New Trail float draws compliments and critique
Silver City Days hosted a variety of floats this year. Among them was the City of Trail's new float for the ambassadors of Trail. This year's Miss Trail, Ella Meyer, stood at the top and the princesses sat on benches below. At their feet was a model of the Trail bridge and climbing up the truck was a model of the red Trail ...
City hall may open in time for new council
City hall is expected to be open for the inaugural meeting of the new city council, later this year. The municipal election will be held Nov. 15 and Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Doug Allin says the new council should be able to hold their first meeting in the updated building. Allin updated city councillors at their...
LETTER: Paranoia or due process
Talk about putting the cart before the horse. Fall 2013 the RDKB (Regional District of Kootenay Boundary) launches the Kettle Blah-Blah Plan. A few months later Grand Forks city council slams through a unanimous motion to install residential smart water metres. The citizenry clamours, an open-house is held and already by April...
New candidate in the South Okanagan-West Kootenay riding
Connie Denesiuk has announced her intention to seek the Federal Liberal nomination for the new South Okanagan-West Kootenay riding. The new South Okanagan-West Kootenay riding brings together towns, cities and communities in an especially beautiful region of the province. There are significant demographic, economic, historical...
RDKB and BISS get over $76k from province
The provincial government is providing $76,100 to help control the spread of invasive plants. The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) will receive $40,500 and Boundary Invasive Species Society (BISS) will receive $33,600. “If serious steps are not taken to stop the spread of invasive plants there will be direct...
Midway water pump on the fritz; scale back water use
From the Village of Midway's Facebook page: Effective Immediately: The Number 1 Water Pump is currently out of commission for repairs. We have switched over to Number 2 pump, which has sufficient water levels for regular household consumption only. Effective Immediately, irrigating (watering) of lawns and gardens is prohibited...
City green lights pot plan
The issue of medical marijuana production and research has raised its head in the Kootenays, as city council offered its support, in its usual meeting Monday night (tonight), for the regional district's creation of a bylaw and zoning to allow for governance of same. City councillor Kevin Chernoff said the Regional District ...
COMMENT: Taxes and Their Role in Our Society
It seems that no one likes to pay taxes, yet taxes buy the goods and services we use together in our communities. For example, it would be difficult to pay for the fire or police department individually, or schools, hospitals or roads. Historically, income taxes have been used to reduce inequality, with top earners paying a...
City says 'yes' to hotel tax
City council voted unanimously tonight to support a Chamber-of-Commerce-led request for a two-per-cent accomodation tax bylaw request (which requires final approval by the province). City councillor and Finances and Corporate Services Committee chair Kevin Chernoff said this means, in layman's terms, that if you stay in a...
Chiller at Pioneer broken - rec commission to recommend $120,000 for new one
The refrigeration system chiller at the Pioneer Arena in Castlegar has failed which means the community has lost one ice surface temporarily. The recreation commission will recommend to the RDCK Board at its May 15th meeting to replace the chiller at the Pioneer Arena in 2014 at an approximate cost of $120,000. The new chiller...
