they try to move up the economic ladder, not penalize them for trying. And on that one count alone, this week's budget from Finance minister Mike de Jong is an abject failure. In its budget highlights, the B.C. government presented four scenarios to bolster its...
Tax Time, Budget Time
TAX TIME: Time to Think About What Our Governments are Doing With Our Dollars. In Rossland: Rossland's new City Council is preparing our 2015 budget, and collecting ideas and opinions from citizens on how best to deal with our serious "infrastructure deficit." The City is collecting people's thoughts by way of a new...
Crowds Show Their Support For Missing & Murdered Women Memorial March
by Eva Brownstein, The Nelson Daily A large crowd gathered Saturday outside the Nelson City Hall to honor and bring awareness to the 1,200 aboriginal women nationwide who have been murdered or are missing. Waving banners reading, “No More Stolen Sisters” the crowd marched Baker Street holding a knotted rope, which organizer Leah Lychowyd said […]
An Individual vs His Community: Pulling in Different Directions.
Coastal First Nations Say Eagle Spirit Pipeline Announcement Is Misleading; Pipeline Has No Support on BC Coast First Nations opposition to heavy oil exports on the BC coast is unanimous, including in Eagle Spirit President’s home community of Lax Kw’alaams. PRINCE RUPERT, BRITISH COLUMBIA (February 12, 2015) - The Coastal ...
Marten Kruysse Honoured
Rossland City Council Meeting, February 10, 2015. All Council members were present, and before the meeting began, Mayor Kathy Moore announced a special honour for one of Rossland's Council members: Marten Kruysse has been chosen for an " Award of Excellence" -- special recognition by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities...
LETTER: The flip side of the Connors Road controversy
Dear Editor. Some thoughts on the Connors Road Bike trail connector..... I commend the city council for completing this project. I read the newspaper concerning the presentation to council from some of the "affected" residents of Connor's Road, and it seemed to contain a lot more heat than light. To the people who suggested...
Toilet rebate program reduces drain on water supply
City officials are flush with the success of their annual toilet rebate program, part of a range of initiatives the city is undertaking to plunge residents' environmental footprint and city water management needs. The City of Castlegar’s Toilet Rebate Program provides a utility tax rebate to single- and multi-family homeowners...
Rural residents may be asked to contribute more to aquatic centre through taxation
A $4.9 million renovation to the aquatic centre will start in April, shutting down the use of the pool until the fall. In the meantime, Nelson and surrounding rural areas will revamp their process for deciding how much some of the rural areas will pay in taxes to support the facility. Currently, citizens in some […]
MP promotes affordable child care plan
NDP leader Tom Mulcair has recently launched a plan for affordable childcare in Canada. It is no secret that Quebec has the most affordable childcare in the country, and Tom, as a former Quebec cabinet minister, witnessed the success affordable childcare played in helping families and boosting the economy of the province. ...
