Kootenay Network celebrates official launch
Posted on 30. Sep, 2010 by Chris Shepherd in Media, Technology
For those 17,000 unique visitors to the Kootenay Network, the online community isn’t quite news, but the creator of www.inthekoots.com is celebrating the official launch of the website. Rik Logtenberg created the network with the aim to give every Kootenay residents, businesses and organizations a voice in an entirely new way that makes the most [...]
Province considers raising minimum wage
Posted on 30. Sep, 2010 by Chris Shepherd in Business, Provincial Politics
Labour Minister Murray Coell has said it’s time to look into whether the province should raise the province’s minimum wage. Speaking at the recent Union of B.C. Municipalities convention, Coell said the province provided many ways, or “levers” in his words, to alleviate financial hardship for British Columbians with low wages. Those include: Eliminating provincial [...]
Abbott blasts NDP reversal on gun registry
Posted on 27. Sep, 2010 by Chris Shepherd in East Kootenay, Federal Politics
Jim Abbott, MP for the Kootenay-Columbia riding, has some hard words for the NDP MPs who reversed their positions on the long-gun registry while NDP hopefuls in his riding challenge Abbott on his support of the registry. Abbott says 70 per cent of his constituency is against the long-gun registry, which narrowly survived a vote [...]
Woman shot in Kimberley
Posted on 24. Sep, 2010 by Chris Shepherd in Crime, Kimberley
The RCMP are investigating a shooting incident in Kimberley that left one woman with a “superficial” injury and three adults in custody. Cpl. Chris Faulkner of the Cranbrook RCMP told News In The Kootenays they received a call about the shooting in the Alpine Crescent neighbourhood at 1 a.m. on the morning of Friday, Sept. [...]
RCMP arrest Slocan mayor’s husband, sons at grow op
Posted on 24. Sep, 2010 by Chris Shepherd in Crime, Slocan
The RCMP in the Slocan Valley arrested the husband and sons of Madeleine Perriere, mayor of Slocan. Perriere called an emergency meeting following the arrest and, according to reports, offered to step down. Council supported Perriere and one councillor said she did so because the arrest was a private matter and didn’t reflect on Perriere’s [...]
Dead sheep found at Elkford mine
Posted on 23. Sep, 2010 by Chris Shepherd in Environment, Fernie
Conservation officers are looking into the deaths of seven bighorn sheep that were found by the Teck Greenhills mine near Elkford. Mine employees found the animals on Monday, Sept. 13 and Tuesday, Sept. 14, says Nic Milligan of Teck Coal. “The sheep were a mix of ages and sex. They were not in the active [...]
LIVE BLOG: Suzuki talks about his legacy
Posted on 22. Sep, 2010 by Chris Shepherd in Environment, Live Blog
Editor’s note: This post will be updated frequently this evening (Tuesday, Sept. 22) by myself, Chris Shepherd, as David Suzuki speaks to a sold-out audience at the Brilliant Cultural Centre Centre in Castlegar. As this is a live blog it will differ from a more conventional report of an event. There may (will) be typos [...]
Atamanenko stays firm on long gun registry
Posted on 21. Sep, 2010 by Chris Shepherd in Federal Politics
In a special report in The Nelson Post, Alex Atamanenko, NDP MP for the BC Southern Interior riding has said he’ll stay firm on voting to keep the long gun registry. Atamanenko, a gun owner himself, says he won’t change his mind on the controversial registry. “There is enough evidence for me to continue supporting [...]
Hospital auxiliaries raised nearly $500,000
Posted on 21. Sep, 2010 by Chris Shepherd in Health, West Kootenay
PRESS RELEASE Teamwork was the theme as more than 125 volunteers met in Nakusp last week (Sept. 17) for the 2010 Kootenay Boundary Area Conference of the BC Association of Health-Care Auxiliaries (BCAHA). The kind of teamwork that saw more than 550 auxiliary members volunteer 131,000 hours of time raising almost $500,000 last year. “You [...]
Live blog of Suzuki talk tonight
Posted on 21. Sep, 2010 by Chris Shepherd in Castlegar, Environment
There isn’t a ticket left to hear a talk by David Suzuki tomorrow in Castlegar, but people who want to catch the popular environmental advocate’s message can read it live at News In the Kootenays starting at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 22. Suzuki’s talk, hosted by the Mir Centre for Peace, is centred around [...]
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