By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily The regional district is wasting thousands of taxpayer dollars in an attempt to over legislate building permits on small structures in rural areas, says one regional district director. Walter Popoff of Area H has been trying to convince the Regional District of Central Kootenay Building Department and the board […]

It’s that time of year again, when Castlegar gears up for spring and summer with the chamber of commerce’s 11th annual Home and Lifestyles Expo.  Chamber executive director Pam McLeod said this year’s offering promises to be better than ever, with 69 vendors and an exciting range of booths, services and products.  “We had...

One hundred and fifty unionized employees at Kootenay Savings Credit Union have rejected the company’s latest offer by 81 per cent. As a result, the union (Local 9705) and the company have said they are trying to set a date to sit down and begin bargaining process all over again. Over 90 per cent of […]

  From the Fraser Surrey Docks press release: Fraser Surrey Docks was a fitting background for the official launch of the South Fraser Perimeter Road (SFPR)project on Monday, January 12th 2009, which was attended by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Premier Gordon Campbell along with the provincial Minister of Transportation & Investment, Kevin Falcon, and federal International […]

There are more changes coming in the newspaper industry. Eight months after selling off the Nelson Daily News and Prince Rupert Daily News to Victoria based Black Press, which immediately closed its door, parent company Glacier Media Group had decided to cease operations of both the press and mailroom at the Kamloops Daily News within […]

Applications for the Columbia Basin Summer Works Program will be available Feb. 22. Funding for the program has been increased to $500,000 up from $390,000 last year to allow more students to be hired. Fully subscribed in 2010, 90 per cent of businesses who participated in the program said they plan on applying again this […]

There will be $17 million in new funding in the 2011/12 fiscal year to support social, economic and environmental initiatives throughout the Columbia Basin, the Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) announced this week. This is the largest allocation in CBT’s history and a 13 per cent increase over last year’s funding. Budget allocations include: • $3.6 […]

Over the last couple of weeks I have heard several comments about a “mini boom” that will result from development projects such as the Waneta Dam, the expansion at Firebird Technologies in Trail, the new casino in Castlegar and some recovery in the forestry sector. Based on B.C. Stats data, we may have a long […]

By BC Federation of Labour Job numbers released Friday by Statistics Canada show British Columbia continues to lose jobs. BC lost 9,100 jobs in January and was the only province to see significant job losses. Most other provinces showed job gains, including Ontario which created 36,300 jobs in January, and Alberta which saw job numbers […]

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily Construction begins this week on the Waneta Expansion Project as the $900-million powerhouse addition to Teck’s Waneta Dam starts in earnest. Crews are working to remove “overburden” in anticipation of blasting for the new powerhouse intake and adit portal areas, according to a press release from the Columbia Power […]