Elected MLA's in BC to a head start on campaigning for the upcoming election as the Legislature kicked opened the doors in Victoria for the first day of the session with the Speech from the Throne, which sets the government's agenda for this brief pre-election session. Nelson-Creston MLA says the agenda delivered by the...

Michelle Mungall believes the new climate change action plan recently announced by B.C. New Democrat leader John Horgan will cut carbon pollution, create good jobs, and double the number of British Columbians receiving rebate cheques to offset a higher federal carbon tax the Nelson-Creston MLA said in a media release....

Splat. It would seem British Columbia's 41st general election is well underway. The uproar this week over news that someone may have hacked the B.C. Liberal party's website is a harbinger of things to come, so fasten your seat belts. Lost in the charges and counter-charges over the alleged hack is a characteristic most hackers...

Lacking any permanent connection to his family and culture and without the mental health supports that might have made a difference, an 18-year-old Métis youth in care took his own life in an act of desperation, says an investigative report issued today by British Columbia’s Acting Representative for Children and Youth....

There you are, flat on the floor with crushing chest pain.  "Heart attack!" you think, while the world goes a bit grey and fuzzy.  But you're able to reach your phone and dial 911.  Is this an emergency?  Are the paramedics who come to tend  you essential, or just nice to have, like a clean floor to lie on while you wait for...

A combination of recent events, global politics, and tragedies has inspired a local spiritual director to organize an outdoor vigil at Castlegar City Hall on Wednesday at 4 p.m. Joan Alexander described the intent on the Facebook event page (link at bottom of article)....

In partnership with Selkirk College, the Skills Centre is releasing research to support the development of a poverty reduction strategy for the Lower Columbia Region. The Surviving, Not Thriving report covers several topics from income and employment, to food security, housing, early childhood vulnerability, transportation,...

Selkirk College’s Mir Centre for Peace Lecture series welcomes award winning alternative investigative journalist Amy Goodman to Castlegar this spring. Goodman is the host of Democracy Now, an independent global news program. She’s authored six books and won numerous awards for her work including the Gandhi Peace Award for ...

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And then there were three. Regional District of Central Kootenay Area B director Tanya Wall is tossing her hat into the ring as the Liberal nomination for Nelson-Creston in the upcoming BC Provincial Election. Wall made the announcement through a press release sent out to media Tuesday afternoon. “We need an MLA who will roll...