Water Management and Climate Change: Conference
Living Lakes Canada, Columbia Basin Trust, the Columbia Basin Watershed Network and Selkirk College are inviting everyone and anyone in the Columbia Basin with an interest in the region’s water resources to join a dialogue that has the potential to protect communities from water challenges in the face of climate change. The...
British Columbia to fight softwood lumber duties
Premier John Horgan recently re-affirmed his commitment to stand-up for British Columbia workers, families and communities in light of the latest development in the softwood lumber dispute. The United States Department of Commerce has announced its final determination of duties of 20.83% to be applied to the majority of...
Study shows feds taking higher income taxes from 60 percent of lower-income families
The majority of lower-income families in Canada with children are paying higher income taxes now because of the federal government’s tax changes, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank. “Ottawa has enacted a series of tax changes that have...
$5.8 billion doesn't go as far as it once did at B.C. Hydro
It started out innocently enough. One task: how successful were the cuts at B.C. Hydro following former premier Christy Clark's “hard look” at the Crown corporation in 2011? Annual reports from some Crown corporations have gone the way of the dodo bird – the numbers now buried in their three-year service plans – so first step:...
Letters: Local Councils should follow fearless lead!
To The Editor: Accountability. Local city councils in the Kootenays should follow the examples of Victoria, Saanich and the District of the Highlands, who voted nearly unanimously to send a "Climate Accountability Letter" to 20 of the world's largest fossil fuel companies, asking the companies to pay their share of the...
Nelson-based Can Filters sold to American Gardening Company
The face of Nelson business landscape is changing after Hawthorne Gardening Company, based in New York, New York, purchased Can-Filters. The purchase was announced in a media release Wednesday by Can-Filters co-owner Dennis Langlois. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. “We’re extremely excited to be part of the Hawthorne ...
City gets on board with move to oppose reductions to Greyhound service to Nelson
A recent proposal by Greyhound Canada to cut bus services on a route that serves the Heritage city has city council turning to the community to petition the provincial transportation board. City council passed a motion Tuesday night during its regular meeting to send a letter to the Passenger Transportation Board (PTB) — an...
Added prescription to Canadian mortgage rules unnecessary, could increase costs for homebuyers
Requiring a stress test for Canadians who provide at least a 20 per cent down payment to purchase a home is an unnecessary step that could negatively affect homebuyers across Canada, finds a new study by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank. Canada’s financial regulator, the...
Sears Nelson owner switches gears with Tuesday’s liquidation announcement by parent company
Sears Canada dropped a bombshell on its employees Tuesday with the announcement that the beleaguered retail chain is applying to Ontario’s Supreme Court of Justice to liquidate its remaining stores and assets. In a news release, the company arrived at its decision to liquidate after “exhaustive efforts” found...
Report says small biz families see no net benefit from income sprinkling
The benefits of small-business income splitting, also known as income sprinkling, are concentrated amongst Canada’s richest and not used by the vast majority of families declaring small business income, according to new myth-busting research from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). The report examines one of...
