Improving, creating cycling infrastructure main points in updated active transportation plan
When it comes to active transportation Nelson is one of the leading communities in the nation for people getting around without the use of fossil fuels. Nearly one third of the population in the city commutes by active transportation — 30 per cent, according to a 2016 Census — one of the highest percentages in B.C. (second ...
Province moves to do away with time changes -- at some future date
The Province has introduced the interpretation amendment act to allow for a future move to permanent daylight saving time (DST) after 93% of British Columbian respondents indicated support for the change in a record-breaking public engagement. “British Columbians have said loud and clear that they want to do away with the...
Op/Ed: Until We Meet Again
Psychologists tell us that if you’ve experienced loss it can be healthy to write about it. Let’s see if that’s true… I want to thank the people of Kootenay – Columbia for giving me the honour of being your Member of Parliament for the last four years. Taking my seat in the venerable 95 year old House of Commons (HoC) in 2015...
Conservatives flip Kootenay Columbia riding as Liberals form a minority government
By Jesse Cole The East Kootenays have gone blue as Conservative Party candidate Rob Morrison was declared the winner for the riding late Monday night. Having lived in the riding for the past four decades, Morrison ousted incumbent New Democrat Wayne Stetski by 7,186 votes. In the 2015 federal election, Stetski wrestled the ...
Liberals hang on for minority government while Bloc surge forward and NDP poised for partnership
The Liberal red tide that swept the nation four years ago slowed to a trickle on election day in 2019 but it was enough for the Grits to step back into the shoes of government, albeit in a minority role. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took the Liberals to a repeat as the government of Canada with 156 seats, 14 seats short of...
Today's your last chance to cast a ballot!
Ed. Note: This information was provided by the Columbia basin Rural Developmnet Institute. It is time again to exercise your right to vote! The Federal Election is today - Monday, October 21, 2019. Voting is a valued right enjoyed by Canadian adults. It is a way to exercise our democracy. Our history shows a long and hard...
Column: We owe Greta and the world's youth more than a Nobel Prize
Many people, including me, expected Greta Thunberg to win this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Instead, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali was deservedly awarded for ending more than 20 years of conflict with neighbouring Eritrea.Greta and the young people worldwide urging adults to care about their future don’t need a Nobel....
Advanced polls see 29% hike in voter turn-out
Preliminary estimates indicate a higher turn-out for advanced voting this election, compared to the previous one in 2015, according to a news release issued by Elections Canada. The release said advance polls were open from Friday, Oct. 11, to Monday, Oct. 14,and,for the first time, for 12 hours each day from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m....
Column: Choose your government: Canadians and a perilous future
The moment, the prospects, the significance This is my second and final column on the federal election at hand. I write this feeling very uncertain about what Canadians want from politics. I have just recently told a friend in a conversation about the election – one of many – that I think conservatism in Canada is weak. But...
Question: First three important items upon arriving in Ottawa
As the race for Kootenay Columbia seat in the House of Commons for heats up, The Nelson Daily will poll the candidates periodically with questions regarding the campaign. The six candidates — Abra Brynne of the Green Party, Liberal candidate Robin Goldsbury, incumbent Wayne Stetski of the NDP, Rob Morrison of...
