The Federal election officially kicked off last weekend, and while political rhetoric abounds on both social media and mainstream news, here at The Broken Typewriter, things were a little more focussed on the day-to-day issues.
Fort St. John city council was busy hearing delegations, issuing proclamations and considering permits – among these, Rotary RibFest organizers asked council to support their application for a special event permit to allow them to fence off a section of Centennial Park so that they could incorporate the previously-segregated beer gardens into the whole event, allowing families to enjoy RibFest together.
A couple of other stories from last Monday’s council meeting will hit The Broken Typewriter this week.
The Peace River Regional District also heard quite a few presentations at their March 20 meeting, the top story from this week came out of the presentation to the PRRD from the BC Nurses’ Union on the benefits of minimum, mandatory nurse-to-patient ratios. These ratios will make healthcare delivery better and safer for everyone, while also helping to address retention issues.
Brad Brain was back with Smart Money, this week discussing how investors can spot a bad investment or a scam and thus protecting their investments.
Not to be outdone by the election talk sweeping the country – when the writ dropped last Sunday, there were already two candidates for Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies, Conservative incumbent Bob Zimmer from Fort St. John; and People’s Party of Canada candidate David Watson from Bear Lake. Nominations close on April 7, so we’ll see who the Greens, the Liberals and the NDP put forward for us to choose from.
Meanwhile, there will be one less choice for westerners this election, with the delisting of the Maverick Party. The Maverick Party stood for freedom in the West, a sentiment that has not gone away, yet the party has chosen not to split the vote but running any candidates.
Coming up this week:
The Peace River North Festival of the Arts kicks off on Friday, April 4 at the North Peace Cultural Centre. Beginning with the music portion, band performances will take place on the Friday, followed by solo voice, choir, piano through the weekend, strings and other instruments beginning on Monday. The dance portion of the Festival begins on Wednesday, April 9 and the whole Festival wraps-up with the Best of the Fest on the evening of April 13.
The North Peace People’s Choice Awards nominations and voting opens this week, so head on over to Moose Media to vote for your favourite local businesses, entrepreneurs, organizations, volunteers or Journalist!
There are no local government meetings this week, but have no fear, The Broken Typewriter has a plan! I’ve been working on some more in-depth articles, similar to what I’ve done in the past when I was freelancing for magazines such as Northwest Business Magazine, Oilweek etc.
Stay tuned for more news from the BC North Peace, and as always, thanks for reading!
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