Learning the Ropes: A Discussion with Councillors Kiss and Batycki About Their First Year on City Council (Part 1)
Paula Kiss and Candace Batycki were elected to Nelson City Council for the first time in the fall of 2011, joining a group of re-elected veterans. Both came to council with technical and environmental credentials. For many years, Councillor Batycki has been the Director of Forest Programs for the national organization...
Expect 'significant' changes coming to Area E OCP plan
By Suzy Hamilton, The Nelson Daily Significant changes will be made to the Regional District of Central Kootenay’s Official Community Plan for Area E said the RDCK’s senior planner Meeri Durand. As a result of a public meeting October 24 and written submissions, |“the plan is under revisions and significant changes will be ...
Our Daily Bread Moves Downtown
For the past ten years the Kootenay Christian Fellowship’s Our Daily Bread program has, according to Pastor Jim Reimer, “served over 120,000 nutritious meals to the poor, disenfranchised, elderly and the homeless” from its location at 812 Stanley Street. But soon that work will be done from 520 Falls Street, the building that...
COMMENT: Strategies
The story of the 2012 US presidential election we should pay attention to in Canada is not the performance of the candidates; it is a story of mathematics. The star in this regard is Nate Silver who predicted the outcome of the election with uncanny accuracy. Most pollsters held that the election was too close to call. Silver,...
Join Twitter town hall on skills training in B.C.
Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training and Responsible for Labour Pat Bell is asking the public to join in on a Twitter town hall to talk about skills training in B.C. The first two weeks of the Skills for BC engagement have shown that British Columbians are eager to be a part of the solution, to bring forward ideas ...
Water And Sewer Rate Increase, Churches Can Locate Downtown, Japan Relief Money Not Spent Yet, Skatepark Update, and More: A Summary of the December 3, 2012, Nelson City Council Meeting
The following is a summary of the proceedings at the December 3, 2012, regular meeting of Nelson City Council. Downtown Zoning Changed to Include Church Use Council agreed that the Core Commercial (C1) zone be amended to include “church” as a permitted use. This was done in response to an application by the Kootenay Christian...
Majority of British Columbians support higher taxes, says poll
An opinion research study released today shows the public is ahead of political leaders when it comes to tax policy. It finds most British Columbians — regardless of how they would vote in a provincial election — are in favour of changes to BC’s tax system to ensure everyone pays a fair share and to enable new or enhanced...
OP/ED: A Trudeau insults the West--so what else is new?
At least his father waited until he was in power before he gave the West the finger! But, just as I had suggested, Trudeau the Younger is so arrogant, so self-absorbed, and so dumb he has already insulted--and politically dismissed--an entire Western province, well before seeking the Liberal leadership, let alone becoming...
Shuttle to Red Mountain this season, Gangnam style
Two new shuttle services to Red Mountain Resort have been negotiated for this ski season, one all the way to and from Spokane, and one a short five minute ride between Rossland and Red.Deanne Steven of Tourism Rossland (TR) announced the new services to Rossland’s council at Monday evening's regular meeting. She was particularly...
Nelson Police's 'No Call Too Small' Policy—Out-of-Date Luxury or Progressive Community-Builder?
Should Nelson Police Department (NPD) officers spend some of their work day getting meals and delivering laundry for prisoners, looking after people’s dogs, and finding people rides to and from the hospital? If your answer is yes, it could be because you want the police to be seen as members of the community with lots of...
