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Shuswap Passion
A blog site by Jim Cooperman that includes his Shuswap Passion columns that appear every two weeks in the Shuswap Market News that are about Shuswap geography, along with more details, photos and other information that do not appear in the newspaper. Plus, there are blogs about issues outside of the Shuswap that provide passionate commentary on politics, economics, environmental issues and culture.
The Xpress
Priscilla Judd's blog that connects social justice with the environment. Explore more news and opinion about the Upper Shuswap and Monashee.
Coldstreamer News
A blog by Gyula Kiss. Issues related to the District of Coldstream, local government issues, political commentary, local area photos,oddities in the news etc....
The Vernon Blog
DON QUIXOTE VS. CITY HALL When an American gets mad, he says "where's my Gun". When a Canadian gets pissed off he says "Where is my pen, I'm going to send a letter to the EDITOR". When the EDITOR won't publish his letter he sets up his own BLOG page. When I received enough support to get a Council Seat the dogma of the establishment became : "Better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside pissing in." (Only time will tell !)
Save Silver Star Provincial Park
The Citizens' Coalition to Save Silver Star Provincial Park is an ad hoc committee of concerned British Columbians who care deeply about the future of Silver Star Provincial Park. The park is threatened on many fronts, and the coalition has initiated this website as a public service to inform British Columbians of what is happening in this beautiful park. Almost 40% of the park has been deleted and added to the private ski resort's Controlled Recreation Area, and future deletions are likely. A disturbing trend is developing at Silver Star Mountain, wherein land is initially deleted from the park for recreational uses, then later rezoned for fee simple property development.
Shuswap Environmental Action Society
The Shuswap’s oldest environmental organization. SEAS was incorporated as a non-profit society in 1989 with a mission to study environmental issues, to inform the public about environmental problems and solutions, to coordinate activities and share information with other local, provincial, and national environmental organizations, and to take actions to improve our local environment.
Laila Yuile
"…when you have decided what you believe, what you feel must be done, have the courage to stand alone and be counted"… Eleanor Roosevelt.
Why I quit my job
Kai Nagata was CTV's Quebec City Bureau Chief, until he quit last week. He wrote an enlightening manifesto that calls for a new testament for journalism.
....Human beings don’t always like good nourishment. We seem to love white sugar, and unless we understand why we feel nauseated and disoriented after binging on sweets, we’ll just keep going. People like low-nutrition TV, too. And that shapes the internal, self-regulated editorial culture of news.....Meanwhile, the people who are supposed to be holding decision makers to account are instead broadcasting useless tripe, or worse, stories that actively distract from the massive projects we need to be tackling instead of watching TV...
Explore a great piece of writing and learn just how bad our media is.
Prison Town, USA?
How about Prison Town, Lumby, BC?
What happens when a struggling rural community
tries to revive its economy by inviting prisons in?
This is the question that prompted two American film-makers to document the unintended consequences of building a prison in a small, rural community that was the post-card picture of bucolic life under majestic mountain peaks.
It also happens to be a burning question for many residents of the Lumby area whose mayor and former councillor, Kevin Acton, has been actively lobbying the provincial government for years to bring a prison to town,despite growing protest.
Pro-Jailers label No-Jailers as CAVE people
Paul and Jo-Anne Fisher sent a letter to Lumby Village council outlining their concern over comments made at the May 2, 2011 council meeting when the Concerned Citizens group was labeled “CAVE people” an acronym for “Citizens Against Virtually Everything” by Doug Brown, representing a group called “Lumby Initiative for a New Economy”. In this video clip council is seen discussing the issue and their response to the Fisher’s letter.
My Valley Sun
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October 17, 2013
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MVS Poll Results
Support nil for Mayor
August 8, 2011
MVS readers continue to be disillused with local leadership. The voluntary poll asked: Would you support Kevin Acton if he were to run again for Mayor of Lumby? All of the respondents answered that they would not support the mayor
The new MVS poll on our front page asks:
Should Lumby Village Council be allowed to apply for a community forest outside of its boundaries in Area D?
Foster fails in jail poll
July 13, 2011
MLA Eric Foster didn’t fair well in the MVS online poll. The voluntary poll asked:
How would you rate MLA Eric Foster’s performance on the jail issue? 75% of voters replied “Recall him”; 21% said “Not very good”; and 1% said “Fair”.
Foster received no positive endorsements.
The new MVS poll on our fron page asks:
Would you support Kevin Acton if he were to run again for Mayor of Lumby?
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LUMBY COUNCIL WATCH
Concerned with the goings-on in Lumby and Area?
Local governance, ecological issues
and economic development options.
Nearly every other week, Area D resident Gordon Judd, packs up his digital recording equipment and sets up at Lumby Village Council chambers. Why? - Because he cares about local democracy and social justice.
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