The Editor, The Nelson Daily This week the BC Supreme Court ruled, for the second time, that the BC government broke the Constitution, twice when it stripped teachers of our working conditions. Those working conditions kept class sizes small, ensured students had access to specialist teachers, and provided extra help to...

While teachers across BC are celebrating Monday's ruling by the BC Supreme Court — reaffirming that provincial legislation limiting teachers’ bargaining rights is unconstitutional, restoring collective agreement provisions stripped in 2002, and ordering the province to pay $2 million in damages plus court costs — Premier...

Dear Editor, We are third year nursing students at UBC-Okanagan and are writing in regard to the growing amount of flavoured tobacco products available today. With National Non-Smoking Week upon us, we feel it is important to address this concern specifically because of the way these products are being marketed towards youth....

The dictionary definition of perverse says (of a person or their actions) “...showing a deliberate and obstinate desire to behave in a way that is unreasonable or unacceptable, often in spite of the consequences.” Well, that just about sums up Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s disturbing trip to Israel. If anyone knows why this...

When you compare prices at the supermarket you usually look at comparable products, for instance you don't compare the price of a head of lettuce with a can of baked beans. It should be the same way with government consultations. Case in point: when you're trying to figure out how many people live in an electoral district for...

My reading consists primarily of books on history and political philosophy, and does not include memoirs of has-been politicians. I would not have read Joe Clark’s How We Lead: Canada in a Century of Change had it not been a Christmas gift from my daughter. Had I relied on my prejudices, I would have deprived myself of an...

We are third year nursing students at UBC-Okanagan and are writing in regard to the growing amount of flavoured tobacco products available today. With National Non-Smoking Week upon us, we feel it is important to address this concern specifically because of the way these products are being marketed towards youth. When you...

Warm weather has prompted the Canadian Avalanche Centre to issue a special warning to the public to be extra careful when using the backcountry this weekend. The CAC said the main concern is due to unseasonably warm January temperature which will destabilize an already unstable snowpack, leading to surface slides. The...

Got an emergency or see and accident or a crime . . . then call 9-1-1. Experience flu-like symptoms . . . dial up 8-1-1. The Ministry of Health is asking people that may have the influenza to dial up the new number feeling highly infectious cases could put others, at the hospital emergency room, clinic or doctor's office, at...

There was no winning ticket for the $50-million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. And no one won any two MaxMillions prizes of $1-million each that were up for grabs. However, three prizes of $178,603.10 in the LOTTO MAX 6/7+Bonus category fwere won by winning tickets purchased in British Columbia (2) and Ontario. The...