Weekly newsletter from MLA/Minister Conroy
This week, I returned to the legislature for a new session of presenting, debating, and passing legislation alongside my colleagues. In our first week, we presented our Throne Speech and 2024 Budget, sharing some of the priorities of our government for the year ahead. We know that people are facing challenges, like global inflation and high interest rates. […]
Going public: recording of RDCK meetings set to come online in March
The regional district board is looking to go where no board has gone before. The board of directors of the Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) has directed its staff to record the regular open board meetings — beginning in March 2024 — using the WebEx tool “until such time as other technology can be […]
KIJHL playoffs begin, Leafs-Border Bruins meet in Murdoch semi final
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League kicks in to playoff mode Friday with a full slate of games on the schedule. In the Neil Murdoch Division, two teams finishing the season on fire tangle in the Boundary City as Nelson Leafs face Grand Forks Border Bruins. Game two goes Saturday at the Jack Goddard Memorial […]
Controversial Climate Action Plan process comments collected over draft report: RDCK
The people have spoken and the regional district has noted it. Noted it 3,518 times, which is the number of comments the Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) received on its draft Climate Action Plan during the seven-month public engagement process, which concluded in October, 2023. The process allowed the RDCK to clear up some […]
COLUMN: Good journalism and a healthy society
As someone who has enjoyed a long media career, including 44 years hosting CBC TV’s The Nature of Things, I understand how important robust media is to a thriving democracy. An informed public makes better decisions about everything from health care to voting. Some, unfortunately, see an informed public as a threat to their agendas. […]
New service model sought for paused recreation service in Area E
Call it a work in progress. For the Recreation Commission No. 10 service in the Regional District of Central Kootenay’s (RDCK) Area E, the funding has been paused as of Jan. 1. The service is no longer responsible for providing recreation grant funds to local groups running recreational programs. Instead, a new community society is […]
Eight topics of relevance set out for resolution by City council for consideration
The City is jumping the queue when it comes to higher level resolutions. After approving eight thoughtful and insightful resolutions for consideration at the 2024 Association of Kootenay Boundary Local Governments (AKBLG) annual general meeting (AGM) to be held in April, City council took the process a step further. The City will be inviting three […]
RCMP nab impaired drivers over weekend
Police officers with the Grand Forks RCMP were kept busy this weekend removing impaired drivers from the road. Midnight impairment The first was Friday night, February 9th around midnight when officers noted a truck travelling at a high rate of speed on Central Avenue near 5th Street only ‘slamming’ on the brakes for a red […]
Parliamentary secretary’s statement on support for B.C. wine sector
Roly Russell, Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Development, has released the following statement regarding recent actions by the Government of Alberta that affect B.C.’s wine producers: “I am fortunate to live in and represent one of the most exciting and highly acclaimed wine regions in the country and indeed, even in the world, where our vineyards and […]
COLUMN: David Suzuki reflects on science and its effects on our lives over his lifetime
I was trained to be a scientist. A book I cowrote with Tony Griffiths became the most widely used genetics text in the United States. But as I was beginning my career in Canada, I was struck by the priorities of newspapers and television. Whole sections and programs were devoted to politics, business, sports and […]
