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Join Twitter town hall on skills training in B.C.

by Contributor on 04 Dec 2012
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Join Twitter town hall on skills training in B.C.

Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training and Responsible for Labour Pat Bell is asking the public to join in on a Twitter town hall to talk about skills training in B.C.

The first two weeks of the Skills for BC engagement have shown that British Columbians are eager to be a part of the solution, to bring forward ideas that will help ensure that they, their children, and their grandchildren are first in line for the jobs that come from economic prosperity.

Since Premier Christy Clark posed the first Skills for B.C. question during Global BC's News Hour Nov. 1:

MP calls for change in Canadian international military involvement

by Alex Atamanenko MP on 19 Jul 2012
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MP calls for change in Canadian international military involvement

As Canada prepares to withdraw from Afghanistan in 2014, it is time to reflect on the future role of our military in the world.

Our active involvement in Afghanistan transformed Canada into a “nation at war”. The tragic loss of 158 Canadian men and women to this war along with the enormous price tag of $18 billion is a constant reminder of Canada’s longest-ever war. The Conservatives are constantly glorifying war and the fact that they spent $30 million to celebrate the War of 1812 is another testament to this effect. 

The Trail Regional Airport: A legacy of volunteerism

by Andrew Bennett on 05 Jul 2012
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Left to right: Kent Willner (PC Pilot), Al Doherty, Michael Whitehead, Gordon Cook, Brent Lee, Don Nutini, and Nathan Kirby (PC Pilot). Missing: Neil Craig.

The Trail Regional Airport (TRA) is fundamental to affordable and reliable air transportation in the Lower Columbia, and that is central to the area's economic prospects, argued the airport's chief volunteer Don Nutini and Mike Martin, the chair of the LCCDT—Lower Columbia Community Development Team—in recent interviews with the Rossland Tele

UN advisor returns to Kootenays from Rio with new hope for local solutions … and little faith in global ones

by Andrew Bennett on 27 Jun 2012
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Aaron Cosbey, advisor to the UN Convention on Trade and Development

United Nations trade and climate change advisor Aaron Cosbey—a Rossland resident—attended the first Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, and he was back again last

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