Proposal opens trails to all users - can motorized traffic co-exist with bikes?
In what they hope will become an international tourism attraction for the future, the Grand Forks All-Terrain-Vehicle (ATV) Club has linked up with the West Kootenay ATV Club to develop a world-class multi-user trail system spanning from Creston in the Rockies to the Okanagan. Dubbed the South Kootenay Trail System, the trails would be open […]
Meet a top candidate for Canada’s next prime minister
Brian Topp, a frontrunner in the upcoming national NDP Leadership race, is coming to Nelson Sunday, Oct. 30. Come and get to know the guy who could very well become Canada’s next prime minister from 11 am to 1 pm in the Kestral Room of the Best Western Baker Street Inn. Topp believes in progressive […]
Small Business Month gets chamber of commerce in high gear.
This week, Oct. 17 – 21, is Small Business Week in B.C, but the Castlegar Chamber of Commerce has opted to blanket the entire month with commerce-conducive events.“We subscribe to the go-big-or-go-home notion, so we decided to make it the whole month,” said chamber executive director Pam McLeod. Some of the month’s highlights...
Murder victim's family calls for social change
Ed. Note: The following is a press release issued by the family of 35-year-old murder victim Cynthia Maas. Police today charged 21-year-old Cody Alan Legebokoff with her murder.Cynthia's News Release I cannot teach you violence, as I do not myself believe in it. I can only teach you not to bow your heads before any one even...
Third new candidate presented for city council elections
A third new candidate has thrown his hat into the ring in the upcoming city council elections, slated for Nov. 19 (with advanced polling on Nov. 8 and 9 at the Community Forum from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.). Incumbents Deb McIntosh, Kevin Chernoff, Russ Hearne and Gord Turner have already filed nominations papers, while […]
All Candidates Forum slated for municipal election
Less than 22 hours remain before the nomination deadline for civic elections closes, and an All Candidates Forum is scheduled and ready to go. Traditionally hosted by the Chamber of Commerce, and All Candidates Forum is an opportunity for residents to meet and question prospective city councillors and to hear them respond ...
State of the nation: We're seeing how badly Harper misread Canadians
By Murray Dobbin Hudak’s defeat and Occupy Bay Street are latest signs PM’s politics aren’t embraced. Occupy Wall Street — and now Bay Street? The 99 per cent? Conservatives losing elections all over the country? American billionaires demanding to be taxed at higher rates? Is something happening here? Perhaps the first indication was the totally […]
NDP slams Liberal policy of closing group homes
The Liberal government must act now to address the growing crisis for developmentally disabled British Columbians by putting an immediate stop to further group home closures and beginning a review of how Community Living B.C. is being run, say the New Democrats. “The Liberals’ chronic failure to effectively manage CLBC has come at the expense […]
MP introduces bill to ban horse meat for human consumption
New Democrat Agriculture Critic Alex Atamanenko (BC southern Interior) has re-introduced a Private Members Bill that would effectively shut down the slaughtering of horses for human consumption in Canada. “Since I first introduced this bill in the last Parliament, tens of thousands of Canadians have petitioned the government to legislate an end to this practice,” […]
Understand your Columbia River Treaty
Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) is hosting information sessions about the Columbia River Treaty (CRT) in Trail and Castlegar. The sessions are hosted in partnership with local governments and the CRT Local Governments’ Committee. “The information sessions will help people who live in the Canadian portion of the Columbia Basin better understand what the CRT is, […]
