City Abandons Boundary Extension Initiative
Following several years of discussions and negotiations, Trail City Council is abandoning the boundary extension initiative that would have seen the City of Trail’s southern boundary extended into Electoral Area ‘A’, including land from the city’s existing southern boundary through to the Columbia Gardens Industrial Park and...
The journey down the road to regulating short-term rentals in the city begins
The city is on the short-term track to regulating the short-term rental market as it has begun to assemble a body of legislation to deal with, not ban, the new genre of accommodations. Although some communities in the province are moving toward banning short-term rentals — not bed and breakfasts — in residential neighbourhoods,...
LETTER: Local postal workers union frustrated over flawed negotiations
Dear Editor On behalf of the women and men who process and deliver your mail and serve you at the Castlegar Post Office, I want to thank the public for your participation in the postal review and especially for your ongoing support during our difficult negotiations with Canada Post. You may remember that on July 2nd, Canada...
Stetski seeking input on how to make every vote count
Kootenay-Columbia MP Wayne Stetski is coming to a coffee shop near you. The NDP member of parliament is hitting the coffee shops in the ridings to get an idea of how to improve Canada's electoral system and ensure that every vote counts equally. "In the last two federal elections, parties that only received 39% of the vote ...
Attorney General’s statement on national inquiry
Attorney General and Minister of Justice Suzanne Anton has issued the following statement regarding Canada’s National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: “Today, the Government of Canada honoured a commitment it made during the federal election to launch a National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered...
B.C. Human Rights Code to include explicit protection for gender identity, expression
Attorney General and Minister of Justice Suzanne Anton introduced legislation Monday to make B.C.'s Human Rights Code more explicit in the protections it affords transgender persons in British Columbia. Bill 27, Human Rights Code Amendment Act, 2016, was passed to include "gender identity or expression" among the protected ...
Op/Ed: The LNG dream remains in the spin cycle
It seems like only yesterday that British Columbians were being told that the province was on the cusp of LNG riches. In fact, it almost was. Last October, Finance Minister Mike de Jong predicted: “We are poised to see the final steps taken. Every step of the way, there have been detractors and naysayers and people who have...
City prepares to bring legislation to the short-term rental market
New rules will be brought to the city’s growing but unregulated short-term rental market next month, once the city institutes several proposed bylaw amendments. City council is looking to pass several draft recommendations for bylaw amendments based on a recent city staff report, and deliver the final product for voting at ...
RDCK Board Meeting Highlights for July
Highlights of Thursday's (July 21) Regional District of Central Kootenay Board Meeting: Nelson Rec Centre to get new Coordinator The RDCK will create a recreation coordinator position at the Nelson for a one-year term. The coordinator will develop opportunities for increased revenues, the development of a Nelson and District...
New Bylaw, Bigger Fines for Being 'Bear Careless'
Another bear story: I heard a noise in the night, outside, at a former residence. Looking out the back door with a flashlight, I saw a disappointed-looking black bear gazing back at me over one shoulder, a bag of flour in her mouth, and a thick trail of flour leading from our neighbour's back porch to the bear. The neighbour...
