Power plant emissions under examination
North America’s 3,000 fossil fuel-burning power plants continue to produce two-thirds of the region’s electricity and, at the same time, generate the majority of certain harmful air pollutants and emit more greenhouse gases than any other industrial sector. North American Power Plant Air Emissions, a new report and database released today by the Commission for […]
Dix ratified as NDP provincial leader
VANCOUVER - Leader Adrian Dix told the BC NDP’s 50th Anniversary Convention that inequality is the defining issue of our time and outlined the NDP’s priorities for when it forms government in 2013.“Growing inequality has been the defining feature of a decade of Liberal rule,” said Dix. “We’ve had years of slow growth that is...
RDCK offers special holiday recycling programs
‘Tis the season to give. And the regional district is giving two special seasonal recycling programs at landfills and transfer stations from Dec. 1 to Jan. 31. During this time, residents of the Regional District of Central Kootenay will have the opportunity to recycle old strands of Christmas lights for free, or drop off their […]
More than 50 scientists protest BC Hydro closures/lay-offs in Castlegar and Nelson
A group of more than 50 scientists is publicly lobbying BC Hydro to reconsider its decision to close the Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program (FWCP) office in Nelson, and to lay off staff in Castlegar, Nelson and Prince George. The offices are to be closed by January 2012, and the program consolidated in Burnaby […]
Standing committee appointments announced for city council
At Dec. 5th’s first meeting of the newly-elected city council, Mayor Lawrence Chernoff assigned each council member to the standing committee roles they’ll be playing for the following year – a practice not employed in all municipalities. “There are lots of cities where councillors stay on the same committees for years and years,” he said, […]
Huge weekend for food bank: Miracle marathon, toy drive, and Holiday Train on tap
It’s a critical weekend for Castlegar’s Community Harvest Food Bank, as they push to raise what they need to provide Christmas hampers to the city’s less fortunate. The drive begins today, with Mountain FM’s Miracle Marathon at Safeway. “I think that started about six years ago, to raise food, donations and awareness for food...
Castlegar debt-free after paying out loan 2.5 years early
It's a black day for the City of Castlegar - black ink, that is, according to a report offered at Monday’s regular city council meeting. In the report, city director of finance Andre Buss told council that the city’s only remaining long-term loan (issue 58, which the city undertook to build the RCMP detachment as well as...
It’s the economy, dippers
The NDP leadership race suddenly seems like a very long, drawn out affair. Initially, there was much outrage – especially from Thomas Mulcair – at the suggestion that the party go along with what Jack Layton seemed to want: an earlier leadership convention in January. But now many in the party, lead by Winnipeg MP Pat Martin...
Bringing it back: curriculum covers range of environmental topics
A three-year contract for environmental education was awarded by the regional district to Wildsight for their Beyond Recycling program to support environmental education in local elementary schools. Worth $20,000, the decision was a renewal of a program that had been considered “extremely successful” by RDCK staff and school district representatives. Each year, the program delivers […]
Early birds get the turns at Whitewater Ski Resort in ‘best opening ever’
After Mother Nature provided a November to remember, Old Man Winter has wasted no time digging in for the long haul at Nelson’s Whitewater Ski Resort. Slated to open all 69 runs and four lifts this weekend, including the Glory Triple Chair, the mountain is already experiencing mid-winter conditions with one of the deepest resort […]
