Earlier this month, as public pressure mounted in Fairy Creek, across the province, and right here in the West Kootenays, the BC NDP Government finally honoured the request of the Pacheedaht, Ditidaht, and Huu-ay-aht First Nations, and deferreding (temporarily stopped) old-growth logging in the Fairy Creek watershed and central...

People in the Kootenays and across British Columbia have been raising their voices and expressing their concerns about old growth forests. It is both my duty and my pleasure to bring those voices to Victoria. I wish I could meet with each and every one of you in-person to talk about these and other pressing issues in our...

To The Editor: MP Morrison is committed to ensuring protections are in place to ban conversion therapy in Canada and that the law targets coercive practices, and not conversations, as the Justice Department says the bill (C-6) is intended to do.  Conservatives were hoping for a non-partisan environment to work through the...

Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday that Rob Morrison, Kootenay Columbia MP, is one of five new members of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians.  Chaired by the Honourable David J. McGuinty since its launch in 2017, this multi-party Committee includes representatives from both the...

Kirk Duff appointed to the RDCK Board of Directors Kirk Duff, the newly elected Mayor of Castlegar, has been appointed to the RDCK Board of Directors. The Board ratified the decision based on the recommendation from the City of Castlegar. Councillor Dan Rye, who previously represented the City of Castlegar on the Board, has...

You may have seen the headlines.  A recent Canadian Supreme Court ruling affirmed the Aboriginal Rights of “extinct” Sinixt living in Washington state.  There is a considerable amount of confusion around Sinixt “extinction.” While the landmark ruling in the Desautel case is certainly a cause for celebration, Sinixt are still...

Kootenay Columbia MP Rob Morrison said on the eve of Monday’s Federal Budget, Canada is at a crossroads. Morrison said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s “reimagined” economy is a risky “Ottawa- knows-best” approach that picks winners and losers by deciding which jobs, sectors, and regions of our country will be prosperous. He...

To The Editor: I applaud local MLAs, Tom Shypitka and Doug Clovechok, for standing up to the Provincial government regarding recent restrictions on restaurants. You can be sure that I will doing the same in Ottawa. There is absolutely no reason under the sun why our region should be treated the same, with regards to lockdowns,...

Wayne Stetski will try to unseat current Kootenay-Columbia MP Rob Morrison of the Conservative Party in the next federal election after being officially confirmed as the NDP candidate for the riding at a virtual nomination meeting held Saturday, March 27, 2021. “I am honoured to be able to represent the people of Kootenay...

Residents of the City of Nelson go to the polls Saturday, March 27th to vote on filling the vacant seat after councillor Brittny Anderson resigned to sit as NDP MLA for Nelson-Creston following a win in the October 2020 provincial election. Three candidates — Nicole Charlwood, Josh Wapp and Brenton Raby — will be on the ballot...