Council designates $89,686 in CBT grant funding for local organizations
A wide range of community organizations – 28 of them, to be exact – had a very good night last night, as city council offered its recommendations for the disbursement of $89,686 in Columbia Basin Trust Community Initiatives Funding for 2015. These recommendations will then be forwarded to the Regional District of Central...
Budget meeting a bit of a bust
Tuesday’s night open house to unveil the city’s 2015 budget and five-year financial plan could be described in one word, according to Castlegar Mayor Lawrence Chernoff – “disappointing”. He wasn’t speaking to the content of the meeting, for which he applauded city director of financial services Andre Buss, “The presentation...
Trail mayor/staff to meet with ministry officials
Trail Mayor Mike Martin, and the city’s chief administrative officer, David Perehudoff, are scheduled to meet with officials from the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development, the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI), and the Ministry of Health over the next two days in Victoria. These meetings ...
MP pans 2015 budget as a windfall for the rich
Alex Atamanenko, MP says he is disappointed but not surprised by the Conservative Government’s continuing tax breaks for big corporations and Canada’s wealthiest few. “This budget has nothing that will assist the middle class who are the driving force of our economy, nor does it assist those falling below the poverty line,”...
BC government told multi-billion dollar resource road network an asset and a liability
In a new report on the state of access management, the Forest Practices Board estimates that B.C. now has over 600,000 kilometres of resource roads and concludes that the provincial government's information about and management of these roads remains inadequate. "It is extremely difficult for the public and other users of...
West Kootenay Labour Council Hosts May Day BBQ
“The West Kootenay Labour Council (WKLC) invites all residents of the Castlegar area to join us in celebrating International Workers’ Day on Friday May 1,” said Gerry Schmon, WKLC president. Local union affiliates are sponsoring a free barbecue lunch between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the Spirit Square in front of City Hall....
RDCK rejects bids for Balfour/Kaslo Transfer Station Upgrades
It’s getting to sound like a broken record as for the second time in as many weeks the Regional District of Central Kootenay board has rejected bids for a project. Last week the tendering process did not produce a winner according to the RDCK staff for renovations to the Nelson and District Aquatic Centre after […]
LETTER: Local resident urges opposition to Bill C-51
Dear Editor, I would like to urge all citizens of Canada and our local MP Alex Atamanenko, to speak out against Bill C-51. The government’s secret police Bill C-51 is reckless, dangerous, and ineffective: reckless for turning CSIS into a ‘secret police’ force with little oversight or accountability; dangerous for opening the...
Some Interesting Corporate Political Donations to BC Parties in 2014
Children sing that “when you wish upon a star, it makes no difference who you are.” By adulthood, most of us have given up on that idea and a few – just to hedge their bets – donate to political parties rather than testing their luck on a star. And that's what makes the annual financial reports from B.C.'s political parties...
MP Alex Atamanenko to Recieve Honourary Diploma
Selkirk College is recognizing retiring British Columbia Southern Interior MP Alex Atamanenko with a Honourary Diploma in Peace Studies for his contribution to furthering the cause locally and across Canada. The representative for the region in Ottawa since the 2006 federal election, Atamanenko has been a strong national voice for peace as a member of […]
