COMMENT: Open government isn't about selling access at BC Liberal “power lunches”
IntegrityBC chastised the BC Liberals today for leaving the impression that they're selling access to Margaret MacDiarmid, Minister of Labour Citizens' Services and Open Government, through her presence at a $50 a plate Liberal fundraising lunch tomorrow in Surrey. “There's something incredibly oxymoronic about the minister...
Nelson Contracts Open to European Bidders?
Will the City of Nelson's independence be threatened by Canada's involvement with the European Union in the proposed Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)? At the January 23 council meeting, Sandra Nelken, a local representative of the Council of Canadians, asked Nelson City Council to sign a resolution seeking...
Local businessman Dale Donaldson of Mallard's Source for Sports recognized for years of dedication
By Bruce Fuhr, The Nelson Daily Local owner of Mallard’s Source for Sports Dale Donaldson was recently honoured with the 2011 John Buckner Memorial award during the annual Hockey Buying Show last month in Hamilton. The award, in the memory of John Buckner, a strong advocate of Source for Sports and a mentor to all who knew ...
New meat inspection program planned for B.C. by 2014
The Province has completed a comprehensive review of options for provincially operated meat inspection services at Class A and B licensed abattoirs. This ensures that B.C. continues to provide the most effective, safe meat inspection system possible when the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) steps back from this role. ...
Architect Thomas Loh's Vision for the Restoration and Development of Cottonwood Creek (Video)
The City of Nelson is going to restore and develop Cottonwood Creek from Cottonwood Park to the CPR rail line, creating a network of small public spaces. This will take place mainly in two fragments of the creek on either side of the Baker Street Bridge. In this video, Thomas Loh takes us to the banks of Cottonwood Creek ...
US reduces claim against alleged B.C. Softwood timber violations
Madison's Lumber Reporter has learned that the United States' claim against Canada, for alleged subsidies on British Columbia's timber stumpage rates, has been reduced from US$499 to US$303.6 million. In the American rebuttal of Canada's defense, which was filed on Dec. 23, 2011 but only made public this week, the U.S. Trade...
United States: How the stimulus revived the electric car
By Michael Grabell in ProPublica. A common criticism of President Obama's $800 billion stimulus package has been that it failed to produce anything – that while the New Deal built bridges and dams, all the stimulus did was fill some potholes and create temporary jobs. Don't tell that to Annette Herrera. She was 50 when the ...
Celgar launches $250-million NAFTA claim against Canada over alleged discrimination by B.C. Hydro
By Castlegar Source Mercer International, the parent company of Castlegar's pulp mill, Zellstoff Celgar, is filing a $250-million claim indicating discrimination on the part of B.C. Hydro is costing the company about $19 million of incremental energy sales every year. The claim, according to a Mercer press release issued...
Wireless innovations driving BC economy
We are fortunate in our lifetimes to have seen technology’s amazing ability to “amplify human potential,” as Microsoft founder Bill Gates said so aptly.In the last century, we saw how the automobile, the airplane, the telephone, and electricity transformed our society. In the 21st century, the wireless revolution is transforming...
Housing continues to play a key role in economy
Housing-related spending accounts for more than 20 per cent of Canada’s gross domestic product, contributing about $330 billion to the Canadian economy in 2010 — up 7.1 per cent from $308 billion in 2009. This and other key findings are in the ninth annual Canadian Housing Observer, released today by Canada Mortgage and...
