High-end digital equipment plus broadband equals new opportunities for the Civic Theatre
The Civic Theatre Society wants to broadcast Nelson’s culture and ideas to the world, not just bring in movies. That was one of the messages of Civic Theatre board member Don Johnson in a presentation to Nelson City Council on May 20. “With the state of the art digital capabilities we will have, we can make sure we give the...
LETTER: 70+ hours unpaid overtime in Slocan tragedy nets school psychologist pay dock for `job action`
May 27, 2014 Christy Clark, Premier Via email. RE: $596.82 pay deducted for 70 hours of overtime? Dear Ms. Clark: Today wasn’t a great day for me personally. Neither was yesterday. Nor last week. Not even the week before. In fact, difficult days have been the norm since I was pulled away from preparing Mother’s Day brunch for...
Interim Trail/Warfield recreation deal paves way for new councils as election looms
The City of Trail and the Village of Warfield have reached a new recreation and library agreement. “Our five-year agreement expired in January and we didn’t renew it,” said Bert Crockett, the mayor of Warfield. “So we met with [Trail] and the negotiations broke down. We figured what they were asking was too much. We opted to...
Rotating teacher strikes to continue; community rallies
Rotating teacher strikes will continue next week, with instruction brought to a halt in every school district for another full day (in SD 20, that will be June 2, and June 5 for SD 8. See end of story for all district schedules). “On Monday, June 2, schools and other SD20 locations will be picketed by members of the BCTF,” ...
Trail begins consultation via mail with residents impacted by boundary extension
Residents who will be effected by the City of Trail's proposed boundary extension can expect to receive a letter this week (if they haven't already) asking them whether they support the move, according to Trail CAO David Perehudoff. “The (expansion) process is still underway and no approval has been provided,”...
SD 20 track meet cancelled; parent-based alternate event on tap
The School District 20 annual elementary track and field meet has become the latest casualty of ongoing strife between the province and its teachers, as day two of rotating job action in the district unfolds. The following letter was issued to local parents yesterday by SD 20 Superintendent Greg Luterbach: Dear Parents, With...
Okanagan Correctional Centre breaks ground
There was a ground-breaking ceremony last week as the Province, Osoyoos Indian Band (OIB), local community and construction partners donned hard hats to celebrate the construction of the Okanagan Correctional Centre (OCC). The OCC project, located on the Osoyoos Indian Band’s in the Senkulmen Business Park on Highway 97, will...
The Salmon Speak
Since 2005, Eileen Delehanty Pearkes has researched and explored the natural and human history of the rivers of the upper Columbia River Basin. She speaks frequently at conferences and symposia throughout the Basin on the history of the Columbia River Treaty and its effects on Basin residents. She has recently completed a...
Capitol and Civic aim for collaboration, not competition
Can the Capitol Theatre and the Civic Theatre co-exist without stepping onto each other’s turf? This question becomes more relevant with the continuing success and growth of the Civic and its recent staging of live shows, and Capitol’s recent purchase of a projector. One of the people at the centre of the Civic’s growth,...
OP/ED: In defense of our teachers
I originally started to write this as a straight news story, then realized my personal opinions on the matter are too strong to allow me to be certain of balanced reporting, so instead I'm going for an opinion/editorial piece. The issue at hand is current BCTF job action, and the way teachers are getting blamed for greed and...
