Region named BC forest capital

Teresa Bird Gazette staff The North Island will be Forest Capital of B.C for 2010, Forests and Range Minister Pat Bell announced Nov. 30. “I am excited, both as a forester and as resident,” said Andrew Ashford, district manager for the Ministry of Forest in Port McNeill and co-hair with Neil Smith of... more

Treaty seeks public input

Teresa Bird Gazette staff ‘Namgis treaty negotiations have made progress and public input is being sought. The ‘Namgis entered the treaty process 12 years ago, and are now in Stage 4 of a six stage process, negotiators told stakeholders and local politicians... more

• Crown counsel promised
• Santa sails in
• Crisis line angst grows

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Telus adds to local wireless network

Consumers on the North Island can now use a new wireless world, said Telus after launching Canada’s largest 3G+ wireless network. Telus said it invested $1.3 million in the Port Hardy area, as part of its $600 million investment in its... more

• Green projects over first hurdle
• Local company wins MISTIC award
• Chinese builders take to B.C. wood

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Losing jobs hurts us all

Seeing a local business close its doors is always a little sad. Family businesses are at the core of North Island communities and the loss of one is felt. When I dropped into Your Island Market on Friday to speak... more

• Overcoming challenges makes people stronger
• David Black donates $500,000 to BC Cancer Foundation's Inspire the World Capital Campaign
• Mountain magic revisited at Mt. Cain

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The Carole James experiment ends

My BlackBerry was still buzzing with e-mails from paramedics responding to last week’s column when I went to the NDP convention last weekend. Most were predictable, from well-paid urban types, spouting union rhetoric that accompanied their strike – self-serving chants memorized over... more

• A death grip on paramedic jobs
• Celebrate our forests
• The Carole James experiment ends

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Run-of-river ideas best

Dear editor, Regarding the letter, Columnist misses key info in the Gazette on Nov. 3. Based on Rafe Mair’s unceasing hysteria and misinformation about green energy run-of-river projects in B.C., it’s safe to conclude that Mair has never actually visited an operating... more

• Treaty inquiry needed
• Opportunities for all
• Teen gift cut shortsighted

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Two worlds

Forty-five minutes of highway are a gulf between two very different worlds. A few months ago, I became a crime reporter in Kelowna. My time is now split between the Capital News and the Summerland Review. Travelling back and forth each... more

• The quest for a local apple
• The Den Report, Lions beat 'Riders, now 2-4
• The Den Report, Logan impressing in NFL camp

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