Stephen Harper’s social engineering
The Harper government’s announcement that it will change the laws regarding capital gains taxes to encourage more charitable giving strikes an ominous note for the country’s political culture. Harper is mimicking the Conservatives in Britain who are trying to pull the same trick with what they call the Big Society initiative...
Private property within Valhalla Provincial Park sparks controversy with setback request
A private landowner within Valhalla Provincial Park boundaries will have to wait for a regional district board decision on a request to have a floodplain setback relaxed so they could build closer to the shore of Slocan Lake. The Regional District of Central Kootenay rural affairs committee has referred the controversial matter back to RDCK […]
B.C. salmon virus tests find no infectious anemia
Tests on 48 wild salmon samples have found no cases of infectious salmon anemia in B.C., a Canadian Food Inspection Agency official says. The tests the Fisheries Department did were verified by an independent lab in Norway, said Con Kiley, director of the agency’s national aquatic animal health program. The samples were tested after a […]
UPDATE: Body of 83-year-old West Kootenay woman recovered from Arrow Lake
The Nakusp and Revelstoke RCMP said Tuesday they had recovered the body of an 83-year-old woman from Arrow Lake. The Nakusp resident was reported missing Friday after she was overdue from returning from an eye appointment in Revelstoke. Kay Mansour was scheduled to attend a medical appointment in Revelstoke on Oct. 24, however she never […]
OP/ED: MP says trade agreements like NAFTA hurting B.C. economy
The B.C. economy is closely tied in with various trade agreements such as NAFTA, the Agreement on International Trade and the New West Partnership Trade Agreement (NWTA) between BC, Alberta and Saskatchewan which replaces the Trade Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (TILMA). There is concern by those who represent workers that these agreements interfere with […]
Missing Nakusp woman found submerged in Arrows Lake after fatal car crash
Several days of search efforts have led police to the body of an 83-year-old Nakusp woman reported missing Nov. 4.The woman's vehicle was located submerged in Arrows Lake by RCMP Air Services on Nov. 5, followed by a recovery of the deceased woman from her vehicle by the RCMP diver team. Late afternoon on Nov. 4, the...
Transit service changes in Nelson to include new evening trip to Balfour
The news keeps coming in terms of bus service in Nelson as the provincial deliverer of the service announced more route changes in the city. BC Transit said service changes to Nelson include a new 10 North Shore run to Balfour. The last trip will now leave downtown Nelson at 8:40 p.m. and arrive at […]
Collaborating for health education — the Community Health Resource Centre grand opening
Alone we can do so little. Together we can do so much. – Helen Keller Proving the Polish proverb that two heads are better than one, a unique example of teamwork has provided the City of Nelson with a community health education centre. More than a dozen organizations came together to create the Community Health […]
Job action means blank report cards
School District 20 parents will be receiving blank report cards today, with no marks entered, just attendance records. This, because the district is obligated to send home report cards but teachers are not, within the current job action, required to fill them out. Accompanying the emailed blank report cards is a letter from school district […]
Zimbabwe: Thousands of girls forced out of school
Poverty, abuse and cultural practices are preventing a third of Zimbabwean girls from attending primary school and 67 percent from attending secondary school, denying them a basic education, according to a recent study which found alarming dropout rates for girls. Sexual harassment and abuse by even school teachers and parents,...
