Castlegar fire chief Gerry Rempel, shortly before being named honourary fire chief in Embetsu, Japan, was presented with a Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in honour of his many years of service. Rempel, 57, also serves as airport manager, volunteers for Rotary, works as Brigade Superintendent for St John Ambulance and commanding...

  City residents should be able to enjoy two outdoor skating rinks this year in Kinnaird Park, after the city’s first such rink was met with overwhelming approval last year. City director of transportation and civic works Chris Barlow says it was the very popularity of the venue that created a safety risk which ultimately...

The $40,000 in disaster relief funds raised in Nelson to help victims of the tsunami in Japan have remained in a City of Nelson bank account since the spring of 2011. The money will be used in the near future to purchase a 2-ton flatbed truck  to help with the reconstruction of the town of […]

When the B.C. Court of Appeal struck down the government's not-so-subtle attempt to stifle citizens with its ill-advised “gag” law this month, it was only a partial victory.   Regrettably, the Court never had the chance to consider the multitude of contradictions and loopholes that exist in the B.C. Election Act, most of which...

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty shocked his Liberal caucus Monday night by resigning. McGuinty, 57, has led the Liberal party in Ontario since 1996 and was premier since 2003. ““Earlier today, I asked Yasir Naqvi, our party president, to convene a leadership convention at the earliest possible time,” McgGuinty said on the Liberal Party website. McGuinty, […]

Nelson/Creston MLA Michelle Mungall is headed to the Ukraine later this month as part of the Canadian delegation to monitor the country’s parliamentary elections. “Democracy is not something that can be taken for granted,” said Mungall, to be in the Ukraine elections on October 28, in a written release.  “Canada has a very strong and […]

There has been much written about the erosion of democracy in Canada under the Liberals but even more egregiously under the Harper Conservatives (and PLEASE don’t call these libertarians “Tories”). There is a very long list of grievances from the abuse of prorogation, to deliberate sabotaging of Parliamentary Committees, to election robo-calls, to the gagging […]

By: Jordan Bateman, British Columbia Director, Canadian Taxpayers Federation It seems the further you get away from Vancouver, the more hated the carbon tax becomes. The B.C. government has sent its Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services around the province to hear submissions on what should be included...

Construction has begun on improvements to a stretch of Highway 3 dubbed ‘Million Dollar Alley’ by residents, because of the huge number of vehicular accidents that occur in that area. City councillor and manager of Trowelex (a business fronting this stretch of roadway) Kevin Chernoff said he hopes residents are safe and careful as the […]

NATO Edges Closer to War on Syria by Stephen Lendman Waging war is easy. Instigate provocative incidents. Blame them on targeted countries. False flags work as planned. So do Big Lies repeated enough times to get most people to believe them. Stoking fear is a common thread. So is claiming good v. evil. Mix well […]