Public election hearing slated for Trail
The ninth independent and non-partisan British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission wants your input on the area, boundaries and names of provincial electoral districts to be used for the next two provincial general elections. “Now is the time to have your say and shape your province,” says Commission Chair Justice Tom ...
CBT seeking public input
Columbia Basin Trust is asking residents where it should focus its efforts to best support residents and communities in the Columbia Basin now, and into the future. The Trust is kicking off a year-long Basin-wide public engagement process starting with a series of drop-in community workshops and an interactive engagement...
UPDATED: Bargaining happening in BC Teachers' Labour Dispute
It has been said: No News is Good News. If this is the case then nothing coming out of the labour dispute negotiations between the BC Teachers' Federation and the B.C. Public Employers' Association is, in fact, good news. Media reports said the two sides in the dispute bargained all day Saturday until just past midnight...
OP/ED: A first and last comment on 9-11.
It’s now been 13 years since 9-11, and I’ve never once written a single word about it. I’ve been asked many times, why not? I always said it was because I only cover local news – which was sort of true – but what a cop out. The real reason I never wrote about it was because I felt guilty. Like most people I know, I remember...
RANT: On mental health, YOLO, rainbows and elections
Okay, time to stick my head in the lion’s mouth again. I posted a photo back on Aug. 26 about the city’s new banners reading , “YOLO” and “XOXO” (neither one of which is as bad – or as funny – as the ones with goofy cartoon faces that read, “A Great Place to Grow”, here in marijuana central. Those still make me giggle every...
Youth group hosts firewood fundraiser
Winter is on the way (especially if you live in Alberta)! But fear not, the New Life Assembly will warm more than just your heart, according to pastor James McFaddin. "With the generous help of Kalesnikoff Lumber Co., the New Life Youth group will be selling cords of split and delivered firewood to our community in order to...
Car accident at airport junction injures two
Two people were sent to the hospital with minor injuries this morning after a three-vehicle wreck at the airport junction, according to Castlegar RCMP Cpl. Dave Johnson. “Car One was stopped for a flagger because of the construction there. Car Two was slowing, preparing to stop. Car Three hit Car Two, which then hit Car One,”...
UPDATED: Teachers vote overwhelming for binding arbitration
Teachers from across the province voted overwhelmingly to accept binding arbitration B.C. Teachers' Federation president Jim Iker said Wednesday night during a livestream news conference. More than 30,000 teachers of the 41,000 cast ballots Wednesday in voting with 30,490 of the 30,669 voted "yes" to accept binding arbitration...
Saints and Smokies to square off this weekend
The Selkirk College Men's Hockey program will play their first exhibition games of the 2014-15 season this weekend in a home-and-home series against the BCHL’s Trail Smoke Eaters. The Selkirk Saints will host the Smokies on Friday night at the Castlegar and District Community Complex at 7:00 p.m. and the Smokies will welcome...
Look what's happening in Southern Alberta
If anyone living in the Kootenays thinks the day is going bad, check out what's happening in Cowtown. Wednesday morning, Calgarians opened the blinds to see close to 10 centimetres of snow fall overnight, which just happened to knock out the power so no coffee. It's the second storm this week. An upper disturbance developed...
