The largest current public health problem in the country won’t be receiving any direct financial support or partnership creation from Nelson municipal government. City council voted Tuesday night in its regular business meeting against a request by the Rural Empowered Drug Users Network (REDUN) Outreach Program for support to continue and expand its activities in the Nelson
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by Timothy Schafer Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on Tuesday July 27 2021
High costs of facility construction and the price tag associated with the work needed to re-furbish customer buildings to facilitate the heat cancelled the city’s district energy heating system Wikimedia Commons.
The bottom line sealed the deal for the city in cancelling its district energy heating system project before it was fully realized.
High costs of facility construction and the price tag associated with the work needed to re-furbish customer buildings to facilitate the heat as well as creating connecting supply lines derailed efforts to develop the district energy heating system in Nelson’s downtown, according to Nelson Hydro’s general manager.
by Timothy Schafer Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on Monday July 05 2021
Communities across B.C. relied on the program, and the program was cancelled with no advance notice from the province.
Despite an emphasis on climate action strategies and projects across B.C. the province has elected to drop one of the main municipal climate action program sources of funding.
The province has discontinued the Climate Action Revenue Incentive Program (CARIP), a provincial climate action program that provided municipal government with funds to further their climate goals (as long cities reported their emissions and reported on how they used the funds).
There will be labour peace in the City of Nelson after CUPE (Canadian Union of Public Employees) Local 339 and City reached a memorandum of agreement following negotiations between the two parties. The four-year agreement covering July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2024, was announced in a City of Nelson media release Thursday. “This Collective Agreement will ensure good quality