MLA builds case against Smart meters
October 18 2011
Revelstoke Times Review
BC Libs' meter strategy not so smart
October 18 2011
Invermere Valley Echo
Will the BC Liberals make the same mistakes with Smart meters that they did with HST?
October 15 2011
Revelstoke Current
Throne speech reaction from MLA Macdonald
October 5 2011
Revelstoke Times Review
Public lands need investment
October 4 2011
Invermere Valley Echo
Legislative session begins
October 3 2011
Kimberley Daily Bulletin
Long-term investment in our public lands is just good policy
October 2 2011
Revelstoke Times Review
Last chance for Premier to prove she is up to the job
October 2 2011
East Kootenay News Online Weekly
TCH upgrades top priority for MLA
September 30 2011
EZ Rock News
Fall legislative session last chance for premier
September 28 2011
Invermere Valley Echo
Questions continue on the way back to Victoria
September 28 2011
Golden Star
Nothing in forest sector in BC jobs plan
September 27 2011
Revelstoke Times Review
Sharing the tax burden
September 21 2011
Golden Star
Good faith?
September 21 2011
Golden Star
Tax system in BC no longer fair; cuts to services
September 20 2011
East Kootenay News Online Weekly
The politics around forestry
September 20 2011
Golden Star
BC tax system not fair; service cuts could result
September 18 2011
Revelstoke Times Review
Tax system in BC no longer fair; cuts to services
September 17 2011
Revelstoke Current
Macdonald says Liberals must maximize employment by reducing log exports
September 15 2011
East Kootenay News Online Weekly
We must do better, not just for our kids but for the whole of society
September 6 2011
Revelstoke Times Review
Local riding votes heavily against the HST
September 2 2011
Columbia Valley Pioneer
We must do better, not just for our kids but for the whole of society
September 2 2011
Revelstoke Current
HST's death was expected
August 30 2011
Invermere Valley Echo
British Columbians have their voices heard on the HST
August 30 2011
Golden Star
Tax Talk
August 30 2011
Kimberley Daily Bulletin
BC votes to extinguish HST, including 2/3 in Revelstoke
August 26 2011
Revelstoke Times Review
54.7% across the province - 66.19% here - vote to scrap the HST
August 26 2011
Revelstoke Current
Backcountry left at risk due to failure of EAO: Macdonald
August 10 2011
East Kootenay News Online Weekly
Mailed it yet?
July 29 2011
Kimberley Daily Bulletin
Failed Environment Assessment process leaves backcountry at risk
July 29 2011
Golden Star
Failed environmental assessment process leaves backcountry at risk
July 15 2011
Revelstoke Current
HST cancels key funding to resort municipalities in the Kootenays
July 5 2011
The Golden Star
HST debacle cancels key funding to resort municipalities in the Kootenays
June 30 2011
Revelstoke Current
Time for province to step up, says Mayor and MLA
June 22 2011
Kimberley Daily Bulletin
What is the HST referendum really about?
June 21 2011
Invermere Valley Echo
HST is really a question of trust
June 22 2011
The Golden Star
Tourism partners don't like the HST
June 14 2011
Kimberley Daily Bulletin
Fairmont business says 'no' to the HST
June 10 2011
Columbia Valley Pioneer
Why I am voting 'Yes' to scrap the HST
June 7 2011
Invermere Valley Echo
Deer are provincial, says Kimberley MLA
June 5 2011
Kimberley Daily Bulletin
How will you vote on the HST? Our MLA will vote to scrap it
June 6 2011
Revelstoke Current
HST should be axed
June 3 2011
Columbia Valley Pioneer
Proposed HST changes please some, not others
June 3 2011
Columbia Valley Pioneer
BC govt not living up to community wildfire protection
June 2 2011
Revelstoke Times Review
Liberals say HST goes to 10 per cent by 2014
May 27 2011
Kimberley Daily Bulletin
Welcome to Kimberley, MLA says
May 26 2011
Kimberley Daily Bulletin
MLA pans May 25 HST announcement
May 25 2011
Revelstoke Times Review
The HST: keep it or ditch it?
