Effective at noon PDT on July 2, 2014, open fires will be prohibited within the Southeast Fire Centre’s jurisdiction to help prevent human-caused wildfires and protect public safety. This prohibition will remain in place until the public is otherwise notified. Specifically, prohibited activities include: the burning of any ...

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 ...

Community members rallied to support teachers, Friday, as they continue to take a stand against the provincial government. Check out the video for GFTVs full coverage.   ...

In our discussions about affordability, the topic of pensions is immediately brought forward. My office receives letters, emails and phone calls every day from people worried about their retirement security and about their children’s retirement future. They are not alone. Despite the fact that Canada is one of the richest...

Adapted from a presentation to classes at West Boundary Elementary, May 2014. Today I want to tell you the story of Maddy the trout. This is a true story, kind of. One that requires a bit of imagination, and no fear of statistics of a very basic kind. Maddy is a rainbow trout (formally Oncorhynchus mykiss for those who like...

Tap tap tappity tap tap. One of the strongest memories I have from my childhood is my dad tapping away at the computer. It’s not my earliest memory, but it happened nightly, so it was burned into my head. It was a comforting sound. My room was across the hall from his office and he would be working steadily into the night, ...

The reception for Clara Hughes, as she rode into Grand Forks, was nothing less than enthusiastic. Posters were up and school children were waiting for Hughes to make her way across the Boundary as well as crowd and full bleachers in front of Gyro Park. Hughes left Osoyoos Friday morning and rode her bike across the Boundary...

Dear Mayor and Council, Instead of telling you at Monday's Council meeting, you asked me to write you a letter, so here it is: There are five things I wish to bring to your attention: 1.  In our city engineering reports, there are differences in opinion about how much conservation water meters may trigger.  In the Water Meter...

I am very dismayed that my Bill C-571 did not get quite enough support in Parliament to pass on to Committee stage where it would have received thorough scrutiny and proper debate. I had hoped to follow an example set by the EU to have the same food safety standards, transparency and accountability applied to the horsemeat ...

May has so far been a month of rain and sunshine – just the way gardeners like it, and just the way gardens like it. Everywhere you look there are tulips, lilacs, and veggie starts. And I know I’m not the only one who thinks that’s great. You know who else does? Deer, that’s who! If there’s one thing we like around Grand...