Our current MP doesn't even understand CETA
To the Editor, As most people will recall, the NDP sent out a cartoonish flyer last fall, which discussed the Canada-European Union: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, also known simply as CETA. Since then, there has been much discussion about the issue and recently, our current MP has spent time criticizing both ...
Director says IHA 'blackmailing' hospital board
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyIn a move he characterized as “blackmail,” one regional district director said Interior Health Authority is using a points system for prioritizing capital projects to force hospital boards to fund up to 90 per cent of their cost, far above the legal limit. Regional District of Central...
Nazanin Afshin-Jam presents at upcoming Mir lecture
Nazanin Afshin-Jam is a human rights activist, president and co-founder of Stop Child Executions, former Miss World Canada and Miss World first runner-up and the upcoming speaker for Selkirk College’s Mir Centre for Peace Winter Lecture Series. She will be speaking passionately about the rights of women and children in her ...
Sir John A. Macdonald Day
The man partly responsible for the creation of British Columbia has his day today.It is Sir John A. Macdonald Day, Canada’s first Prime Minister and the second longest serving minister in history. Canada’s current prime minister, Stephen Harper, issued the following statement in recognition of Sir John A. Macdonald Day: “A ...
Midway mill purchase delayed
Delays in investments have forced deadlines to be extended for the purchase of the Midway sawmill by local investors and the Village of Midway. The open offering of shares for sale to raise the needed cash for the purchase started late and as a result the money needed to close the deal was not in place. The original deadline...
Kutenai Place helps save the environment
Energy upgrades at Kutenai Place have saved 36 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions, part of a move to conserve power at public sector buildings across the province. With $156,086 in funding, Kutenai Place was able to trim the tonnage by upgrading through its heating, air conditioning and ventilation systems in the building. ...
Mungall releases second in video trilogy series
Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Mungall is using YouTube to send a video trilogy to Rich Coleman, the minister responsible for Housing. The three video letters focus on CMHA’s proposed 35-unit housing project slated for Nelson’s Anderson Street. “The Anderson Street housing project has been stalled for much too long. Minister...
Mungall comes out in support of recently resigned James
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyThe city’s MLA has come out in support of the now resigned BC NDP party leader, one day after Carole James announced she could no longer keep the fractious party together. Michelle Mungall, MLA for Nelson-Creston, extolled the way James rebuilt the party in the provincial legislature, taking...
An open letter to George Abbott
Note: On Nov. 25 George Abbott announced he was running for the leadership of the BC Liberal Party to replace Gordon Campbell when he steps down.To the Editor,Dear old Dear, Mr. Abbott.I'm afraid we in Nelson can't believe poor old George.He says he is well placed to understand the difficulties of rural British Columbians.He...
Dooley pulls name from race for regional district chair
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily Dooley’s out and Kettle is in as nominations officially opened Thursday for the soon-to-be vacant chair of the regional district board of directors. Mayor John Dooley had entertained the notion of letting his name stand for chair of the Regional District of Central Kootenay board last week...