May 25 2011
Revelstoke Current
British Columbians are not going to be fooled
May 24 2011
Invermere Valley Echo
Opposition re-introduces legislation on cosmetic pesticides
May 9 2011
Invermere Valley Echo
CRT: Get educated and organized now
May 9 2011
Revelstoke Times Review
Renegotiating the Columbia River Treaty is a once in a generation opportunity to correct social ills caused by original damming
May 7 2011
Revelstoke Current
HST delay doesn't help Kimberley, MLA says
May 6 2011
Kimberley Daily Bulletin
NDP wants cosmetic pesticides banned
May 5 2011
The Drive FM
NDP seeks provincial pesticide act reform
May 5 2011
Revelstoke Current
Macdonald presses for HST referendum
May 5 2011
Revelstoke Current
NDP MLA complains of Liberal government plan for HST vote
May 4 2011
Golden EZ Rock
Government needs to protect water
April 27 2011
Revelstoke Times Review
Water issues are important to this constituency
April 22 2011
Revelstoke Current
Readers choose new NDP leader
April 20 2011
Invermere Valley Echo
GADSAR to take issue to the province
April 18 2011
The Golden Star
Locals gather to discuss the health of the forest industry
April 13 2011
The Golden Star
Revelstoke Cosmetic Pesticide Bylaw unveiled
April 13 2011
Revelstoke Times Review
The public interest should be at the head of every agenda
April 10 2011
Revelstoke Current
MLA Macdonald: People not fooled by government propaganda
April 5 2011
Revelstoke Times Review
Golden Search and Rescue searches for new home
March 30 2011
Golden Star
Vast majority want HST gone, MLA says
March 29 2011
Kimberley Daily Bulletin
MLA Macdonald, Chamber discuss minimum wage
March 29 2011
The Golden Star
We deserve better from government
March 28 2011
Revelstoke Current
Local firefighter returns home
March 22 2011
Invermere Valley Echo
It's about time for a wage hike
March 18 2011
Kimberley Daily Bulletin
Golden residents protest Selkirk Power
March 16 2011
Golden Star
Put us back to work, Macdonald says
March 16 2011
Kimberley Daily Bulletin
Do nothing BC Liberal approach is killing future jobs
March 9 2011
Invermere Valley Echo
MLA Macdonald says Clark must get government back on track
March 9 2011
The Golden Star
BC needs honest leadership
March 2 2011
Revelstoke Times Review
A powerful message to any politician
Feb 25 2011
Revelstoke Current
MLA brings petition to legislature
Feb 23 2011
The Golden Star
IPP controversy heats up in Golden
Feb 18 2011
In the Koots. com
2011 Budget continues to leave children and seniors behind: Macdonald
Feb 16 2011
Revelstoke Current
Cuts to bank taxes show priorities
Feb 16 2011
Revelstoke Times Review
MLA sees a brighter future for the province
Feb 15 2011
Invermere Valley Echo
Government is about making choices... the right choices
Feb 12 2011
Revelstoke Current
Macdonald critical of BC Liberals' reforestation policy
Feb 3 2011
Revelstoke Current
Three ways to improve the legislative system
Jan 14 2011
Revelstoke Current
MLA impressed with new ambulance station
Jan 13 2011
Revelstoke Current
HST hurting local food industry
Dec 24 2010
Cranbrook Daily Townsman
Merry Christmas from MLA Macdonald
Dec 23 2010
Revelstoke Current
Report criticizes cuts to BC Forest Service, minis
Dec 15 2010
Revelstoke Times Review
Open House brings in constituents
Nov 25 2010
Revelstoke Current
Agriculture and health on critic's mind
Nov 16 2010
Invermere Valley Echo
MLA brings community together to discuss sustainability
Nov 16 2010
The Golden Star
We need to acknowledge the work of our veterans and our seniors
Nov 15 2010
Revelstoke Current
Kimberley Sustainability Forum
Nov 12 2010
Kimberley Daily Bulletin
Sustainability Forum and Trade Fair
Nov 10 2010
The Golden Star
Our communities must be flexible and resilient
Nov 1 2010
Revelstoke Current
Speech fails to impress MLA
Oct 29 2010
Kimberley Daily Bulletin
'Democracy in Action' - MLA
Oct 11 2010
The Golden Star
Family rallies outside new ER
Oct 12 2010
Invermere Valley Echo
NDP Agriculture Critic in town next Monday
Oct 8 2010
Revelstoke Current
Kootenay Child Health and Development Centre
Oct 7 2010
Columbia Valley News
Jumbo Valley
Oct 4 2010
Cranbrook Daily Townsman
Premier's attempts to discredit anti-HST forces just another smear job
Oct 2 2010
Revelstoke Current
Macdonald on food security
Sept 20 2010
Columbia Valley News
British Columbians want policies that support food
Sept 17 2010
BC Local News
Why not now?
