Rossland’s Trail Creek Trail was the lone West Kootenay recipient of $25,000 worth of cycling infrastructure as the Province invested more than $1 million toward 17 cycling infrastructure projects across BC. BikeBC Cycling Infrastructure Partnerships Program funding supports ongoing work to create bike lanes, separated bike paths and multi-use trails. Funding of up to $100,000 […]

All of the secrets of the Columbia Basin Trust have been cracked open for public viewing — financial investments, spending and program and initiative activities — as the 2010/11 Annual Report and 2011 Report to Residents are now published. The Annual Report reflects CBT’s performance for the 2010/11 year, ending March 31, and details its […]

The launch of a new online database will make it easier for British Columbians to keep track of the people, businesses and industries running afoul of B.C.’s environmental rules. The free database includes a wide variety of compliance and enforcement actions taken by ministry staff and enforcement officers. It includes orders, administrative sanctions, tickets and […]

A new study just published in Nature Geoscience indicates the depth of the fault between the two tectonic plates forming the Earth’s surface in the Pacific Northwest is seven kilometres deeper than previously proposed. Simon Fraser University earth scientist Andy Calvert, the study’s lead author, says he and his colleagues aren’t sure what to make of […]

The B.C. government website (www.gov.bc.ca) has been redesigned to focus on frequently used services, making it easier for families and businesses to find the services they are looking for. The website features DataBC, a new open data site, and Open Information, an information release site as part of government’s commitment to be more connected, open […]

The Province of British Columbia ended the fiscal year with a smaller deficit than forecast. “Better economic conditions and our prudent approach to spending mean we’ve been able to close the deficit gap considerably, ending the year with a deficit of $309 million and keeping us well on course to balance the budget in 2013-14 […]

The City of Nelson took home over $500,000 as the Province handed out its second installment of the Strategic Community Investment Fund (SCIF) — part of a total of $91 million province-wide. The investment includes advance payments of Small Community and Regional District Grants and the Traffic Fine Revenue Sharing program. A first installment was […]

This summer, BC Hydro will begin exchanging existing meters with smart meters across the province. These modern devices are part of an integrated system that measures the flow of electricity through the grid and can capture and record the amount of power that is consumed, and when. Smart meters enable a range of new benefits that […]

Proposals are being sought for new industry-specific programs to provide more skilled workers in the Kootenay region, as well as North Coast, Nechako and Cariboo areas. It’s anticipated that B.C. will have one million job openings in the next 10 years, and much of the demand will be in the Interior and northern B.C. To […]

The City, Vancouver Police and provincial appointees, former Olympic czar  John Furlong and former Nova Scotia deputy justice minister Doug Keefe are all busy investigating what went wrong and led to Vancouver’s latest riot: they will fail. The problem is they all have a lot in common: they all are or have been members of the public establishment, now investigating […]