Obscure US corporation may be behind BC Hydro's exaggerated power demand, ruinous IPP contracts
By Erik Anderson in The Common Sense Canadian. Why has BC Hydro gone so Big? Over the past few years a number of us have puzzled over this question. The Crown Corporation, in most people’s minds, was given its natural monopoly status in the belief that the Board and Officers will prudently manage Hydro’s ...
EDUCATION BEAT: Travel subsidy revisited, Board chair congratulated
School District 51 board chair Teresa Rezansoff has been recognized for her years of service, experience and insight with a re-election and two government appointments. Rezansoff was re-elected for her second one-year term as the vice president of the BC School Trustees Assocation (BCSTA). This will be her ninth year as a...
Increased logging activity for Brown Creek residents
It is an effort to drive out to the rural community of Brown Creek located at the north end of North Fork Road. The winding rural road takes about 30 minutes to drive in the summer and much longer in the winter. But the trade off is why there's a community out there at all -- the serene solitude of rural living. There's old...
Border bust on exotic animals
An ongoing investigation was triggered with the seizure of endangered exotic frogs, arachnids and invertebrates at the Carson border crossing last month. The seizure was made on Apr. 11 by the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) when officers examined a shipment being transported by a Canadian and found animals listed under...
MP Atamanenko urges government to uphold ban on oil tanker traffic
Forty years ago, the Canadian government introduced a moratorium banning oil tankers from the north and central coast of British Columbia. Now with hearings taking place into the Enbridge Northern Gateway project, Alex Atamanenko, Member of Parliament for BC Southern Interior, is urging the federal government to uphold that...
BCPSEA declares teachers's recent withdrawal an unlawful strike
The B.C. Public School Employers' Association (BCPSEA) applied to the B.C. Labour Relations Board (BCLRB) Wednesday, May 9 for relief from the recent B.C. Teachers's Federation (BCTF) withdrawal of extracurricular activities. The labour relations board is expected to meet with BCPSEA at or around 9:30 a.m. on Friday, May 11...
4.5 teaching positions cut for next school year
The pink slips are coming to 4.5 teaching positions in School District 51 on Tuesday, May 15. The layoffs are as a result of declining enrollment in the district, said superintendent Michael Strukoff. In previous years the district has avoided layoffs because of teacher retirements. But not this year. This year there is only...
Food Sovereignty: An idea worth fighting for
The concept of ‘Food Sovereignty’, was developed by La Via Campesina as the best way to promote social justice and human dignity. La Via Campesina is an independent, non-partisan body of local and international organizations from 70 countries, including Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas, representing 200 million small ...
Ancient Musqueam Marpole village site must be protected from further desecration
First Nations Summit leaders are speaking out in support of the Musqueam Nation in their continuing fight to protect the remains of their ancestors located on the former Musqueam village site C̓əsnaʔəm, now known as the Marpole Midden. The Musqueam Nation has been engaged in discussions with the City of Vancouver and the ...
Grad will go on, track meet won't for Boundary schools
Graduation ceremonies in both Grand Forks Secondary School (GFSS) and Boundary Central Secondary School (BCSS) will go on as planned, despite the teachers's withdrawal of extracurricular activities, said School District 51 superintendent Michael Strukoff. After the B.C. Teachers's Federation announced that as of Monday, April...