Sept 17 2010
Kimberley Daily Bulletin
Premier's word is not good enough: MLA Norm Macdonald
Sept 14 2010
Revelstoke Current
Report spurs criticism of agricultural policy
Sept 14 2010
Invermere Valley Echo
NDP worried that the ALR is being undermined
Sept 12 2010
Revelstoke Current
HST is a democracy issue
Sept 5 2010
Revelstoke Times Review
RCMP investigating death of treeplanter in camp near Revelstoke
Sept 7 2010
Revelstoke Times Review
Arts Council funding cuts hurting local artists
Aug 24 2010
Cranbrook Daily Townsman
Danzo resigns, says government should be more consultative
Aug 21 2010
Columbia Valley News
The fight against HST continues
Aug 18 2010
The Golden Star
MLA says its time to listen to the people and scrap the HST
Aug 12 2010
Revelstoke Times Review
MLA Norm Macdonald demands premier heed the people
Aug 12 2010
Revelstoke Current
Student fights for drug program
Aug 3 2010
Invermere Valley Echo
The high cost of pursuing the Olympic dream
July 7 2010
Kimberley Daily Bulletin
Student fight continues to Kelowna for a cause
July 6 2010
Invermere Valley Echo
Macdonald re-elected as Opposition Caucus Chairman
July 2 2010
Revelstoke Current
A cultural visit
June 23 2010
Invermere Valley Echo
Cultural tourism is the next step-Macdonald
June 22 2010
Columbia Valley News
Tourism critic visits Golden
June 22 2010
The Golden Star
HST hurts tourism
June 22 2010
Revelstoke Times Review
Government hurting tourism, NDP critic says
June 22 2010
Revelstoke Times Review
Discussing the challenges of tourism
June 21 2010
MLA report
Marketing, recreation, culture and the arts could be a boost for economy
June 18 2010
Revelstoke Current
Not a pretty picture
June 17 2010
Kimberley Daily Bulletin
Opposition critic impressed by the state of the arts in Revelstoke
June 17 2010
Revelstoke Current
HST will create havoc
June 16 2010
Cranbrook Daily Townsman
Regional anti-IPP campaign focuses on Wood River
June 16 2010
Revelstoke Times Review
MLA Report, Spring Session
June 16 2010
The Golden Star
DTSS students challenge loss of mentor
June 16 2010
Columbia Valley News
Lekstrom resignation a surprise, Macdonald says
June 15 2010
Kimberley Daily Bulletin
Opposition Critic Spencer Chandra Herbert to visit Revelstoke
June 14 2010
Revelstoke Current
Parliament wraps up
June 9 2010
Invermere Valley Echo
Film outlines the perils of the Woof River IPP
June 8 2010
Revelstoke Current
MLA wades into hospice situation
June 6 2010
Kimberley Daily Bulletin
What If? Improved debate would improve democratic participation
June 6 2010
Revelstoke Times Review
Macdonald seeks assurances from Falcon on Gagatek's care
May 28 2010
Columbia Valley News
What's BC worth?
May 26 2010
Invermere Valley Echo
Public lands are being given away
May 24 2010
Revelstoke Times Review
British Columbians demand a government that puts the best interests of the people first
May 21 2010
Revelstoke Current
Public not receiving the benefit of Crown land 'giveaways'
May 22 2010
Columbia Valley News
Last HST-free long weekend in BC
May 22 2010
Columbia Valley News
Order of British Columbia honours excellence
May 19 2010
Revelstoke Current
Three cases thrown out after delays
May 19 2010
Golden Star
Fences prove a divisive issue
May 18 2010
Invermere Valley Echo
People won't be ignored, MLA
May 17, 2010
Kimberley Daily Bulletin
Meeting the MLA
May 12 2010
Revelstoke Current
Clean Energy Act a Betrayal of people of BC
May 12 2010
Revelstoke Times Review
Energy Act eliminates BCUC
May 12 2010
The Golden Star
Concerns over IPP not addressed
May 12 2010
The Golden Star
Power to the people
May 12 2010
Invermere Valley Echo
BC government has 'rejected principle of public sector'
May 7 2010
Golden Star
BC Liberals' new Clean Energy Act is just one more betrayal of the people of British Columbia
May 7 2010
The Revelstoke Current
PST officially eliminated as BC prepares for HST
May 4 2010
Golden Star
Closure invoked on HST
May 3 2010
The Kimberley Daily Bulletin
Provincial government repeals PST; HST now law
May 3 2010
Cranbrook Daily Townsman
MLA Macdonald supports heritage lands
May 2 2010
BC Local News
Macdonald blasts Liberals
April 30 2010
Golden EZ Rock
BC government ignoring the will of the electorate
April 30 2010
Revelstoke Current
BC government bypasses democracy for HST
April 29 2010
Columbia Valley News
Legislature debates the HST
April 28 2010
The Golden Star
Kootenay Youth Parliament
April 27 2010
Golden EZ Rock
Mayor Dave Raven among six laid off from forest industry
April 19 2010
Revelstoke Times Review
Forestry layoffs
April 19 2010
Cranbrook Daily Townsman
Forest job losses
April 16 2010
Golden EZ Rock
Macdonald reacts to forest cuts
April 15 2010
Golden EZ Rock
MLA Report: Democracy
April 14 2010
The Golden Star
NDP will do 'everything possible' to defeat the HST
April 10 2010
Columbia Valley News
MLA Macdonald looking for your anti-HST story
April 9 2010
Revelstoke Times Review
Do voters have a say?
April 10 2010
Invermere Valley Echo
BC has lowest minimum wage, highest poverty rate
April 10 2010
Columbia Valley News
NDP will do 'everything possible' to defeat the HST
April 10 2010
Columbia Valley News
Ordinary people can beat the government!
April 9 2010
Revelstoke Current
New pay structure irritates specialists
April 6 2010
Kimberley Daily Bulletin
Ministry signals change in plans to early childhood development program funding
April 5 2010
Revelstoke Times Review
Macdonald on food security - 'we want to be able to feed ourselves'
March 31 2010
Columbia Valley News
Think global, eat local
March 31 2010
The Invermere Valley Echo
Hydro rates to increase
March 31 2010
The Golden Star
Province makes cuts to Success by 6
March 30 2010
The Golden Star
Provincial funding cuts to impact many Revelstoke early childhood development programs
March 29 2010
Revelstoke Times Review
Government needs to encourage local food production
March 29 2010
Revelstoke Times Review
Have you ever wondered where your food comes from?
