New transfer station for garbage and recycling to open July 8
Nelson’s new transfer station for garbage and recycle materials near Pacific Insight will open on Tuesday, July 8. The last day residents may take garbage to the old site on the lakefront will be Saturday, July 5, and both stations will be closed on Monday July 7. The recycling bins at the Lakeside site will remain for the ...
B.C. preserves local governments' tax revenues from medical marijuana growers
The Government of British Columbia is excluding federally-licensed medical marijuana production from the list of agricultural uses that qualify for farm classification for assessment and property tax purposes. The decision will ensure local governments do not lose potential property tax revenues from the Health Canada...
COMMENT: Pensions are not only a seniors’ problem – Part 2
In part one I wrote about the unjust decision to increase the eligibility age for Old Age Security (OAS) to 67 and a variety of options to save for retirement. There are also all sorts of self-help manuals and financial advisors who can give you a good advice on how to plan for your financial needs when you retire. (So far ...
City breaks its own law on bear-proof garbage, Hall Street reno moves forward, Nelson Cares asks for contribution to Ward Street upgrades, and more: Nelson City Council June 23, 2014
The following is a summary of the meeting of Nelson City Council on June 23, 2014. Bear Aware coordinator asks council to follow its own rules Joanne Siderius (WildSafe BC Community Coordinator for Nelson) and Frank Ritcey (WildSafe BC’s Provincial Coordinator) asked council to replace four garbage cans on city property...
Nelson/Creston MLA named to Deputy House Leader post
Nelson/Creston MLA Michelle Mungall is getting a promotion inside the BC NDP Party. Mungall, with a knack for tenacity and tact in standing up for Kootenay priorities in the BC Legislature was named Deputy House Leader by John Horgan, the new Leader of the Official Opposition. “Our team has the benefit of tremendous energy...
Conflict escalates as teachers union says 'no' to Grade 10 and 11 report cards
Protests and rallies are being held throughout the Kootenays today, including in Castlegar, as the conflict between the BC Teachers Federation and the provincial government continues to escalate. Kootenay Columbia Teachers Union president Andy Davidoff issued a release today indicating teachers will not be issuing report cards...
As summer begins, BC Government announces changes to the way alcohol is consumed
As part of its Liquor Policy Review, the BC Government has made some changes to the way alcohol is consumed in the province. Friday, the government introduced the minimum price an establishment can charge is $3 for a drink - which, for example, would buy a 1.5 ounce cocktail, a five ounce glass of wine or 12 ounce sleeve of...
COMMENT: 'Class Composition' is more than an abstract bargaining term in the current BC teachers' strike
Our Canadian school system is based on many principles, but one central theme is the concept of 'inclusion'. If you don't like the idea of Inclusion, of your child going to school with someone with autism, anxiety, downs, dyslexia, or other learning needs, then one of the private schools with rigorous screening-out processes...
Bargaining in teacher's strike going nowhere — BCTF president calls for mediator
Miles apart? Try light years. "We are not even close in where we need to be in order to get a negotiated agreement," B.C. Education Minister Peter Fassbender said Thursday after the two parties in the teacher's strike took to the media to explain their sides. “BC teachers have put forward a fair and reasonable framework for...
Canada’s failure to uphold the human rights of Indigenous peoples in its approval of Northern Gateway
BC Assembly of First Nations, First Nations Summit, Union of BC Indian Chiefs, Amnesty International Canada, Canadian Friends Service Committee (Quakers), Chiefs of Ontario, Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee), Indigenous Rights Centre, Indigenous World Association, and KAIROS:...
