More than 680 000 of Canada’s lowest-income seniors will benefit from the largest increase to the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) in a quarter century. The GIS increase, effective in July, is part of Budget 2011. Beginning in July 2011, seniors with little or no income other than the Old Age Security and the Guaranteed...

Public-minded citizens knowledgeable about property appraisal and real estate values can serve their community by becoming a member of the B.C. Property Assessment Review Panel. The Property Assessment Review Panel investigates and adjudicates citizens’ complaints regarding the assessed value, classification and/or exemptions...

Doug Keefe, former Nova Scotia deputy attorney general, and John Furlong, former head of VANOC, will co-chair the independent review of the planning and activities before Game Seven of the Stanley Cup Final, and the violence that followed.  Both co-chairs bring different but complementary sets of skills and experience. The ...

House prices could plummet by as much as 25 per cent, according to a recent report by one of the country’s top economic research consultants. Capital Economics said commodity prices will be retreating and household debt will be at a record high, driving down housing prices, in their most recent Canada Economic Outlook, issued...

If you have ever been interested in the sky, then this is your night. On Saturday evening (indoor/outdoor event) at Taghum Community Hall — 5915 Taghum Hall Road by the old Taghum Bridge — people can learn the basics of telescope building with Marilyn Roberts. They’ll also get to see a demonstration of how to grind a mirror....

First they were locked out. Then they were legislated back again. Now postal workers in some parts of the country are being handed a new delivery policy telling them they can't deliver the mail even though they are back on the job. In Montreal, Windsor, Hamilton, Scarborough and Kitchener, letter carriers reporting for duty...

Teachers in School District No. 8 and across the province voted in favour of a strike if the negotiations on a new contract aren’t successfully concluded. Around 90 per cent of the 70 per cent of teachers that cast ballots called for strike action in September. The B.C. Teachers Federation said the strike would mean teachers...

The public is invited to review and provide comments on the proposed objectives contained in the draft Old Growth Management Areas land use order, an element of the Province’s Coastal Douglas Fir strategy. The draft objectives apply to Coastal Douglas-fir (CDF) plant communities within Old Growth Management Areas identified...

Driver courtesy is taking a hit these days in Nelson and across the province, which can put all road users in danger and increase the risk of road rage. Half of drivers in a recent Ipsos Reid survey conducted on behalf of ICBC across the province said that drivers in their community are less courteous on the road than they ...

Christine Sutherland used to sing the sugar blues (and caffeine too).  Today she shares her food successes with Lee Reid, Nelson’s clinical addictions counselor, and together they have designed a contemporary healing program for people with an overly enthusiastic relationship with sugar. For the past year, Lee and Christine...