FortisBC received 72-hour notice from the Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union (COPE) Local 378 today. FortisBC will be applying to the BC Labour Relations Board to have some electricity work functions designated as essential. No job action can take place until an approved essential services order is in place. The...

Ronald Wright is an internationally acclaimed and best-selling author who has written both fiction and non-fiction.  His 1992 book Stolen Continents:  The New World Through Indian Eyes was chosen as a Book of the Year by the Independent and Sunday Times. Wright was nominated as author of the year by the Canadian Booksellers Association. Wright’s […]

A damning new peer reviewed study, ‘Long term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a Roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize ‘is calling into question not only the safety of genetically modified (GM) food but the stringency of government regulations and assessments.  For the first time, a long term and comprehensive study...

The Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union, local 378 (COPE 378) today announced that its members at FortisBC Inc. (Electric) have given the union a 88 per cent strike vote.   “The strength of this vote is because of the employer’s attempt to attack our benefits,” said COPE 378 Senior Union Representative Brad Bastien in […]

The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is doing its best to preserve wildlife in and around the Creston Valley after purchasing 306 acres (124 hectares) that are frequented by an at‐risk population of grizzly bears as they move between the Selkirk and Purcell mountains. “Protecting this land in the valley bottom is vitally important for […]

Talks have been replaced with information pickets after bargaining between the Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) and CUPE Local 2262 broke down Friday. Unionized staff at the Nelson and District Community Complex set up information picket lines outside the entrance to the pool entrance Friday at 4 p.m. As this was...

“The strong do what they will, the weak do as they must.”  - Thucydides, c. 405 BCE, viewing Greek wars. I teach a history course entitled “Chosen Peoples”: ancient Israelites, pagans and Christians are the topic. With synchronistic wonder, a crisis has come upon us in the Middle East involving Iran/Persia and Israel/Judah....

School District No. 8 administration has decided to reduce the number of staff at the board office on Johnstone Road by eliminating the Assistant Secretary Treasurer position, effective Wednesday. “This particular (decision) aligns with our intent that all of our resources as much as possible go directly to the classroom,...

Reading letters to the editor and speaking with individuals here and there in our communities has led me to understand that convincing some people that humans have a part in climate change is about as likely as convincing others that our current MP is doing a good job, or that our MLA belongs to the right party. I've had the...

Greenwood residents are being warned not to use their tap water for anything but flushing their toilets until Interior Health Authority (IHA) has ruled out a possible contamination. Today, Monday Sept. 17, a City of Greenwood crew member discovered the lock on the access hatch to the community's reservoir had been removed by...