March 26 2010
The Revelstoke Current
Macdonald criticizes Zero Net Deforestation Act
March 26 2010
The Cranbrook Daily Townsman
More program cuts
March 25 2010
Golden EZ Rock
Government cuts guarantee the failure of Success by 6
March 24 2010
The Revelstoke Current
Fighting the HST
March 22 2010
Kimberley Daily Bulletin
Breakfast with Norm
March 22 2010
Revelstoke Times Review
Making Connections
March 16 2010
Revelstoke Current
Macdonald defends Farmers' Market coupon project
March 16 2010
Invermere Valley Echo
New gaming rules could impact arts groups
March 15 2010
Revelstoke Times Review
Budgets are about making tough choices, but what choices did the BC Liberals make?
March 15 2010
Revlestoke Current
Province acted swiftly and responsibly: MLA Norm Macdonald
March 14 2010
Revelstoke Current
Hydro rates going up
March 12 2010
Kimberley Daily Bulletin
Consumers get hit with hidden tax
March 8 2010
Golden EZ Rock
MLA decries BC Hydro rate increase
March 6 2010
Revelstoke Current
Electricity rate increase is a 'hidden tax' - Macdonald
March 5 2010
Columbia Valley News
BC cuts fresh produce subsidies
March 4 2010
Columbia Valley News
Norm Macdonald, MLA report Feb 26, 2010
March 4 2010
Columbia Valley News
Macdonald reacts to budget
March 4 2010
The Kimberley Daily Bulletin
Funding medical services with HST a desperate move to overcome opposition to the HST
March 3 2010
Columbia Valley News
Macdonald reacts to Liberal budget
March 3 2010
EZ Rock
Macdonald concerned about HST, cuts to forests ministry
March 3 2010
Revelstoke Times Review
Feedback appreciated
March 3 2010
Invermere Valley Echo
Province kills funding for innovative Farmers' Market coupon program
March 2 2010
Revelstoke Current
Environment and land use, arts and HST three main issues, MLA says
March 1 2010
Revelstoke Times Review
Connections between and MLA and his constituents matter
Feb 26 2010
Revelstoke Current
Fight for Norm continues
Feb 24 2010
Invermere Valley Echo
Macdonald to Legislature "we're not giving up on Norman"
Feb 15 2010
Columbia Valley News
BC Government serves corporate interests, not public
Feb 15 2010
Columbia Valley News
Our democratic institutions are only as good as we make them
Feb 12 2010
Revelstoke Times Review
Locals speak out against HST
Feb 10 2010
Cranbrook Daily Townsman
The road to Victoria
Feb 9 2010
Invermere Valley Echo
BC Liberal private power agenda will cost taxpayers $450 million a year
Feb 5 2010
Columbia Valley News
MLA Norm Macdonald is seeking your input
Feb 5 2010
The Revelstoke Current
Government inactive on wildfire threat in interface zones
Feb 5 2010
The Revelstoke Current
BC Hydro pays big money for private power
Feb 5 2010
EZ Rock News
Cost increase could hurt area mills
Feb 2 2010
The Golden Star
MLA says forests minister to visit about stumpage
Feb 1 2010
Revelstoke Times Review
A raw debate
Jan 29 2010
Cranbrook Daily Townsman
New pricing may hurt loggers
Jan 26 2010
Invermere Valley Echo
Ombudsperson to visit Kimberley
Jan 25 2010
Kimberley Daily Bulletin
Golden council backs local mill
Jan 22 2010
EZ Rock News
Cutbacks could harm residents
Jan 19 2010
Invermere Valley Echo
Medical support staff cutbacks -- does anyone care?
