Trail and Beaver Valley reach recreation deal
The City of Trail and Beaver Valley (Fruitvale, Montrose and Area ‘A’) are pleased to announce they have successfully negotiated and approved a one-year recreation agreement that will take effect on September 1, 2015. Beaver Valley will contribute $125,000 for the one-year term which will allow their residents to use Trail...
Clark Government shakes up cabinet
In a somewhat surprise move, Premier Christy Clark announced the following changes in cabinet responsibilities today: Peter Fassbender is now Minister of Community, Sport, Cultural Development and Minister Responsible for Translink. Coralee Oakes is Minister of Small Business, Red-Tape Reduction and Minister Responsible for...
Energy builds on city’s biomass project
The city’s biomass project has achieved critical mass as it moves ahead in earnest with the next phase of its alternative heating project for the downtown. Utilizing biomass from locally collected wood waste, Nelson Hydro is developing the next phase of a low carbon alternative to heating with natural gas, and nailing down ...
Electricity rates to go up next week
Electricity rates are set to increase next month, according to a press release issued by FortisBC this afternoon.The release reads as follows: FortisBC has completed its annual rates review with the BC Utilities Commission (BCUC) and has received approval from the BCUC for a 1.6 per cent increase effective August 1, 2015. The...
Building boosts City of Nelson bottom budget line
The building boom in Nelson will bolster the bottom line as the city’s chief financial officer delivered his second quarter financial update to council recently. Colin McClure said protective services spending is up this year — as was budgeted — in order to manage the bubble that arose in the building sector with several...
Province Provides Selkirk College Funding for New Trades Training Equipment
Selkirk College is receiving $87,000 from the provincial government to purchase new industry-standard technology for its trades programs. As part of B.C.’s Skills for Jobs Blueprint, the government is investing $12 million in 2015-16 for new trades equipment at 14 public post-secondary institutions so students planning to...
CBT and Fortis plugging local communities into energy savings
Several West Kootenay communities will soon be reducing their carbon footprint thanks to $168,000 support from Columbia Basin Trust and FortisBC. Over the next year, participating local governments will work alongside the Community Energy Association (CEA) which will provide expert support to help communities, in FortisBC’s...
New affordable housing project puts council on the spot
A proposed affordable housing project perched on the edge of the city’s downtown is expected to test the resolve of many city councillors who were elected on the issue of creating more low income housing in the city. Jim Reimer of Kootenay Christian Fellowship and Robert Stacey with COVER Architectural Collaborative Inc....
Warm and fuzzy not the norm following last November's municipal elections
If the screams for help are any indication it would seem a few town councils aren't settling in so well following last November's elections. Couple of common themes: the life expectancy of what may be the most risky job in civic life and old-fashioned collegiality. Since the last tally, a few more towns have said "au revoir"...
CBT annual report shows $22 mill invested in Basin
As it approaches its 20th anniversary, Columbia Basin Trust is pleased to announce 2014/15 was another year of strong support to the area it serves in the Columbia Basin. Over the year the organization delivered nearly $22 million in programs and services to communities and residents, $17 million in new loans to Basin businesses...
