By Ian Cobb Columbia River-Revelstoke MLA Norm Macdonald March 25 decried the Jumbo Glacier Mountain Resort Municipality’s (JGMRM) recently tabled five-year financial plan during an…
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Deck taking over as CBT chair
Radium Hot Springs resident Greg Deck is the new board chair of Columbia Basin Trust (CBT). He replaces long-time board chair, Kimberley resident Garry Merkel,…
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’…
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…
Local involvement ensures public interest is served
MLA Report One of the biggest issues that I am hearing about this week is the need for local involvement in decision making on the…
Jumbo opposition outraged by province
The B.C. Government is coming under fire for today’s announcement of the signing of the letters patent for the creation of a municipality in the…
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…
Macdonald’s mumbo Jumbo
Letter to the Editor Merlin Olsen wrote that “one of life’s most painful moments comes when we must admit that we didn’t do our homework,…
This designation can only be seen as a give-away of public lands
Letter to the Editor Whenever constituents talk to me about the BC Liberals’ plan to designate a Mountain Resort Municipality in the Jumbo Valley, the…
CETA trade deal and Jumbo Resort proposal
This story first appeared in the Sep-Oct-2012-Vol22-No4 of the Watershed Sentinel by Joyce Nelson Ever since the BC Liberal government surprised residents of B.C.’s Kootenays…