Nelson Establishes Sister City Relationship with Kaoma, Zambia
Nelson City Council formalized a municipal partnership (a “sister city” relationship) with Kaoma, Zambia at its meeting on November 5. The partnership will not be an economic one but will be “based on solidarity and friendship,” says Isabel Herzig of Ymir, one of the organizers of the initiative. Kaoma is both a town and...
COMMENT: Arena projects revisited
A review of documents related to projects undertaken in the arena in 2010 and 2011 raises many serious questions and suggests that Mayor Granstrom and Council have not provided adequate oversight for the actions of staff. In December 2009, the City issued a proposal call for the upgrade of the arena roof. Council did not...
Nelson Council Will Negotiate Lease With Civic Theatre Society
The Nelson Civic Theatre Society moved another step forward on November 5 when Nelson City Council voted to sign a letter of intent to negotiate a 20-year lease agreement with the Society to occupy the Civic Theatre. Council’s decision was based on the Nelson Civic Theatre Society’s Feasibility Results and Business Plan,...
Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medal ceremony honours 10 local icons
MP Alex Atamanenko and the Regional District of Central Kootenay Board of Directors will honour 10 West Kootenay icons with Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medals Friday, November 16 in Nelson. “The Board is thrilled to be part of an event that recognizes these 10 outstanding individuals who have contributed so much to our communities...
OP/ED: Give us back our money, tax cheats!
There is a class of people and corporations in this country whose illicit financial practices have an enormous negative impact on the country and its citizens. Yet the law and order regime of Stephen Harper barely plays lip service to the issue of tax evasion through tax havens. While Harper cuts billions from government...
Civic Theatre Agreement, Policing Costs, First Responder Emergency Calls, Partnership with African Community, a Truck for Japan, and More: A Summary of the November 5, 2012 Nelson City Council Meeting
The following is a summary of the November 5 meeting of Nelson City Council. City Commits to Collaboration with the Nelson Civic Theatre Society Council voted to sign a letter of intent to lease the Civic Theatre to the Nelson Civic Theatre Society. The Society requires the letter to bolster its attempts to obtain grant money....
Nelson Council continues to iron out the tax exemption wrinkles, churches spared new taxes for now
Churches were spared when Nelson City Council amended a standing Property Tax Exemption bylaw to exclude every non-profit who would be paying less than $1,000 in property taxes this tax season. Councilor Deb Kozak said the city tax exemption bylaw is a work in progress. When the original was written, taxation, governments and...
Nelsonites rally at City Hall to send message to politicians and Big Oil
Hoping to ride the wave of Monday’s Defend Our Coast sit-in in Victoria, 300 protesters gathered at Nelson City Hall courtyard to send a message to politicians and Big Oil, pipelines and tankers transporting bitumen are not welcome in B.C. “This is a wonderful turnout . . . there are over 300 people here,” organizer Keith...
COMMENT: The great Canadian sell-out
It couldn’t have been clearer in a recent interview for Maclean’s magazine, that International Trade Minister Ed Fast viewed maintaining sovereign control over our public services, investments, intellectual property, environmental protection, government procurement and labour mobility as completely irrelevant in sweeping...
Two Nelsonites join thousands of protesters on grounds of B.C. Legislature at Defend Our Coast sit-in
The B.C. Legislature grounds were packed with thousands of people protesting Northern Gateway Pipeline project at the Defend Our Coast sit-in Monday in the provincial capital. The well-organized sit-in brought together ordinary people, First Nations leaders as well as high-profile several celebrities with one cause — stop the...