Jan 19 2010
Columbia Valley News
Proposed HST will be bad for local restaurant owners
Jan 19 2010
Invermere Valley Echo
Grave concern expressed over proposed new stumpage system
Jan 18 2010
Revelstoke Times Review
Restaurant owner can't swallow HST
Jan 18 2010
Columbia Valley Pioneer
Minimum wage versus living wage
Jan 7 2010
Cranbrook Daily Townsman
Gagateks thank Fairmont Fire Department
Jan 6 2010
Invermere Valley Echo
NDP critical of new rates
Jan 6 2010
Golden Star
Ombudsperson's report on seniors' care
Dec 30 2009
Golden Star
Looking after one of their own
Dec 29 2009
Invermere Valley Echo
Residential care rates rise for most
Dec 29 2009
Invermere Valley Echo
Let the premier know
Dec 29 2009
Invermere Valley Echo
Public pressure needed to protect seniors
Dec 24 2009
Columbia Valley News
Long-term care rate hike 'disgusting'
Dec 18 2009
Columbia Valley Pioneer
Macdonald responds to Minister
Dec 16 2009
Invermere Valley Echo
Bill supports local meat sales
Dec 16 2009
Invermere Valley Echo
HST could sink Tourism Kimberley
Dec 15 2009
Kimberley Daily Bulletin
Be prepared: HST, other pressures will jack school board bills through the roof
Dec 14 2009
Revelstoke Current
HST could be the issue that defeats the BC Liberals
Dec 11 2009
Revelstoke Current
Funding freeze shocks employment service providers
Dec 9 2009
Revelstoke Current
Minister Polak is wrong
Dec 8 2009
Invermere Valley Echo
An open letter to Premier Gordon Campbell
Dec 8 2009
Invermere Valley Echo
Firefighters support Gagatek
Dec 8 2009
Invermere Valley Echo
Costs keep rising for the elderly
Dec 8 2009
Invermere Valley Echo
Petitions for Gagatek
Dec 7 2009
EZ Rock News
Donald Bridge update
Dec 7 2009
EZ Rock News
Seniors complain to premier about residential care rate increases
Dec 6 2009
Columbia Valley News
Seniors to Campbell - devastating rate hike not 'fair and equitable'
Dec 6 2009
Columbia Valley News
Norm Macdonald wants to hear from you
Nov 26 2009
Revelstoke Current
Need to meet the MLA? You can do it on Dec 3
Nov 25 2009
Revelstoke Current
Childhood development needs more support
Nov 25 2009
Invermere Valley Echo
Cuts to seniors program leaves families worried
Nov 23 2009
Revelstoke Times Review
Health cut issues in the Columbia Valley
Nov 23 2009
EZ Rock News
MLA on paramedics side
Nov 23 2009
Revelstoke Current
Macdonald asks Auditor General to wildfire management plan
Nov 21 2009
Columbia Valley News
MLA sides with vulnerable infants and children
Nov 19 2009
Revelstoke Current
MLA tells his own Hockeyville story
Nov 19 2009
Revelstoke Current
November 2009
10/30/09 | Still no school bus for north valley kids
10/28/09 | BC offers surgeries to Saskatchewan
10/28/09 | Taxpayers paying for government MLA Olympic tickets
10/27/09 | What does $2.4 million buy you?
10/27/09 | Highway snow removal standards ignored
10/27/09 | MLA condemns road conditions
10/27/09 | Show me the way to the food
10/27/09 | Norm Gagatek returns home
10/26/09 | Funding cuts worry District PAC chairwoman
10/23/09 | MLA Macdonald attacks Olympic ticket spending
10/23/09 | Invermere loses speech pathologist
10/23/09 | Icy road blamed for accident
10/23/09 | Taxpayers' cash spent on Olympic tickets while local sports funding is cut
10/23/09 | Olympic perks eat up sports funding
10/21/09 | Inspiring the next generation of political leaders
10/21/09 | Questions arise from collision
10/21/09 | New facility will be one-stop shop for East Kootenay children
10/18/08 | Student politics
10/18/09 | Food growers promoted in the Kootenays
10/18/09 | Talking politics
11/18/09 | Faces of the Arts; campaign raises awareness of the arts
11/18/09 | Tea and Taxes
11/17/09 | MLA Macdonald spends a day in Revelstoke
11/11/09 | School bussing should be fundamental
11/17/09 | Revelstoke literacy initiatives honoured in Legislature
11/11/09 | Much ado about seniors
11/05/09 | Revelstoke congratulated in the Legislature
11/05/09 | NDP filibuster back to work legislation
11/05/09 | Revelstoke paramedics outraged about back to work legislation
11/04/09 | Community Connections chairman calls on minister to reconsider vulnerable kids' program cuts
11/04/09 | Paramedics angry about back to work legislation
11/04/09 | MOMS speak out against cuts
11/04/09 | Lamenting arts cuts
11/04/09 | New Dems unveil Green Fund to help rural BC
11/03/09 | Child development program changes causes worries
11/03/09 | Surgery cuts encourage private two- tier care
October 2009
10/30/09 | Still no school bus for north valley kids
10/28/09 | BC offers surgeries to Saskatchewan
10/28/09 | Taxpayers paying for government MLA Olympic tickets
10/27/09 | What does $2.4 million buy you?
10/27/09 | Highway snow removal standards ignored
10/27/09 | MLA condemns road conditions
10/27/09 | Show me the way to the food
10/27/09 | Norm Gagatek returns home
10/26/09 | Funding cuts worry District PAC chairwoman
10/23/09 | MLA Macdonald attacks Olympic ticket spending
10/23/09 | Invermere loses speech pathologist
10/23/09 | Icy road blamed for accident
10/23/09 | Taxpayers' cash spent on Olympic tickets while local sports funding is cut
10/23/09 | Olympic perks eat up sports funding
10/21/09 | Inspiring the next generation of political leaders
10/21/09 | Questions arise from collision
10/21/09 | New facility will be one-stop shop for East Kootenay children
10/20/08 | Student politics
10/18/09 | Food growers promoted in the Kootenays
10/18/09 | Talking politics
10/18/09 | Funding cuts undermine programs aimed at vulnerable infants and youngsters
10/16/09 | East Kootenay food guide promotes local growers
10/16/09 | Fed up with current school bussing
10/14/09 | Protecting public good
10/14/09 | Does your government care about you?
