Trivia time: who was the last leader of the BC NDP to lead his party to more than 45 per cent of the popular vote in a provincial election? One would have to go back six leaders and eight elections to 1979 when Dave Barrett won 45.99 per cent of the popular vote and still lost the election to Bill Bennett and the Social Credit...

CBC Radio recently aired an interesting interview on with Dr. Paul Kershaw, an associate professor in the College for Interdisciplinary Studies at UBC, who has started an initiative called Generation Squeeze. We’ve all either heard of or personally experienced the Boomerang Generation, where children we thought we had...

The stretch run is on for the May 14 voting day in the 2013 B.C. Provincial Election. Friday the three Nelson/Creston candidates — incumbent Michelle Mungall of the BC NDP, Liberal Greg Garbula and Sjeng Derkx of the Green Party of BC — received a taste of the electorate will be wanting when the trio entertained questions...

By Suzy Hamilton, The Nelson Daily Health care has emerged as one of the key issues of the 2013 provincial election in the Nelson Creston riding, as voters question the future of their health care under a new government. “I believe that the next four years will be critical for the health care of the entire region,” said Dr....

Things are getting interesting - a fourth candidate, independent Glen Byle from Trail, has thrown his hat into the ring for Kootenay West in the upcoming B.C. provincial election. Byle, a 26-year-old medical equipment repairman at KBRH, is also married and the father of a 10-month-old baby. "I am a young voter who never found...

Week two is complete in B.C. Provincial Election. The Nelson Dailyis giving constituents in Nelson/Creston riding a chance to see what the three candidates — incumbent Michelle Mungall of the BC NDP, Liberal Greg Garbula and Sjeng Derkx of the Green Party of BC — are offering when voters go to the polls Tuesday, May 14 with...

After the Nelson transfer station moves to Blewett in 2014, the city-owned part of the land on which it sits will be reclaimed to create a park, as envisioned by the city’s Sustainable Downtown Waterfront Master Plan. The entire lakeshore from Cottonwood Creek east past the mall was used as a dump for garbage and industrial...

There is no accounting for political judgment when it gets caught up in irrational euphoria. The overwhelming victory of Justin Trudeau in the Liberal Party's leadership race demonstrates just how impoverished the state of our political culture has become. Did the polls -- almost completely meaningless at this stage of the ...

By Suzy Hamilton, The Nelson Daily Health and related care and environmental issues topped the questions at the April 23 All Candidates meeting at the Prestige Hotel, where there was standing room only. Economic and education issues came in a strong second. But candidates Michelle Mungall (NDP), Greg Garbula (Liberal) and...

I recently had the opportunity to speak and offer support for Bill C-380, An Act to Amend the Fish Inspection Act and the Fisheries Act, which would prohibit the importation of shark fins not attached to the rest of the shark and enshrine in legislation Canada's prohibition on finning.  This bill was introduced by my colleague,...