CMH Heli-Skiing and Summer Adventures recognized for dedication to sustainable practices
CMH Heli-Skiing and Summer Adventures, the leading operator of Heli-Skiing in the world and pioneer of Heli-Hiking and mountaineering in western Canada, was honored with the prestigious Responsible Travel & Tourism Forum Leadership Award recently at a special ceremony in Toronto. Dave Butler, CMH Director of Sustainability...
SPCA seizes dogs from rural property near Clearwater
BC SPCA seized 16 dogs – mostly standard poodle and golden retriever crosses - and two quarter horses from a rural property in Clearwater said senior animal protection officer Constable Kent Kokoska on the website. Const. Kokoska said the badly neglected dogs were filthy and severely matted and were living in unacceptable...
LETTER: Jimenez death in CBSA Vancouver - Oh Canada - a land of Prisons and pipelines
Dear editor, I am appalled by the jailing and the subsequent death in custody of CBSA in Vancouver, of Lucia Vega Jimenez - a 42 year old Mexican woman working to save money to care for her ailing mother. Days before Christmas, she was jailed for not having bus-fare and not having immigration papers!! While alone in CBSA...
Orcas and dolphins stun Nanaimo ferry riders
Ferry riders in Nanaimo got an unexpected show yesterday when a pod of Bigg's killer whales (Orcas) cornered a pod of dolphins in Departure Bay. The dolphins were Pacific white-sided dolphins and CTV News reported that the whales eventually killed and ate two of them. Bigg's whales are a type of transient orca that feeds ...
Police step up enforcement of distracted drivers throughout February
On average 34 people die in the Southern Interior in distracted driving-related crashes. That number increases to 91 when the numbers from the entire province of BC are factored into the equation. Which is why Nelson Police Department is joining other police in the province in stepping up enforcement on distracted drivers...
BC gov't supports liquor law changes
Festival goers and sports enthusiasts, as well as the hotel industry and its patrons, will benefit from a third set of recommendations highlighted today from the now released final report on the B.C. Liquor Policy Review. In addition, government has announced its full support for all 73 recommendations in the report. A number...
With Bill 28 is the government serving the people or are the people serving the government?
The most recent court decision in the dispute between the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) and the provincial government is of historic importance to Canadians everywhere. My daughter and son-in-law are teachers, but that is not the reason for my interest in the case. The decision rendered by Madam Justice S. Griffin is not concerned […]
A generation of BC children lose out
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 celebrate court decision, government contemplates appeal
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...
LETTER: UBC students support ban on candy-flavoured cigarettes
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....
