by Dermod Travis BC premier Christy Clark once called the way Gordon Campbell imposed the HST as “sneaky.” Little did British Columbians know at the time, but they hadn’t even seen anything yet when it came to sneaky. With close to 3.5 million ballots being mailed to voters this week, strategists with the BC Liberal […]

During the reading of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s throne speech last Friday , a young page was yanked from the Senate Chamber as she tried to hold up a stop sign placard reading  “Stop Harper.” “Harper’s agenda is disastrous for this country and for my generation,” Brigette Marcelle says. “We have to stop him from wasting […]

On the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Behind the Numbers, David Macdonald drew back the curtain on Federal Budget 2011, uncovering a plan to cut the deficit through an unprecedented cut to a third of public service sector jobs. Click here for more. CCPA Senior Economist Armine Yalnizyan, meanwhile, appeared on the CBC’s Lang and […]

 The following is a press release issued by Southern Interior MP Alex Atamanenko: New Democrat MP Alex Atamanenko feels that the budget presented today falls short of meeting expectations of Canadian families.   “As with all budgets, there are some positive aspects, such as providing permanent gas tax dollars for predictable long-term infrastructure funding for […]

Alex Atamanenko, MP, (BC Southern Interior) says he’s pleased he will be continuing in his efforts as one of the four members of the official opposition who will sit on the Agriculture Committee. “I know that Malcolm Allen, our Party’s new Agriculture Critic will do an outstanding job representing Canadian farmers,” stated Atamanenko. “He is […]

The New Democratic Party of BC has initiated the first step in the creation of a poverty reduction plan that will put children and families first.   “Seven other provinces and territories have either committed to or have enacted a poverty reduction strategy, yet despite having the highest poverty rate in Canada, the B.C. Liberals […]

First of all, the Israelis created Hamas.  But before we explore that issue, let’s start with a more important one.  Let’s be honest with ourselves.  If we can look at the situation from beyond the confines of current political discourse, and look at the emperor without his “new” clothes, we all know that Israel does […]

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) declared Monday that its nearly 50,000 Canada Post employees will go on strike if a deal with the crown corporation is not reached by Thursday, June 2, at 11:59 p.m. eastern time, or 8:59 local time.   CUPW has presented to Canada Post what it has called its […]

More than 35 people showed up to the Community Forum yesterday to have a look at the city’s draft Official Community Plan (OCP) and offer their own suggestions as to the direction Castlegar should take as it grows in the years to come.  A 98-page document detailing everything from housing specifications to air quality aims ...

The B.C. government’s plan to roll back the HST to 10- per cent (from the originally-planned 12 per cent) is getting mixed reviews in Castlegar.  Finance minister Kevin Falcon announced a plan yesterday that would see the HST reduced in two stages, the first one-per-cent reduction coming July 1, 2012 and the second on July ...