Premier Christy Clark issued the following statement on the death of former Premier William (Bill) Bennett after it was announced that the former BC Premier died Thursday night in Kelowna at age 83. Bennett had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease for several years. Bennett succeeded his father, former premier W.A.C. Bennett...

Some confusion is plaguing residents after the Castlegar and District Recreation Commission unveiled a draft master plan at two open houses on Monday. The plan (which can be viewed in its entirety online by clicking here ) is a weighty document of 212 pages, and includes the majority of the options on the Castlegar wish-list...

The social equation will factor into the recommendation given to the Interior Health Authority board in March when they are called upon to decide the future of laundry services — and 17 fulltime jobs — at Nelson’s Kootenay Lake Hospital, claims the IHA’s new president and chief executive officer. Chris Mazurkewich said Monday...

The day after “Rekindle the Spirit of Christmas” in Rossland, the South Okanagan-West Kootenay riding association of the Green Party of Canada will hold its AGM at the Old Firehall in Rossland, at the corner of Queen Street and First Avenue.  On December 6, at 1:00 pm, the meeting will open to Green Party of […]

By Richard Cannings, Member of Parliament  for South Okanagan-West Kootenay: News from Parliament Hill has been overshadowed in the past two weeks by news of tragic events in Beirut, Paris and Mali.  The terrorists that carried out these attacks may have had different local political goals, but they had one overarching aim in mind—to sow […]

There’s an insidious either/or mentality invading our political lexicon that I think is actually becoming an outstandingly effective camouflage for genuine evil, and it’s making me crazy to see how few people seem to realize how totally they are being manipulated by it. It starts off benign enough – in fact, in such a stupid...

The city’s solar garden project is over half way to realization after the launch of pre sales last week and city council’s final stamp of approval. City council gave its blessing to the program last week by bestowing the authority to Nelson Hydro to begin pre-selling panels, as well as selecting the city’s Bonnington Generating […]

Castlegar citizens will come together to demand climate justice from our leaders on the eve of the Paris UN climate summit. The rally will be at the Celgar Pavilion in Millennium Park on Sunday, November 29 at 2pm. There is also a march starting at City Hall leaving precisely at 1:30pm to arrive at the Pavilion for the rally’s...

Dear Premier Clarke, Katrine Conroy MLA, Richard Cannings MP, Prime Minister Trudeau, Castlegar Community Harvest Food Bank can no longer meet the needs of the working poor. We can not continue to rob Peter to pay Paul. We do not have the capacity to raise any more funds than we already do. We operate 100-per-cent on volunteers...

There's something about local government that brings out the worst in some people. Staff get spat on. Mayors and councillors are often the victims of what can only be described as cyberbullying. In some towns, process servers would be well-advised to offer volume discounts to local governments. It takes place every which way...