Drawing the Line: arbitrary green space or agricultural potential?
Brenda Trenholme contested Happy Valley's zoning at council two weeks ago, in particular the five acre limit on subdivision size. The limit is a means to fulfill the Official Community Plan (OCP) objective to preserve agriculturally viable land, but council granted Trenholme permission to proceed with the OCP amendment process,...
COMMENT: Too much Happy Valley farm … or too little imagination?
Recent comments by Coun. Cary Fisher and Coun. Jill Spearn—regarding Brenda Trenholme's appeal to subdivide her Happy Valley property—taste like a slice of logical swiss cheese on a slab of imagination tofu. And you'll need a pinch of salt for the cracker too. Sure, sure, everyone's in favour of local agriculture. Just not ...
City to sell a strip of Second Ave to avoid encroaching garage
Council has started the process to sell a strip of city boulevard to the owner of 1958 Second Ave after what some on council call a "mistake" that led to the recent construction of an encroaching garage. "Public representation" regarding this sale has been set for Sept. 4. Two years ago, homeowner Matthew Titheridge received...
Screaming into the wind or a cynical shift in the balance of power? Council debates the proposed federal riding changes
Rossland's council has passed a motion to send a letter and a representative to the Oct. 3 Provincial Commission hearing in Castlegar to express "discontent" and oppose the proposal for large changes to the BC Southern Interior riding. The new "South Okanagan-West Kootenay" riding would no longer include Nelson, Harrop-Proctor,...
Deadline Approaches for Citizens to Weigh in on Electoral Boundary Changes
August 30 is the deadline for citizens to have their say on the proposed new federal electoral boundaries which would put Nelson and Salmo in the East Kootenay riding of Kootenay-Columbia, separating them from Castlegar, Trail, and the north shore of Kootenay Lake. Areas A, B, C, and G of the Regional District of Central […]
Combat engineers say massive Kootenay exercise hugely successful despite incident on Columbia River
Over 150 Canadian and US battle engineers are pulling out of Trail and Castlegar after Wednesday’s traditional close-of-exercise pig roast, according to Canadian Forces Major Dan Thomas, at the end of EXERCISE KOOTENAY CASTOR, a joint training exercise with combat engineers from Washington and Trail, Chilliwack and Vancouver. Thomas said the two-week exercise was “hugely […]
Local kids put on show to garner school supplies for local kids
A bunch of local kids between the ages of 13 and 15 are donating their time and musical talent to garner donations of money and school supplies for the Community Harvest Food Bank. Food Bank manager Deb McIntosh said she’s impressed and touched by the efforts of students from Supercat Studios, who will be staging […]
Atamanenko joins Canadians in paying homage to Jack Layton
Wednesday (August 22) Canadians from coast to coast to coast will mark the first anniversary of Jack Layton’s passing following his fight with cancer. Alex Atamanenko, MP, for BC Southern Interior invites constituents to keep the former NDP leader’s legacy alive by participating in a web-based activity joining with others from across the country to […]
Council says no to regulating marijuana
Grand Forks city council voted a resounding “no” to the idea of supporting the regulation and taxation of marijuana last night. As a follow up to previous conversations at the council table about the Stop the Violence BC campaign, started by a group of B.C. mayors and law enforcement authorities to pressure provincial and...
U.S. Reform party nominates presidential candidate
Fitness model Andre Barnett of Poughkeepsie, New York won the presidential nomination of the Reform Party of the United States at its national convention in Philadelphia last weekend. Consultant Kenneth Cross was selected as his running mate. Barnett, who founded the company WiseDome, became a fitness model after suffering ...