10/16/09 | The one-way school bus blues
10/09/09 | Macdonald raises highway safety in committee
10/09/09 | Government wants us to believe that suffering is inevitable
10/09/09 | 'Fair and equitable' rate jump for residential care
10/09/09 | Macdonald on seniors care
10/08/09 | Government's 'more equitable' deal for Seniors an outrage
10/07/09 | NDP announces $150 million Green Fund
10/07/09 | HST will hurt museums, galleries and Revelstoke as a whole
10/06/09 | Work must be done, MLA says
10/04/09 | New Dems unveil Green Fund to help rural BC
10/04/09 | NDP-proposed 'Green Fund' would help rural communities
10/02/09 | HST on the minds of constituents
September 2009
09/30/09 | MLA reports on constituency
09/30/09 | Rural paramedics still waiting
09/29/09 | Wildlife proofing steps not taken
09/29/09 | 2010 budget public consultation
09/28/09 | 5 years after the Filemon report, Forest Minister still unable to provide a list of BC communities at risk for fire
09/25/09 | Citizens battle to be heard at local town halls
09/25/09 | New sales tax will harm, not harmonize
09/23/09 | Letter to Minister of Health
09/22/09 | NDP questions literacy funding cuts
09/21/09 | Constituents concerned about HST, government cuts
09/21/09 | Need a new joint or knee? Sorry. You'll have to wait
09/21/09 | Is the provincial government crazy?
09/21/09 | HST puts big ticket tourism infrastructure projects in doubt
09/20/09 | A message for Victoria: No HST in BC!
09/19/09 | IH cuts medically necessary services
09/19/09 | Provincial spending cuts are leaving people reeling
09/19/09 | Un-empathetic government cuts funding for Roots of Empathy
09/19/09 | Edgewater school won't return kids
09/18/09 | Mad about taxes, fight the HST
09/18/09 | Angry parents fight for school bus
09/15/09 | Environment grants next to be cut
09/15/09 | Province cuts out services in public libraries
09/15/09 | Fired up in Invermere!
09/15/09 | River diversion proposal shelved again
09/15/09 | Fight for speech therapy services continues
09/14/09 | Residents voice barrage of questions at Revelstoke HST forum
09/11/09 | Paramedics/Macdonald call for arbritrator
09/04/09 | Public pressure really does work
09/04/09 | Macdonald to host public forum on HST
09/03/09 | Macdonald doesn't like budget any better on closer look
09/02/09 | Only widespread protests will stop spending cuts
09/02/09 | Throne speech highlights, MLA disappointed
09/02/09 | Hard times coming for no-for-profit organizations
09/01/09 | IH makes more cuts to services
09/01/09 | Critics: Throne speech falls short
09/01/09 | Provincial spending cleaver hacks apart the arts community
09/01/09 | Speech lacked substance, MLA says
August 2009
08/31/09 | Ambulance station delayed again
08/31/09 | Revelstoke Chamber, MLA Macdonald to host HST forum
08/29/09 | Government 'out of touch' with forestry workers
08/28/09 | MLA Macdonald criticizes Bennett on HST tax issues
08/27/09 | HST rush ignores rural and resort communities
08/26/09 | Freeze on gaming funds
08/25/09 | Tourism BC axed
08/24/09 | Tourism BC consolidation concerns tourism association
08/24/09 | HST will hit tourism the hardest
08/24/09 | IHA funding cuts will reduce surgeries
08/19/09 | Opposition to HST across BC
08/17/09 | HST will hit RMR, tourism hard
08/17/09 | Duplicitous HST calls government's legitimacy into question
08/14/09 | Brace yourself for new tax
08/12/09 | Province's HST plan alarms resort and hoteliers
08/10/09 | MLA Norm Macdonald weighs in on HST
08/04/09 | Commission sides with public
July 2009
07/29/09 | Paramedics frustrated by government
07/28/09 | New sales tax fails to find harmony in the valley
07/28/09 | Harmonized sales tax on the way
07/27/09 | Forest Fuel Program slow
07/22/09 | Health care cuts are worrisome
07/17/09 | Cuts coming to health services, Macdonald says
07/14/09 | Kain, Cairn and crowds in Wilmer
07/14/09 | Do power production right
07/13/09 | Government throws in the towel
07/13/09 | Forestry needs help, not cutbacks; MLA says
07/06/09 | MLA Macdonald on Interior Health budget shortfalls, cuts
07/03/09 | Lively crowd protests energy project
07/01/09 | MLA Macdonald named NDP Caucus Chair
May & June 2009
06/29/09 | IPP faces protest
06/29/09 | Residents rally in Invermere
06/29/09 | Half a billion or two?
