The under 45 generation are getting tired of working and studying more, to have less. With rising home prices, cost of living, and incomparable wages, young people and their families are being squeezed of time, and income, and are being forced into crushing debt. On April 15 - 17, from 7 – 10 p.m. at Birchbank Golf Club...

Today’s BC Liberals have announced that Jim Postnikoff will be their candidate in Kootenay West for the upcoming provincial election. Postnikoff is a small business owner and worked as a millwright in the mining and forestry industries for 25 years. “Today’s BC Liberals have balanced B.C.’s budget and they have a plan to grow our […]

The day I picked up a copy of Stéphane Hessel’s Time for Outrage! at my local bookstore was the day the Royal Bank of Canada’s hiring practices made headlines. There was confusion about what RBC was being accused of. Was it outsourcing? Was it off-shoring? Was it an abuse of the temporary foreign workers’ program? Whatever ...

The City of Trail Parks and Recreation, Castlegar & District Recreation Centre and the Nelson & District Community Complex, with the major sponsorship of Teck, are pleased to announce Trevor Linden as the keynote speaker at the upcoming 2013 Recreation Facilities Association of BC (RFABC) Conference. The event takes place May 14-16, 2013 at the […]

As we move towards the end of another session of Parliament I always like to reflect on the events of the past year.  Locally my office has continued to assist constituents who run into difficulties with the federal government bureaucracy.  We have been able to help people in obtaining justice from Revenue Canada and Citizenship...

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has died at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke. Baroness Thatcher was the first woman Prime Minister and served between 1979 and 1990. In 2002, she suffered a number of strokes and was advised by doctors not to engage in public speaking. Her premiership was notable for […]

Part 3 of the Municipal Act regulates all aspects of elections, from elector and candidate qualifications to the resolution of conflicts and irregularities. The scope of the Act’s election regulations meets all that can reasonably be required to assure fair and open elections in Yukon municipalities. However, elections are to democracy what oxygen is to […]

So how much is too much? It's a question worth asking after B.C.'s political parties reported their 2012 fundraising hauls last week. And quite the haul it was. Between them, the B.C. Liberals and NDP brought in more than $17 million. The Liberals alone raised $10.15 million, nearly $4 million dollars more than their Ontario...

A small group of protesters trekked through the streets of Nelson joined others throughout Canada to protest the job Prime Minister Stephen Harper is doing. “Stephen Harper does not represent us,” Kootenay Direct Action Community (KDAC) said in a written press release. “We have lost confidence and it’s time for him to step-down from the […]

British Columbia’s provincial health officer released the following statement on H7N9 influenza in China: “B.C.’s public health officials are working with national and international authorities to keep a close eye on the H7N9 influenza situation in China. “The level of risk to British Columbia and Canada is currently considered to be low, with reported cases […]