BC Gov looks to reform local elections to include four-year terms
Mayor John Dooley leading Nelson into the year 2018? That's on the horizon for Nelson voters as the B.C. government looks to introduce legislation during the current legislative session to change local elections from a three-year to a four-year cycle beginning with the 2014 elections. The change, which must be passed in the...
COMMENT: BC's budgetary sleight of hand
The funny thing about provincial budgets is that sometimes they tell you a lot more about a government's attitude than what the politicians might have intended when they first wrote the document. Case in point: most governments like to pat themselves on the back at budget time by highlighting the impact of their fiscal ...
BC Liquor Store back supporting Dry Grad
BC Liquor Store customers are invited to support alcohol-free events for graduating high school students by donating $1 or more at the cash register to the Support Dry Grad campaign between Monday, February 24 and March 31. Contributions by BC Liquor Store customers and staff top up funds raised by parents, students and...
Snowboarder who died near Pemberton identified
The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died following a snowboarding incident near Pemberton on February 23 as Jonathan Unger, aged 29, of Whistler. Unger was part of a group that was skiing, snowboarding, and snowmobiling off the Millar Bench Forestry Service Road, about five kilometres from Pemberton....
Canada finishes in third spot at 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics
A non-slip here or a lucky break there and maybe . . . just maybe, the red Maple Leaf is sitting on top of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games medal table. While Canada may not have topped the podium, the Olympic team definitely made the country proud by finishing third at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games that concluded ...
Canadian Avalanche Centre issued a special public warning
The Canadian Avalanche Centre issued a special public warning for all but two B.C. Mountain ranges until Wednesday (February 26). "The new snow is sitting on one of the worst weak layers we've seen in a few years," said Karl Klassen, manager of the CAC's public avalanche warning service. "That weakness if currently anywhere...
Canada's economy could use some of that Olympic attention...
February, dominated by Canada’s performance in the Winter Olympics, was a busy news month. However, the second half of February featured two other news stories on the subject of a performance we ought not overlook: the federal and provincial budgets. Although these budgets will guide our performance as a society, their press...
Mission welcomes 27th BC Winter Games
British Columbia's top young athletes are gathered for three days of intense competition in Mission at the 27th BC Winter Games, opening Thursday. Over 1300 athletes between the ages of 9 and 17 years are competing in 18 sports ranging from ice and snow events like skiing (including para-alpine and para-cross country), hockey...
UPDATED: Man caught in avalanche died trying to help another snowmobiler
A story on the CBC website said the Alberta man killed in an avalanche Saturday near Revelstoke died saving another snowmobiler, his widow says. The story said Chris McCoy was crusing on Boulder Mountain when the avalanche struck around 1:30 p.m. PT. The Sylvain Lake man had apparently gotten off his snowmobile to help another...
COMMENT: Too many struggling to get by in a have province
Halifax or Vancouver? Ask most folk which city boasts the higher median family income and chances are they'll say Vancouver. They couldn't be more wrong. The median income for a two-parent family living in Halifax was $87,430 in 2011. Vancouver wasn't even close at $74,510. In fact, family incomes were higher in St. John's,...
