BC Southern Interior NDP MP, Alex Atamanenko recently announced that he will not be seeking re-election in the next federal election, so the race will soon be on to find a successor to tackle what could be a tough race under new electoral boundaries. Atamanenko, 68, said he decided not to run in the next election scheduled ...

The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MoTI) and the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) have both contributed financially to the City of Trail’s Victoria Street Revitalization Project. The ministry has provided $125,000 in funding with ICBC contributing $28,400 towards the city’s key revitalization...

Here is a recap of Greenwood news for the past week.  GW to start heritage project  At their Oct. 28 meeting, Greenwood city councillors approved a joint project with the Greenwood Board of Trade and the Greenwood Heritage Society to place signs on heritage buildings in the downtown area for tourists. The signs will provide...

This notice is to inform the public that as of Monday, Oct. 28, the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MoTI) has started grinding and paving Victoria Street/Highway 3B from the east end of the Gulch to the Victoria Street bridge. The estimated completion date is Nov. 15. Motorists can expect single-lane two way ...

The stage is being set for a showdown between Canada and the US over the post 2014 Columbia River Treaty, as the two countries recently stated radically different visions for the upcoming renewal of the cross-border agreement. The province wants to keep things much as they are with some improvements and more cash flowing from...

By Suzy Hamilton, The Nelson Daily Being Green is all about the freedom to represent your constituents, the interim BC provincial Green Party leader told a  dinner crowd of about 100 at the Rod and Gun Club in Nelson Saturday night. “It’s always good that the other parties know we meet at the Rod and […]

BC Southern Interior MP Alex Atamanenko is critical of the latest Budget Implementation Act, Bill C-4. The 300-page bill amends dozens of acts and contains many measures that are not budgetary.  “Once again, the Conservatives are trying to cram through major changes without sufficient study by Parliament.  What is disturbing...

By Suzy Hamilton, The Nelson Daily A room with a view from the top of the White Building may be tempting, but the RDCK is going nowhere until it figures out how much space it needs to adapt to a paperless, modernized workspace. The city of Nelson made a pitch to regional district board members […]

 Over the past year we have heard a great deal about various voter-suppression phone calls or “robocalls,” as they have become known, that were made during the last federal election. Six applicants from six federal ridings sought an annulment under the Canada Elections Act of the 2011 election results in those ridings, based...

A recent headline announced that JP Morgan has reached a tentative $13-billion settlement with the US government for the role it played in creating the 2007-8 mess that left many nations, including Canada, in a prolonged state of economic dysphoria. JP Morgan was a central actor in the play that created this mess. How much ...