NDP needs to launch a culture war
Back in April, 2010, EKOS pollster Frank Graves got into a lot of trouble in the neo-con blogosphere for advising the Liberal Party to “invoke a culture war” on the Harper Conservatives. “I told them that they should invoke a culture war. Cosmopolitanism versus parochialism, secularism versus moralism, Obama versus Palin, tolerance versus racism and […]
Open data signals new direction
The B.C. government website (www.gov.bc.ca) has been redesigned to focus on frequently used services, making it easier for families and businesses to find the services they are looking for. The website features DataBC, a new open data site, and Open Information, an information release site as part of government’s commitment to be more connected, open […]
Jack Layton steps down to take on another battle against cancer
Jack Layton delivered some bad news to Canadians Monday afternoon from Toronto. The New Democrat leader said he is stepping down to fight another form of cancer after doctors discovered new tumours in his body.
“I’m going to fight this cancer now so I can be back to fight for families when Parliament resumes,” Layton said, […]
MLA confirmed candidate for next provincial election
On July 12, members of the BC NDP Kootenay West Constituency Association held its nomination meeting at the Castlegar Community Complex. A large and enthusiastic crowd of supporters acclaimed Katrine Conroy as the NDP candidate for the next provincial election. In her acceptance speech, Conroy said she was humbled to again have the opportunity to […]
From turn lanes to tennis courts, city undertakes ambitious summer schedule
Several long-awaited upgrades, repairs and projects are now underway in Castlegar, council heard at its regular meeting Monday night. “A lot of these projects are long awaited – because of our situation with Celgar, we had to put some of this work on hold last year,” said Kevin Chernoff, city councillor and chair of the Civic...
ATAMANENKO: Genetically Engineered Salmon, not worth the risk to health or the environment
Aquabounty Technologies (AT), headquartered in the US, has genetically modified (GM) a faster growing Atlantic salmon by inserting a growth hormone gene from Chinook salmon and genetic material from the eel-like ocean pout. The company’s business plan is to produce genetically modified salmon eggs in Prince Edward Island...
PETA takes Grand Forks to task for proposed deer herd cull
Members of the international group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (best known as PETA) are calling on Mayor Brian Taylor to halt the plan for culling urban deer herds in Grand Forks. The email campaign has swamped Grand Forks Mayor Brian Taylor whose council approved an urban deer management plan only weeks […]
Protecting Christina Lake's water and beauty key goals of proposed new regulations
Landowners at Christina Lake concerned with the protection of the area’s greatest asset – the lake itself – are encouraging the implementation of proposed riparian area guidelines for development. “Rather than simply sitting back and waiting for the riparian area regulations (RAR) to be forced upon us, we took the initiative to tailor some […]
The Vancouver Riot: Establishment 'cheerleaders' won’t identify real causes
The City, Vancouver Police and provincial appointees, former Olympic czar John Furlong and former Nova Scotia deputy justice minister Doug Keefe are all busy investigating what went wrong and led to Vancouver’s latest riot: they will fail. The problem is they all have a lot in common: they all are or have been members of the public establishment, now investigating […]
Checking in with BC’s NDP leader Adrian Dix
Earlier this week, BC NDP leader Adrian Dix spent a couple of days in the Kootenays. On his agenda was a tour of the Waneta expansion project, a nomination meeting to confirm our MLA, Katrine Conroy, as our NDP nominee for a possible upcoming election, and visiting small businesses in the area as part of […]
