A group of South Slocan residents are not taking the move by Fortis BC to install controversial smart meters to the area sitting down. More than 30 protestors rallied at the entrance to the FortisBC South Slocan Generation facility on Highway 3A Saturday (June 14) to protest against the installation of smart meters. The rally […]

Education Minister Peter Fassbender released the following statement on the status of bargaining with the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation (BCTF): “The bargaining teams worked hard through the weekend and progress was made. “On Sunday, the British Columbia Public School Employers’ Association (BCPSEA) tabled a comprehensive proposal to help end the stalemate, get kids back in […]

One thing everyone seemed to agree on at the Community Futures Economic Development Forum held in late May was that the economy is shifting towards broadband dependent industries. And that local communities need to adapt and keep up. Community Futures Central Kootenay hosted and organized the conference at the Prestige Lakeside...

Now that the war of words through the media between the B.C. Teachers’ Federdation and the bargaining agent for the BC Government, the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association, has died down, the two sides are apparently ready to go back to the bargaining table as more than 40,000 teachers spent time Tuesday on the picket […]

The British Columbia Teachers’ Federation (BCTF), the union representing teachers, has informed the school district that they will be engaged in a full day study session on Monday, June 16th, followed by full scale withdrawal of teaching services starting Tuesday, June 17, 2014.  This means that, unless a settlement is reached...

As part of Trail's downtown revitalization plan, the Trail bridge on Highway 3B will have LED lights, both white and coloured, attached to it sometime next year, if all goes according to plan. Trail's Downtown Opportunities and Action Committee is working on raising enough money for the project. “We contributed $5,000 [on...

Castlegar and Embetsu have the longest unbroken sister city relationship in Canada, reaching the quarter-century mark this year. “Twenty-five years ago, there was a signing ceremony in Embetsu, to become twin cities,” said Yuri Kutschera, a member of the Castlegar Educational Exchange Committee. “So we are the longest city ...

Teachers head to the voting booth today and Tuesday to consider whether teachers want to launch a full-scale walkout. The British Columbia Teachers Federation (BCTF) has said the walk out would begin Monday, June 16. The ease the stress of the full-scale strike, the provincial government published a press release on their...

For years Stephen Harper often seemed at war with his own government, so consistently critical were reviews by its various independent oversight agencies. It seems that at least one “independent” body, the Parliamentary Budget Office, is now a little more PMO-friendly. A recent report from the PBO’s new chief Jean-Denis Fréchette declared that thanks to […]

This notice is to inform the public, businesses, residents and tenants on Victoria Street that the City of Trail’s Victoria Street Corridor Project Phase II will becommencing June 9, 2014 with an estimated completion date of August 15, 2014. The work will take place along Victoria Street (from the Rossland Avenue intersection at Gerick Cycle […]