06/24/09 | Macdonald named Forestry critic
06/22/09 | New forest critic Macdonald puts focus on keeping mills open
06/17/09 | Macdonald gets forestry critic position
06/10/09 | Macdonald encourages public to participate in Glacier Howser consultation
06/03/09 | The forgotten strike
06/02/09 | Radium mill closure
06/02/09 | IPP's back in news: Here we go again, says MLA Macdonald
06/01/09 | Macdonald says rural paramedic services issues need to be addressed
06/02/09 | Strike to affect BC Paramedics, especially in rural areas
05/29/09 | Macdonald: Rural communities depend on paramedic services
March 2009
04/18/09 | Seniors deserve better
04/18/09 | Presentation explores homelessness solutions
04/13/09 | Hospital ER upgrade to proceed
04/11/09 | MLA urging people to write to ombudsman
04/11/09 | MLA responds to Education Minister
04/11/09 | MLA meeting with constituents
04/04/09 | All under this government's watch
04/04/09 | Follow your own beliefs: response to Minister Lekstrom
January and February 2009
02/23/09 | Logging contractors should be protected, Macdonald says
02/19/09 | Mixed reaction to provincial budget
02/18/09 | Opposition rural caucus pushed for ATV legislation
02/18/09 | Campbell failing forestry
02/11/09 | Initial thoughts on throne speech; lack of action on minimum wage, forestry issues irks MLA
02/11/09 | Environment Minister Barry Penner discusses IPP projects after visit to Revelstoke
02/11/09 | Campbell's failure to act on forestry crisis leaves local millworkers in the lurch
02/10/09 | Macdonald on Tembec closures
02/04/09 | Sticking to my promise
02/02/09 | Macdonald reflects on past four years as MLA
01/21/09 | What are the real Olympic costs?
12/03/08 | MLA Macdonald to be acclaimed
12/03/08 | Macdonald salutes Nicholson students
12/08/08 | Liberals ignore rural issues, James says
12/10/08 | Current IPP process not true consultation
12/15/08 | Opposition focusses on rural issues
12/15/08 | Macdonald donates pay raise
November 2008
11/03/08 | Remember those who protect of freedom and prosperity
11/04/08 | MLAs differ on premier's plan
11/04/08 | IPP's: Not needed, not smart and certainly not green
11/24/08 | Macdonald concerned about backcountry privatization
11/24/08 | Government ministers invited to discuss IPPs
11/24/08 | Why the rush on IPPs?
11/24/08 | Minister misses the mark
11/24/08 | Families finally achieve closure, Weitzel says
11/25/08 | Transmission lines unacceptable
11/25/08 | Local ER upgrade shifted to provincial priority list
October 2008
10/01/08 | Macdonald discusses Ombudsman's investigation at Seniors Tea
10/01/08 | Investigation into seniors care discussed
10/01/08 | Liberals ignoring seniors
10/02/08 | NDP Simpson's forest industry tour
10/03/08 | NDP forestry critic, MLA to hold public meeting on state of forestry
10/07/08 | Revelstoke has paid enough for hydro power
10/08/08 | NDP forestry critic visits Golden to discuss forestry crisis
10/08/08 | NDP forestry critic Bob Simpson presents forestry reform plan in Revelstoke
10/27/08 | Macdonald not impressed with Premier's plan
10/28/08 | Take the time to inform yourself on Single Transferrable Vote
10/28/08 | Film series to put focus on IPP
10/29/08 | MLA addresses local seniors at Soup Day
10/29/08 | Premier's address missed the mark
09/03/08 | MLA urges participation in seniors' care investigation
09/03/08 | $2 million for new Revelstoke ambulance station
09/03/08 | MLA Report: Committed to public education
09/05/08 | Macdonald encourages seniors to speak to Ombudsman
09/10/08 | MLA Macdonald says residents get aware, then get angry about private power projects
09/11/08 | Cancelled legislative sitting betrays public
09/17/08 | Nothing but statistics and slogans
09/24/08 | Macdonald to help seniors document stories for Ombudsman
09/26/08 | NDP pulls out rural agenda
09/29/08 | Macdonald supports creation of Rural Fund
09/29/08 | NDP Bob Simpson's forest tour
08/13/08 | Macdonald is education critic
08/27/08 | Corky dropping in for agricultural talk
08/27/08 | BC Liberals out of touch
08/27/08 | Ombudsman to investigate state of seniors care in BC
08/27/08 | Revelstoke Ambulance finally gets funding
July 2008
07/08/08 | Jumbo is on Bennett's desk
07/08/08 | Carbon gas tax is in effect
07/08/08 | Editorial: Did you 'go green' with your$100
07/17/08 | Macdonald demands protection for TFL 23
June 2008
06/03/08 | BC Liberals are out of touch with the people
06/03/08 | Rivers rally planned for Invermere
06/03/08 | Too much trust needed
06/11/08 | Carole James visits Kimberley
06/16/08
| Energy Critic in Revelstoke
06/16/08 | Mair says watch for BC Hydro sale
06/18/08 | Strong Opposition
06/18/08 | Rafe Mair addresses key IPP issues
06/18/08 | 'War' over water underway
06/18/08 | Editorial: It's our water
06/18/08 | BC Energy Plan shapes up to become and election topic
06/23/08 | Gas tax a bad idea, MLA Macdonald says
06/25/08
| Independent Power Projects a bad idea says two MLAs
06/25/08 | Premier has turned his back on forest workers
May 2008
05/05/08 | Gas tax unfair to rural residents, MLA says
05/07/08 | Big polluters exempted from BC Liberal's new carbon tax
05/12/08 | An undemocratic approach to governing
05/12/08 | The perils of a 'one-man government'
05/14/08 | Gas tax hits rural areas hardest
05/14/08 | Macdonald blames BC Liberals for state of forestry
05/16/08 | Two years of grief and fighting for change
05/20/08 | Forestry policy a failure: MLA
05/20/08 | BC Liberal policies are making rural British Columbians poorer
05/23/08 | Macdonald recruits high profile help against river hydro projects
05/26/08 | Rafe Mair to speak at COTR
05/26/08 | MLAs debate Bill 42: leveling the playing field, or anti-democracy?
