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Friday, October 5 • 2012
Vol. 5 • Issue 28
Pioneer trail heads to Longbeach See Page 5
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a two-year deal with cost of living adjustments in both years while the regional district countered with two and three-year offers with one per cent increases in each year, in line with agreements with other
Residents and area politicians voiced their opposition to proposed federal electoral boundary changes at Tuesday night’s hearing at the Best Western in Nelson. The new Kootenay-Columbia riding would include Nelson, Harrop, Procter, Salmo, and Nakusp, while Castlegar, Trail, Fruitvale, Kaslo, New Denver, Silverton, and Slocan join South Okanagan-West Kootenay. While many locals shared their thoughts on the potential shift, politicians agreed the new riding boundaries would have a negative effect have on the area’s communities. Regional District of Central Kootenay Area D director Andy Shadrack began the presentations by stating the historical, economic and social ties Nelson has to Trail and Castlegar and also Nakusp’s connection to the tri-cities instead of Revelstoke and Vernon. Shadrack proposed amendments to the potential ridings suggesting regional district areas D, H and K, and Nakusp be part of the new South Okanagan-West Kootenay riding. He also suggested the portion of Electoral Area B in Columbia-Shuswap Regional District just north of
Story continues to ‘Both sides’ on Page 8
Story continues to ‘Mungall’ on Page 4
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The baseball diamond at Nelson’s Lions Park has been transformed from danger to dynamite thanks to the guidance by the Nelson Baseball Association and the toil by All Terrain Landscaping. This week, baseball association brass and the crew from All Terrain gathered at the Uphill park to give it a go. From left, association treasurer Corbin Comishin, president Larry Martel, All Terrain co-owners Derek Levan and Shawn Correnti and All Terrain’s Duane Orvis took aim from new grass infield. See story on Page 27. Bob Hall photo
Tentative Deal Reached; Both Sides Push Acceptance
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Unionized workers at the Nelson and District Community Complex have reached a tentative deal with the Regional District of Central Kootenay. The agreement, brokered this
week between CUPE Local 2262 and management, calls for a fouryear contract retroactive to 2011 with wage increases of one per cent in the first year, 1.5 per cent in the second, and cost of living in the third and fourth years, expected to be closer to two per cent. Previously the union asked for
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