Majority of British Columbians support higher taxes, says poll
An opinion research study released today shows the public is ahead of political leaders when it comes to tax policy. It finds most British Columbians — regardless of how they would vote in a provincial election — are in favour of changes to BC’s tax system to ensure everyone pays a fair share and to enable new or enhanced...
Society pursues paving for local trails
A presentation to Grand Forks city council was the first step to successfully paving the TransCanada Trail between Grand Forks and Christina Lake. Knowing that the success of their project is linked to the support of local government, Chris Moslin of the Grand Forks Trails Society took the project before council on Monday, ...
OP/ED: A Trudeau insults the West--so what else is new?
At least his father waited until he was in power before he gave the West the finger! But, just as I had suggested, Trudeau the Younger is so arrogant, so self-absorbed, and so dumb he has already insulted--and politically dismissed--an entire Western province, well before seeking the Liberal leadership, let alone becoming...
IntegrityBC releases Christy's Christmas Castle animation
IntegrityBC has released Christy's Christmas Castle, an animated video to drive home an important aspect of the organization's campaign on electoral finance reform. Since 2005, the B.C. Liberal party has raked in more than $40 million from big business and is now the only major B.C. political party that still opposes a ban ...
Nitrates not evident in Grand Forks water
From the oldest well drilled in 1956 to the newest one built in 2000, the City of Grand Forks can rest assured that their water sources are large enough for the near future and safe. In his report to the city council on Monday, Nov. 19, Remi Allard of Piteau Associates said that the most important action the city can take to...
Canadian Bar Assn says Bill S-7 duplicates existing laws to combat terrorism
While committed to a safe and secure Canada, the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) says that Bill S-7, Criminal Code, Canada Evidence Act and Security of Information Act amendments (Combating Terrorism Act) would not provide any new tools to combat terrorist offences. “Instead,” says Paul Calarco, member of the CBA’s National ...
Economists cautiously optimistic about B.C.'s economy
The majority of B.C. Economic Forecast Council members predict B.C. real GDP growth will slightly outperform the Canadian average in 2013, Finance Minister Michael de Jong announced at the conclusion of the annual meeting of the council. On average, the council expects B.C. real GDP growth to be 2.1 per cent in 2012, down...
OPINION: Canada needs quality First Nation leaders in Parliament
By: Mischa Popoff, Policy Advisor for The Heartland Institute, Research Associate for The Frontier Centre for Public Policy Getting kicked off a flight for being inebriated must’ve been troubling for New Democrat MP Romeo Saganash. But it was even more troubling for me. Put aside for the moment the fact that Saganash is a...
SUMMING IT UP: Grand Forks city council
As requests for funding from community organizations start to appear before Grand Forks city council Mayor Brian Taylor challenged his colleagues to consider if the city is going to do project-based funding or look at it from the perspective of social planning at their meeting last Monday, Nov. 5. Taylor mentioned this in...
Rossland councillor wants improvements to rural emergency health services in the region
Coun. Kathy Wallace took a moment at the Oct. 22 regular council meeting in Rossland to reflect on "definite problems" that exist in rural health care, problems she identified as "another symptom in our province of small, rural areas not fitting the grid pattern of larger urban areas." Wallace is Rossland's appointed director...
