City CUPE workers announce full strike action to start Nov. 8
In a press release issued at noon on Wednesday, city workers announced they will be taking full strike action by the end of this week, with picket lines in place by Saturday. "CUPE 2262 members who work for the City of Castlegar have issued 72-hour strike notice of a full withdrawal of service," read the release. "CUPE 2262...
Four Prime Questions about Harper’s Response to Ottawa Shooting
Two weeks after the senseless murder of a soldier on Parliament Hill (and another earlier in Montreal) there are several things we know and many we don’t. Obvious questions have been asked and inconvenient ones have been left aside. We know — and indeed could predict one second after the shooting — that Stephen Harper would...
Council relationship fine, ‘sustainable lens’ in all decisions, says incumbent John Dooley
The EcoCentric host Bruce Edson rolled out the red carpet to all candidates for the mayor's chair in Nelson. All three candidates, current Nelson City Councilor Deb Kozak, retired Nelson Police officer Pat Severyn and incumbent Mayor John Dooley, graciously accepted the invitation of The EcoCentric host Bruce Edson. In the ...
Corrupt elevations: killers of Canadian soldiers and the Jian Ghomeshi scandal
Is Canada at war? This is not the simple question it once was. We have witnessed the steady degradation of language, as Orwell predicted, so that “war” has been cheapened by repetition. War on poverty, war on drugs, war on diseases, etc. have left us jaded about the meaning of war. War on terror is another such phrase with ...
Municipal Election 2014: Challenger Marken takes on Incumbent Faust in RDCK Area E
Two-term incumbent Ramona Faust and challenger Rick Marken square off in Area E elections Saturday, November 15 to see who will represent Blewett, Balfour, Harrop and Proctor around the board table of the Regional District of Central Kootenay. Faust, who has lived in the area for the past 40 years, has worked in a management...
'Speed candi-dating' kicks off Nelson pre-election forums
About 100 people went on a series of eighteen dates in Nelson last night. In the public library. For three minutes each. And they seemed happy to talk with their dates about nothing but politics. Speed Candi-dating is modeled after speed dating, a formalized matchmaking process designed to help people meet large numbers of ...
LETTER: New NDP MP Candidate introduces himself
I was recently honoured to be chosen as the NDP candidate in the new federal riding of South Okanagan-West Kootenay. I thank all who took part in the nomination election process. I especially thank and congratulate my fellow candidate, Margaret Maximenko, and her team, for a tremendous campaign—a campaign that added hundreds...
COMMENT: City of Trail offers strongly-worded response to criticism
The City is responding to Mr. Norm Gabana’s Letter to the Editor, Bridge Reports and Statements Differ, that was published in the Trail Times on Oct. 23. Mr. Gabana is the individual who initiated a petition against the City’s Loan Authorization Bylaw 2775 that was advanced to provide the City with authority to borrow up to...
Op/Ed: Need "Good" reason to run for council
This Op/Ed was originally shared on a Boundary Facebook group and then sent to us for publication. Ever wonder what motivates a person to run for municipal council? While some run with the best of intentions, some folks have really bad, or at least really misguided, motives. Here are my top five bad reasons to run: 1) “People...
City council candidate Jason Peil: 'Council should do more asking and listening.'
This Q&A session with council candidate Jason Peil is the seventh in a Nelson Daily series with candidates for Nelson City Council in the November 15 municipal election. Previous articles have featured council candidates Anna Purcell, Charles Jeanes, John Paolozzi, Michael Dailly, Valerie Warmington, and Brian Shields. ...
