Community Support vs. the Financial Crisis
Rossland City Council: Committee of the Whole meeting, January 21, 2015, 4:00 PM Committee-of-the-Whole meetings, or COWs as they are called by council members who refer casually to "having a COW", are relatively informal meetings of Council designed for information and discussion. Motions made in a COW are not final...
Council committee to expand mandate in response to explosion of tech opportunities
A city council standing committee is looking to change its name and increase its mandate to ensure Castlegar keeps pace with rapidly evolving opportunities, according to city councillor Kevin Chernoff. Chernoff, reporting at Monday night’s regular council meeting on behalf of the Green Committee, said it makes sense to change...
LETTER: Open Letter to Grand Forks Mayor Frank Konrad and GF City Council
To Mayor and Council of the City of Grand Forks, I write you today as a concerned citizen of this amazing City. I am compelled to write to you about some concerns I and many other citizens have arising from the Regular City Council meeting this past Monday January 12th, 2015. I was unable to attend the meeting in person but...
One Heroic Rosslander; Logging at Redstone? -- and a Fat Bike Race!
As time eats into the New Year, our new Council chews on some tough issues. Rossland City Council Regular Meeting January 12, 2015 Present: Mayor Kathy Moore, Councillors Lloyd McLellan, John Greene, Andrew Zwicker, Marten Kruysse, Andy Morel, Aaron Cosbey. Staff: Deputy Chief Administrative Officer Tracey Butler,...
SCIENCE MATTERS by David Suzuki
Science Matters Vol. 17, No. 2 13 Jan 2015 Digging out of Canada’s mining dilemma By David Suzuki It sometimes seems people in the mining and fossil fuel industries — along with their government promoters — don’t believe in the future. What else could explain the mad rush to extract and use up the Earth’s resources as...
Why providing affordable housing in Nelson is easier said than done
Most people in Nelson believe we need more housing for people who can’t afford market prices. Almost every candidate in the recent municipal election stated it as a priority, although they had few concrete suggestions. Solutions to affordable housing can come from at least three directions: changes to the city’s zoning and regulation of existing […]
LETTER: 70-yr-old patient to sleep in car to get medical care
Dear Editor, I’m writing this because I am just livid.My neighbour is 70 years old. She has suffered a stroke, has had two heart attacks, and multiple surgeries on her pancreas. She is not in good health, to say the least. Doesn't stop her though, she was out shoveling snow yesterday! She is leaving tomorrow for surgery on ...
New report asks Nelson council to tackle food security
A local food security group is recommending that the city form a municipal food council, consisting of a councillor and other people involved in food production and distribution. But Mayor Deb Kozak is not prepared to just say yes. “We will be discussing how we as a municipality will become involved in these issues," she said...
Hijacking at Castlegar's West Kootenay Regional Airport?
Anyone seeing the plethora of emergency vehicles out in front of the West Kootenay Regional Airport New Year’s Eve might have been concerned, as every agency from RCMP to fire to BC Ambulance, to emergency social services, as well as commissionaires, CATSA and preboard security were on hand to manage a so-called “hijacking ...
A More Collaborative RDKB Board?
The Scoop on the RDBK: First Instalment We property owners all pay money to the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB). If you check your property tax bill, you'll see an amount for a "Regional District Levy". Mine is only $353, because I live in a tiny house. Yours is probably more. Where does it go? I decided...
