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RDEK board showed sound leadership
e-KNOW Editorial Sometimes elected officials have to make a decision that seems to fly in the face of the short burning fuse of public desire, for the sake of long-term gain. The Regional District of East Kootenay board of directors … > Read More
Jumbo protestors converge on village
(See our photo feature below…) About 135 people converged in Radium Hot Springs Feb. 19 to voice their opposition to the inaugural Jumbo Glacier Resort Municipality (JGRM) council meeting and the proposed ski resort proposal. Another 15 or so supporters … > Read More
Jumbo council launches
The three-person council that will formalize and formulate Jumbo Glacier Resort Municipality got down to brass tacks Feb. 19. With the bang of a gavel, a new municipality was born. Village of Radium Hot Springs Mayor Dee Conklin, representing the … > Read More
Petition circulating to remove new CBT chair
A petition is making its way around cyberspace (Facebook) demanding that Greg Deck be removed as chair of the Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) board of directors. The petition, started by Jim Ross of Slocan Park, states that by handing Deck … > Read More
EcoSociety to challenge Jumbo Municipality in court
The West Kootenay EcoSociety is today (Feb. 18) submitting an application for a Judicial Review of the Jumbo Glacier Mountain Resort Municipality at the B.C. Courthouse in Nelson. The application argues that the appointment of municipal councilors without any electors … > Read More
Regional board says Jumbo mayor not welcome until actually elected
The mayor with no town and no population to govern will not be welcome at the Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) board of directors’ table until there is an elected governing council. RDEK directors Dec. 7 voted to have … > Read More
Standing their ground, the Ktunaxa trigger judicial review of Jumbo
The Grizzly Bear Spirit was in their hearts and minds as they marched to the passions of a new battle cry in a more than two decade old war. The cry; ‘Stand our ground.’ About 350 Ktunaxa Nation (KN) and … > Read More
Ktunaxa deliver clear message
The Ktunaxa Nation and residents from around the Kootenays took steps to be heard today (Nov. 30) in Cranbrook, concerning the Jumbo Glacier Resort proposal. More than 300 people took part in a Ktunaxa Nation-led march through the City of … > Read More
Greg Deck to be first mayor of Jumbo
Jumbo officially a mountain resort municipality He started the Village of Radium Hot Springs, orchestrating its municipal creation and then guided it as mayor from its 1991 incorporation until he left office in 2008. And now Greg Deck gets to … > Read More
Ktunaxa to file for judicial review of Jumbo proposal
If you thought the Jumbo Glacier Resort issue was moot following last winter’s provincial government approval, think again. The Ktunaxa Nation announced Nov. 15 that Friday, November 30 will be the filing date of an application for judicial review of … > Read More
