Pro driver slams Emcon after harrowing crash
Emcon (our regional road maintenance contractor) is once again under fire after only the second significant snowfall of the season (see last year’s story by clicking here https://castlegarsource.com/news/emcon-answers-uproar-after-record-snowfalls-22622#.VKGxwdWk0 ) This, after Castlegar resident James Mckenzie, 44, was on his...
Holiday hinders council ratification of labour agreement
Logistics are standing in the way of city council ratifying the tentative agreement with striking city workers (CUPE Local 2262), according to Mayor Lawrence Chernoff. “I have three councillors out of town for the holiday,” Chernoff said. “For a vote like this, we can only have one councillor participating on the phone or...
Strike ends on Christmas Eve as union ratifies new deal
Christmas Eve has brought with it an end to Castlegar’s first-everlabour dispute, ending more than five weeks of conflict. The union issued the following release on Dec. 23: Striking Castlegar civic workers have ratified a new collective agreement. The 35 members of CUPE Local 2262 voted overwhelmingly last night to accept ...
Trail says 'no' to regional airport study; sticks to Trail Regional Airport plan instead
The City of Trail would like to clarify that it does not support the proposed Regional Airport Study being developed through the West Kootenay Economic Development group. The City of Trail will be moving forward with the Trail Regional Airport Plan that will advance options to improve and enhance current operations, infrastructure...
Striking city workers reach tentative deal
CUPE Local 2262 civic workers and the City of Castlegar have reached a tentative new collective agreement. The deal was reached this afternoon following two days of mediated talks. It must still be ratified by both sides. CUPE 2262 is holding a ratification meeting this evening. The city workers have been on strike since...
New study explores building housing on Youth Centre roof
The roof on the Nelson and District Youth Centre (NDYC) leaks and it is not repairable. So if the city, which owns the building, is going to spend the estimated $100,000 required to replace it, why not add two storeys of housing on top, and find a way to fund it? Former city councillor Paula Kiss of the Cascadia Green Building...
BCLC saves money by spending more
It appears the way the B.C. Lottery Corporation saves money is by spending more. The BCLC tried saving money by offering buyouts, but the planned failed miserably when more employees took the gold-plated offer, that cost the crown corporation $25 million. BC Minister of Finance Michael de Jong said Wednesday the lottery...
Mayor speaks to issue of damaged snowplow
In a politically-driven Facebook forum called The Castlegar Podium, striking union member Darrel Bojechko was expressing upset over the amount city managment are being paid to handle essential services such as snowplowing in the union's absence, and added, "And I might add they have done thousands of dollars damage to the...
City/union to resume mediated talks
The City of Castlegar has initiated mediated talks with CUPE Local 2262 (striking city workers) to begin this coming Monday, according to Mayor Lawrence Chernoff. Chernoff said David Schuab, the Labour Relations Board mediator who wrote recommendations for settlement on Sept. 22 of this year, will be mediating the discussion....
Approval of Site-C Dam project a major step backwards in Provincial Government relations with BC First Nations
First Nations Summit leaders are denouncing today’s decision by the Government of BC to approve BC Hydro’s Site-C Dam project on the Peace River, approximately seven kilometers west of Fort St. John in northeastern BC. The proposed dam will result in the flooding and destruction of 5,550 hectares of land within the traditional...
