It’s impossible to divine anything concrete from the flurry of interesting chatter surrounding Enbridge’s embattled 1,100 km Northern Gateway Pipeline proposal. Alternate routes, Asian energy experts laughing at our stupidity, Enbridge as a straw man to help push through another pipeline to the US…Much of it coming via rumours, hypotheses, and veiled political innuendo. But […]

It’s the easiest way to dismiss what we see going on: a mindless group of hooligans, drunks and thieves wreaking havoc for havoc’s sake — and for profit.And that’s what the “official”  investigations always conclude afterwards. But they’re wrong. There are several common threads that link the disturbances throughout the UK right now, France last year, […]

The decision to keep or nix B.C.’s controversial harmonized sales tax leaves the public’s hands after 4:30 p.m. PT Friday afternoon. That’s when Elections BC starts carefully verifying ballots are from registered voters and tallying up the results. Ballots can be dropped off at any of Elections BC’s five collection centres in the Lower Mainland, […]

The Cascade Power Project at Christina Lake could still be built by 2016 after the Ministry of Environment extended their environmental assessment permit despite opposition from the Regional District of the Kootenay Boundary (RDKB).    “The extension was because we have been unable to get an electricity purchase agreement with B.C. Hydro in their last […]

To the editor:  Let me begin by saying this letter is addressing the enablers… the ones who turn a blind eye to something theyd rather not be aware of. When a situation is worthy of being top national news, it should be just that … not what has happened in our town regarding the abuse […]

The luck of the Irish had nothing to do with this. During the June annual meeting of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities held in Halifax, Nelson Mayor John Dooley was re-elected to his fourth term on the organization’s board of directors. The FCM represents the interests of its 2,000 member municipalities — including Canada’s major […]

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 […]

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 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, […]

 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 […]