A SLAPP-happy new (draft) BC Societies Act
So, you think the federal Bill C-51 is bad? It is. And here comes the DRAFT new BC Societies Act, provincial legislation with provisions that will make life even worse for any society that speaks up about anything. If this draft Act is made law, Sections 98 and 99 will enable any person to bring […]
LETTERS in support of MAPP
Editor's note: The Boundary Sentinel has been sent multiple Letters in support of the MAPP project. They've been compiled here, so reader's can see them all at once. Any new letters supporting this project will be added to the top of this page in the order they are submitted. ***** Re: Letter of Support for MAAP Dear Mayor...
COMMENT: Linda Larson talks road construction, tourism, budget and sports
With spring comes road construction and I’m pleased to see the walkway on Lakehill Road in Kaleden underway. While many great people in the community have supported the project, I want to personally thank volunteer Kim Dennis for all her help and collaboration in getting this project to the top of the list for the Ministry ...
RDCK Board Roundup: Funding for disasters; Fire Standards Adopted
News from Regional District of Central Kootenay March Board Meeting: West Kootenay Human-Bear Conflict Working Group Members of the West Kootenay Human-Bear Conflict Working Group made a presentation to the Board on its mandate and current bear bin project. Established in 2012, this multi-stakeholder group consists of biologists, conservation officers, and members of WildSafe […]
RDCK directors give green light to annual five-year financial plan
During Thursday’s monthly board meeting, Regional District of Central Kootenay directors unanimously adopted its 2015 — 2019 Financial Plan. The plan, requiring municipal government to have a plan that projects financial costs over a five-year period, continues to manage the surplus and reserve balances in each of the RDCK’s 160-plus services. “I think things (in […]
AGLG Report on Rossland, Part 2, Released
The Auditor General for Local Government (AGLG) has just released Part 2 of the City of Rossland’s audit, which focused on Capital Procurement Projects and Asset Management. The report concludes that the City needs to build on the asset management work it has already started and to move forward with creating an Asset Management...
Canada: "A Backwater of Ignorance"
On April 14, provincial and territorial leaders are to meet in Quebec City for a special Council of Federation meeting to talk about climate change. Some prominent Canadians — and many others, less prominent but equally concerned — plan to attend a march there on April 11, in an attempt to get a message to […]
Fire department deals with dramatic increase in demands for service
The Castlegar Fire Department is being kept busy with almost half again as many calls this year-to-date as over the same time frame in 2014, according to an emergency services report presented to city council at its regular meeting Monday night. The report indicated that the CFD responded to 104 calls this year so far, as...
Castlegar squares off against Bill C-51
Castlegar residents took to the street last weekend to protest the Harper government’s proposed Bill C-51, a controversial piece of potential legislation garnering negative reactions across the country, even from life-long Neo-Conservatives such as Conrad Black. In Castlegar, upwards of 125 people gathered in Spirit Square ...
Canada Hedges its Bets on Cluster Bombs
The World Federalist Movement has issued a press release about Canada’s new federal legislation ratifying the implementation of the Convention on Cluster Munitions — an international treaty intended to ban the use of cluster bombs. Canada signed the treaty in 2008, but has only now ratified it by passing the implementing legislation. There is widespread […]
