LETTERS in support of MAPP
Editor's note: The Boundary Sentinel has been sent multiple Letters in support of the MAPP project. They've been compiled here, so reader's can see them all at once. Any new letters supporting this project will be added to the top of this page in the order they are submitted. ***** Re: Letter of Support for MAAP Dear Mayor...
COMMENT: Linda Larson talks road construction, tourism, budget and sports
With spring comes road construction and I’m pleased to see the walkway on Lakehill Road in Kaleden underway. While many great people in the community have supported the project, I want to personally thank volunteer Kim Dennis for all her help and collaboration in getting this project to the top of the list for the Ministry ...
Fire department deals with dramatic increase in demands for service
The Castlegar Fire Department is being kept busy with almost half again as many calls this year-to-date as over the same time frame in 2014, according to an emergency services report presented to city council at its regular meeting Monday night. The report indicated that the CFD responded to 104 calls this year so far, as...
Castlegar squares off against Bill C-51
Castlegar residents took to the street last weekend to protest the Harper government’s proposed Bill C-51, a controversial piece of potential legislation garnering negative reactions across the country, even from life-long Neo-Conservatives such as Conrad Black. In Castlegar, upwards of 125 people gathered in Spirit Square ...
Council approves plan to put $184,000 for NDCC in reserves, Newell says funding is being used as a 'weapon'
Nelson city council has decided to play ball with the RDCK and keep the $184,000 grant for the Nelson and District Community Centre (NDCC) on the table, but with conditions that don’t sit well with RDCK Area F Director Tom Newell. After the city decided to withdraw the $184,000 earlier this year due to concerns about the...
B.C. launches 10-year transportation plan
The B.C. government announced Tuesday B.C. on the Move, a 10-year transportation plan that outlines critical investments and improvements throughout the province that will improve the daily lives of British Columbians. This $2.5-billion plan will grow the economy, improve safety, maintain and replace aging infrastructure and...
City Council Notes - $184k for NDCC to stay - for now; City to review corporate safety plan; Electrical rate hike gets final nod
Nelson city council convened early on Monday, at 1 p.m., to allow councilors and the mayor to attend a talk by author and climate activist, Tom Rand at the Capitol Theatre. The hot item on Monday’s special meeting agenda was the matter of the $184,000 grant for the Nelson and District Community Complex, which council contemplated...
Letter: Bill C-51 — more than a chill on back of neck
To the Editor: Got that chill running down the back of your neck? It could already be Bill C-51. Bill C-51, the so-called “secret police act” could already be putting a serious chill on public debate and democracy in Canada. Here in Nelson, BC, I went to a protest of the bill on (Saturday) March 14th with over 150 other people....
Council to create connections with kids
City councillors Florio Vassilakakis and Bruno Tassone met with SD 20 school board representatives last Monday during the board’s regular meeting to pitch an idea designed, not to bring youth into civic politics, but rather to bring civic politics to our youth. “I thought Florio’s idea was an excellent one, and I thought it...
Kootenay/Columbia NDP ready to tackle Harper Conservative plan
Voting day is more than six months away, but already members of the Kootenay Columbia NDP are in full swing trying to oust Conservative MP, David Wilks and Prime Minister Stephen Harper. A full house of supporters attended Campaign Kick Off in Cranbrook Sunday (March 15) with candidate Wayne Stetski voicing what he's heard ...
