Coun. Moore and Mayor Granstrom hash out the grey zone of council confidentiality
A special report on "Open Meetings" issued by the BC ombudsperson in September spurred Coun. Kathy Moore to raise a number of problems at Monday's regular meeting with the way she feels council has historically handled in camera (closed) meetings. "It's really good, it's worth reading," Moore said about the report, Open...
Shuttle to Red Mountain this season, Gangnam style
Two new shuttle services to Red Mountain Resort have been negotiated for this ski season, one all the way to and from Spokane, and one a short five minute ride between Rossland and Red.Deanne Steven of Tourism Rossland (TR) announced the new services to Rossland’s council at Monday evening's regular meeting. She was particularly...
Zoning amendment squeaks through divided council
A bylaw to rezone Curtis Nichols' property on Black Bear Drive from R1-Residential to C2-Commercial split council down the middle, and even created procedural confusion as the amendment was (just barely) adopted.Previous reports give greater detail on the proposal and the strong opposition mounted by a few of Nichols'...
Columbia River Treaty meeting gets lots of feedback
By Suzy Hamilton, The Nelson Daily A packed house at the Nelson Rod and Gun Club greeted provincial and local officials at the second Columbia River Treaty Review information meeting Tuesday night. “And we’re especially pleased to see so many young people here,” said Kathy Eichenberger, leading the review process. Eichenberger is based in Victoria. […]
IntegrityBC releases Christy's Christmas Castle animation
IntegrityBC has released Christy's Christmas Castle, an animated video to drive home an important aspect of the organization's campaign on electoral finance reform. Since 2005, the B.C. Liberal party has raked in more than $40 million from big business and is now the only major B.C. political party that still opposes a ban ...
Binding arbitration on sewer service begins between Trail, Rossland, and Warfield
An arbitrator has been selected by BC's Intergovernmental Relations and Planning Division (IRP) to resolve the sanitary sewage dispute that has been dragging on for years between Rossland, Trail, and Warfield over the fair sharing of costs for the existing service—the bulk of the disagreement, however, is between Rossland and...
Rossland's 80 year old pool aims for "age-friendly" grant
The city has applied for a 2013 "Age-friendly Community Planning and Project Grant" to renovate the swimming pool to make it more accessible to seniors—some of whom were here in 1932 for the grand opening of BC's oldest pool. "Due to the age of the facility and the lack of age friendly infrastructure, many of the seniors in...
Old Cooke school site could become 24 units of affordable housing, but developer stymied by city restrictions
The old Cooke Ave. school site may soon see construction as council advanced a zoning amendment that will allow local developer Cezary Ksiazek to build a group of six fourplexes. A public hearing is scheduled for Dec. 10 after which council will vote on third reading and adoption of the bylaw. The plan council advanced,...
Canadian Bar Assn says Bill S-7 duplicates existing laws to combat terrorism
While committed to a safe and secure Canada, the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) says that Bill S-7, Criminal Code, Canada Evidence Act and Security of Information Act amendments (Combating Terrorism Act) would not provide any new tools to combat terrorist offences. “Instead,” says Paul Calarco, member of the CBA’s National ...
B.C. communities benefit from grants-in-lieu of property taxes
Three West Kootenay cities will benefit from the B.C. Government distribution of $16.9 million in compensation for municipal property taxes. Castlegar, Nelson and Rossland will net more than $200,000, with the Heritage topping the trio at $183,964.41. Grants-in-lieu of property taxes are distributed every November as a way to reimburse communities for services that benefited […]