05/28/08
| MLA backs call for Seniors Representative
05/28/08
| Forest industry suffering
05/30/08
| MLA questions hospital service
05/30/08 | Ministry makes backroom deals to sell off parts of Revelstoke forestry
April 2008
04/04/08 | Macdonald pushes Minister on recommendations
04/10/08 | Mines Minister responds to Macdonald
04/15/08 | Power projects raise questions
04/16/08 | Macdonald calls for moratorium on private power developments
04/28/08 | BC Energy Plan not acceptable
04/30/08 | Rivers at Risk and saying goodbye
04/30/08 | MLA warns of 20 power projects
04/30/08 | Power project raises concerns
04/30/08 | Conservation is the only true answer
04/30/08 | Rivers at Risk draws large crowd of concerned citizens
March 2008
03/03/08 | Seniors care
03/03/08 |
Rescind approval of Windermere marina
03/05/08 |
Improve seniors care now
03/12/08 |
Government needs to do the right thing for BC seniors
03/12/08 |
MLA responds to minister's criticism
03/12/08 |
Independent power project possible on Kicking Horse
03/19/08 |'Green power' poses problems for environment
03/27/08 |
BC Liberals' green look is only skin deep
February 2008
02/04/08 | Macdonald on Golden Conservation Officer
02/04/08 | Support for Representative for Seniors
02/04/08 | Macdonald on Golden Conservation Officer
02/06/08 |
Seniors air concerns to MLA
02/11/08 |
Issues on the minds of Kimberley seniors: MLA hosts seniors' forum
02/12/08 | Legislature open today
02/12/08 |
Legislature resumes today with Speech from the Throne
02/13/08 | MLA Report: MLA anticipates busy session in the Legislature
02/13/08 | Renters Voice group is on the right track: MLA Macdonald
02/13/08 |
Local seniors given opportunity to voice concerns
02/13/08 |
Preparation for Spring session
02/14/08 |
Throne Speech big on slogans, MLA says
02/14/08 |
Macdonald reacts to Throne Speech
02/18/08 |
Liberal government lacks housing plan
02/20/08 |
Response to private power
02/20/08 |
Private power concerns
02/20/08 |
Premier's throne speech 'out of touch' with constituents
02/20/08 |
Homelessness reaching a crisis, NDP critic says
02/20/08 | Macdonald wants action from Mines
02/20/08 |
Macdonald responds to budget
02/22/08 |
Ambulance service to eliminate 7 positions in rural BC
02/27/08 |
We are giving away our rivers
02/28/08 |
Cut to Invermere ambulance service
02/29/08 |
Care at Joseph Creek
January 2008
01/02/08 | Government needs to better value children
01/16/08 |
MLA Report: Highway conditions common concern
01/23/08 |
MLA to hold forum on senior's issues next week
01/30/08 |
MLA Report: Seniors remain priority
December 2007
12/05/07 | Golden probation office closes
12/12/07 | Government bails on bungled boundaries
12/12/07 |
Forestry will remain in crisis
12/12/07 |
MLA Report: Respect is due to both our youngest and eldest citizens
12/12/07 |
MLA says liberals put politics before children
12/12/07 |
MLA sees evaporating government services
12/19/07 |
Road maintenance major concern of constituents
12/19/07 |
MLA Macdonald gives away salary increase
12/20/07 |
NDP propose seniors representative
12/26/07 | MLA Report: Looking forward to 2008
November 2007
11/07/07 | Opposition continue to push for changes to meat regulation
11/09/07 |
MLA speaks out on bus crash
11/09/07 |
Ministry promises action on Inquest recommendations
11/13/07 |
Small rural outlets fight against big box bargains
11/13/07 |
Flat session for Liberals, Macdonald says
11/14/07 |
More MLAs dilute rural voice, says NDP
11/15/07 |
The meat of the matter
11/15/07 |
Premier mismanaging BC tax dollars in Vancouver
11/19/07 |
Macdonald says off-road licensing should be priority
11/22/07 |
Macdonald to push road maintenance issues
11/23/07 |
Macdonald wants action of ATVs
11/26/07 |
Protect forestry
11/28/07 |
Climate law deserves public support
11/28/07 |
MLA hopeful ATV legislation coming
11/28/07 | MLA Report: Campbell's changed standard
11/30/07 | Translink Democracy Derailed
11/30/07 |
Legislation allowed to die
October 2007
10/12/07 | Macdonald wants a full-time Conservation Officer
10/19/07 |
Protecting local meat industry
10/28/07 |
Convention Centre the biggest mistake made with public funds in BC history
10/30/07 |
Macdonald calls for resignation over convention centre overruns
10/30/07 |
Bill seeks protection for archeological finds
10/31/07 |
Legislative session could stretch to six weeks
