Interfor Resumes Operations at Grand Forks Sawmill
Another positive sign Grand Forks is getting back to a bit of normalcy after the Great Flood of 2018 happened Wednesday when Interfor Corporation announced that it resumed operations at the Boundary City sawmill. Management had closed the sawmill in Grand Forks for the past two weeks due to following severe flooding in the ...
Small business startups in Canada on the decline
The growth rate of small business startups in Canada — a key measure of entrepreneurial activity — is on the decline due, in part, to the country’s aging population, finds a new book released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank. “Entrepreneurs drive innovation and...
Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction to reimburse funds wrongfully withheld from welfare recipients
Following a complaint to the BC Ombudsperson, Jay Chalke, an investigation determined that the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction had failed to follow the law in calculating entitlement to income assistance benefits. The Ministry had improperly imposed a policy of a one-month suspension the earnings exemption,...
Expanding CPP could decrease investment in Canada during next decade
By forcing Canadian workers to contribute more to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP), Ottawa and the provinces will inadvertently shrink the pool of money available for investments in Canada — potentially up to $114 billion by 2030, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian...
New from the Kootenays: 'The VinylCast'
New goings-on in the Kootenay music world: a local group is putting a new spin on the resurgence of vinyl with a brand-new project. It’s called The VinylCast, and it aims to deliver music on vinyl to music lovers – right to their doors. (Or post offices, as the case may be.) It launches globally this month, and will also ...
3,000 new B.C. jobs with Amazon by 2022
Premier John Horgan and Bruce Ralston, Minister of Jobs, Trade and Technology, have issued the following statement in response to Amazon’s announcement that it will create 3,000 new jobs in British Columbia by 2022, in addition to the 1,000 new jobs the company announced in November 2017: “Today’s announcement by Amazon...
Affordable Housing Projects to Receive Funding
ROSSLAND -- The Government of British Columbia is working with the Columbia Basin Trust to build 167 new homes for people struggling to find housing they can afford, in ten Kootenay communities. Rossland will receive funding to develop 24 housing units, planned to be built on the western side of the land known as “the Emcon...
Stetski Allocates more than $625,000 for Kootenay-Columbia Student Jobs
MP Wayne Stetski was instrumental in awarding $625,097 in federal assistance to create summer jobs for Kootenay-Columbia students. The Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ) Initiative contributes annually to aid in creating jobs for secondary and post-secondary students. The federal government provided $625,000 this year earmarked for...
Advertorial: Four Nations — a business that connects people to nature
Everyone knows the Slocan Valley is one of the most peaceful and beautiful places in the world to reside. But did you know that nestled in the picturesque valley are many successful small businesses. One of those success stories is the Four Nations Coalition of Indigenous Medicines. This new business, located in...
It's not easy, but don't give up — Nelson's Young Entrepreneurs
Future entrepreneurs took to the Dance Bear Inn on Baker Street Monday night to hear what a local panel of Millennial Generation people had to say about operating a business in today’s environment. With MC Matt DeVito of Vince DeVito Shoes leading the forum as MC, entrepreneurs Jobina Mah of KC Restaurant, realtor Luke Mori...
