by Rossland Telegraph on Thursday Jun 22 2017
By Gaelle Gourmelon; article from WorldWatch Institute
You’re standing at the store, a bottle of shampoo in each hand. Your gaze circles from one label to the other, and your mind runs 10 simultaneous comparisons to decide which bottle you’ll bring home. Blue is, after all, your...
by Contributor on Thursday Jun 22 2017
By Carol Linnett. This article is from DeSmog Canada.
While news of Saskatchewan’s plan for a small geothermal power plant was met with excitement by renewable energy advocates...
by Community Futures on Sunday Jun 11 2017
Sometimes it doesn’t take much to kick-start a business or help it grow.
According to a study by Intuit Canada, more than half of all small businesses in Canada get off the ground for less than $5,000 and that number is even higher (77 per cent) for sole proprietors. But that $5,000 can be difficult to borrow if you’re just starting out, have little or no credit history, and/or no...
by Rossland Telegraph on Friday Jun 09 2017
The Broadbent Institute and the Fraser Institute come up with different figures when analyzing the "tax burden" of Canadians. There's a report produced by statistitian Richard Shillington and economist Robin Shaban for the Broadbent Institute that explains the differences: "...
by The Fraser Institute on Friday Jun 09 2017
Canadian families celebrate Tax Freedom Day on June 9 this year, according to the Fraser Institute’s annual calculations.
Tax Freedom Day measures the total yearly tax burden imposed on Canadian families by federal, provincial and municipal governments. If you had to pay all your taxes up front, you’d give government every dollar you earned before Tax Freedom Day.
“It...
by CBT on Friday Jun 09 2017
Canadian astronaut Colonel Chris Hadfield thrives in change. He became an astronaut in 1992 and went on to become the first Canadian to walk in space, operate the Canadarm in orbit and command the International Space Station. He has since become a bestselling author and sought-after public speaker, sharing his experiences about managing complexity and change.
Which makes him a perfect...
by Contributor on Thursday Jun 01 2017
Kootenay Insurance Services Ltd. (KIS Ltd.) announced Thursday that it has purchased McBain Insurance Agency in Summerland.
John Sullivan, CEO of Kootenay Insurance Services and Kelly Marshall, CEO of Summerland Credit Union made the announced in a prepared statement.
“This provides a great opportunity for Kootenay Insurance to expand beyond the Kootenay Region with two companies...
by Dick Cannings MP on Wednesday May 31 2017
Two weeks ago, I had the pleasure of taking in Trail Silver City Days festivities: the pageant, the parade, and more. The people of Trail proudly celebrated their history that weekend, and that history has a distinctly Italian flavour, with a spaghetti-eating contest, grape stomp, and bocce tournament.
The local Italian community has had a truly national impact. Two of the big players...
by Rossland Telegraph on Tuesday May 30 2017
It's official: The Green Party of BC and the BC NDP have reached an agreement on managing a minority government for the next four years. For the full wording of the agreement,...
by Contributor on Wednesday May 24 2017
By Judith Lavoie. This article is from DeSmog Canada.
A plan to form a new, independent wildlife management agency in B.C., which would relieve the provincial government from managing contentious wildlife issues such as grizzly, wolf and caribou populations, is generating anxiety among some conservation groups who fear the structure of the...
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